Ingesting data - ClickHouse Documentation

Managed and Open Source ClickStack provides multiple ways to ingest observability data into your ClickHouse instance. Whether you’re collecting logs, metrics, traces, or session data, you can use the OpenTelemetry (OTel) collector as a unified ingestion point or leverage platform-specific integrations for specialized use cases.

Section	Description
Overview	Introduction to data ingestion methods and architecture
Ingesting data with OpenTelemetry	For users using OpenTelemetry and looking to quickly integrate with ClickStack
OpenTelemetry collector	Advanced details for the ClickStack OpenTelemetry collector
Ingesting data with Vector	For users using Vector and looking to quickly integrate with ClickStack
Tables and Schemas	Overview of the ClickHouse tables and their schemas used by ClickStack
Map vs JSON type for ClickStack	Comparing the Map and JSON types for ClickStack tables
Trace sampling	Configuring trace sampling for ClickStack
Integration guides	Quick start guides for ingesting from various log, trace and metric sources
Language SDKs	ClickStack SDKs for instrumenting programming languages and collecting telemetry data