signalfx · atoulme · Feb 2, 2026 · Jan 31, 2026
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: new_component
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. crosslink)
+component: systemd
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add systemd receiver
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [7143]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ The distribution offers support for the following components.
 | [sshcheck](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/sshcheckreceiver)                                                  | [alpha]          |
 | [statsd](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/statsdreceiver)                                                      | [beta]           |
 | [syslog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/syslogreceiver)                                                      | [alpha]          |
+| [systemd](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/systemdreceiver)                                                    | [alpha]          |
 | [tcpcheck](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/tcpcheckreceiver)                                                  | [alpha]          |
 | [tcplog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/tcplogreceiver)                                                      | [alpha]          |
 | [tlscheck](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/tlscheckreceiver)                                                  | [alpha]          |

@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/sshcheckreceiver v0.144.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/statsdreceiver v0.144.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/syslogreceiver v0.144.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/systemdreceiver v0.144.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcpcheckreceiver v0.144.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver v0.144.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tlscheckreceiver v0.144.0
@@ -245,8 +246,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.9.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.17.3 // indirect
 	github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist v0.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20251022180443-0feb69152e9f // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs/pkg v0.3.0 // indirect
@@ -297,7 +300,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5 // indirect
 	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.19.2 // indirect
-	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.7.0-rc.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/certificate-transparency-go v1.3.2 // indirect
@@ -401,7 +404,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/deltatocumulativeprocessor v0.144.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/scraper/zookeeperscraper v0.144.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.6 // indirect
-	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/orcaman/concurrent-map/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/outcaste-io/ristretto v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/ovh/go-ovh v1.9.0 // indirect

@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XL
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
 github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.17.3 h1:FnP4r16PWYSE4ux6zN+//jMcW4nMVRvuTLVTvCjyyjg=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.17.3/go.mod h1:G5EDHij8yiLzaqn0WjyfJHvRa+3aDlReIaLVRMvOyJk=
 github.com/circonus-labs/circonus-gometrics v2.3.1+incompatible h1:C29Ae4G5GtYyYMm1aztcyj/J5ckgJm2zwdDajFbx1NY=
 github.com/circonus-labs/circonus-gometrics v2.3.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:nmEj6Dob7S7YxXgwXpfOuvO54S+tGdZdw9fuRZt25Ag=
 github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:kMXHVDlOchFAehlya5ePtbp5jckzBHf4XRpQvBOLI+I=
@@ -363,6 +365,8 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/apd v1.1.0 h1:3LFP3629v+1aKXU5Q37mxmRxX/pIu1nijXydLShEq5I
 github.com/cockroachdb/apd v1.1.0/go.mod h1:8Sl8LxpKi29FqWXR16WEFZRNSz3SoPzUzeMeY4+DwBQ=
 github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.13 h1:f3QZdXy7uGVz+4uCJy2nTZyM0yTBj8yANEHhqlXZ9FE=
 github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.13/go.mod h1:LNVeNrXQZfe5qhS9ALED3uA+l5pPqvwXg3CKoDBB2gs=
+github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.1.2 h1:OSosXMtkhI6Qove637tg1XgK4q+DhR0mX8Wi8EhrHa4=
+github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.1.2/go.mod h1:PKZ2AcWmSBsY/tJUVhtS/rluX0b1uq1GmPO1ElCmbOw=
 github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.9.0 h1:HZ/licowTRazus+wt9fM6r/9BQO7S0vD5lMcWspGIg0=
 github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.9.0/go.mod h1:GhghKFmTR3hNtyznBoQ0EMWr9ju5AqHjcZPsSpTKutI=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0 h1:tg5yIfIlQIrxYtu9ajqY42W3lpS19XqdxRQeEwYG8PI=
@@ -611,6 +615,8 @@ github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1 h1:EWaQ/wswjilfKLTECiXz7Rh+3BjFhfDFKv/o
 github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1/go.mod h1:hxrqLVvrK65+Rwrd5Fc6F2O76J/NuW9t0sjnWqG1slY=
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 h1:Bcnm0ZwsGyWbCzImXv+pAJnYK9S473LQFuzCbDbfSFY=
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1/go.mod h1:xekY+UJKNuX9WP91TpwSH2VMlDf28Uj24BCp08ZFTUY=
+github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0 h1:O1K29Txy5P2OK0dGo59b7b0LR6wKfIhttaAhHUyn7eI=
+github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0/go.mod h1:14Bz/f7NwaXPtdYEgzsx46kqSxVwTbzVZsDC26tQJow=
 github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.17.1 h1:x3aMpHK1YM9e4va/TMDRlusDDoZiQ+ViDu/WpA6xTM4=
 github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.17.1/go.mod h1:kCKZ3wWmwJaNc7S29BRtUhJwy7iqmn+2mLtQrOyQlVA=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
@@ -639,8 +645,8 @@ github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.19.2/go.mod h1:XBurs7gK8ATbW4ZPGKgcbrY1Br56PdM69F7Lk
 github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20190726142602-4481cbc300e2 h1:ZpnhV/YsD2/4cESfV5+Hoeu/iUR3ruzNvZ+yQfO03a0=
 github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20190726142602-4481cbc300e2/go.mod h1:bBOAhwG1umN6/6ZUMtDFBMQR8jRg9O75tm9K00oMsK4=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
-github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0 h1:4KLkAxT3aOY8Li4FRJe/KvhoNFFxo0m6fNuFUO8QJUk=
-github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
+github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.2.2 h1:TUR3TgtSVDmjiXOgAAyaZbYmIeP3DPkld3jgKGV8mXQ=
+github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.2.2/go.mod h1:3AAv2+hPq5rdnr5txxxRwiGjPXamgoIHgz9FPBfOp3c=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.4.0+incompatible h1:3qXRTX8/NbyulANqlc0lchS1gqAVxRgsuW1YrTJupqA=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.4.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
@@ -1082,6 +1088,8 @@ github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.5.0 h1:Hyh9A8u51kptdkR+cqRpT1EebBwTn1oK9YfGYbd
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.5.0/go.mod h1:3mZlmanh0g2NDKO5TWZVJAfofYk64M7XN3SzBPjZF60=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5DoeVV0s6jJacbCEi61lwdGj/aVlrQvzHFFd8Hwg//Y=
+github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0 h1:uuaP0hAbW7Y4l0ZRQ6C9zfb7Mg1mbFKry/xzDAfmtLA=
+github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0/go.mod h1:7X/raswPFr05uY3HiLlYeyQntB6OO7E/d2Cu7qoaN2w=
 github.com/joshlf/go-acl v0.0.0-20200411065538-eae00ae38531 h1:hgVxRoDDPtQE68PT4LFvNlPz2nBKd3OMlGKIQ69OmR4=
 github.com/joshlf/go-acl v0.0.0-20200411065538-eae00ae38531/go.mod h1:fqTUQpVYBvhCNIsMXGl2GE9q6z94DIP6NtFKXCSTVbg=
 github.com/joshlf/testutil v0.0.0-20170608050642-b5d8aa79d93d h1:J8tJzRyiddAFF65YVgxli+TyWBi0f79Sld6rJP6CBcY=
@@ -1090,6 +1098,9 @@ github.com/joyent/triton-go v1.8.5 h1:AXc1BJP3YGAvQXIdhdJt/PiARN5arHNXWK6Q6FeBin
 github.com/joyent/triton-go v1.8.5/go.mod h1:meGUPVGmmm+vhjIsOzfmJtuKpapVfWXJhUSLsr7Sv40=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 h1:uvFg412JmmHBHw7iwprIxkPMI+sGQ4kzOWsMeHnm2EA=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J/6gKK9jxlEcS3zixgDgUAsiuZ7yrSoa/FX5e0EB2j4=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v1.2.0 h1:KlwYLoRXgirTFbh1aVI6MJ7i+R/zJr+JkyhlIW1X3z4=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.1 h1:xda7qaHDSVOsADNouv7ukSuicKZO7GgVUCXxpaIEIlM=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:7MoNYNbb3UaDHtF8udiJo/RH6VsTKP1pqKLUTVCvToE=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.9/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.10/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
@@ -1215,6 +1226,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-xmlrpc v0.0.3/go.mod h1:mqc2dz7tP5x5BKlCahN/n+hs7OSZKJkS9JsH
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
 github.com/maxatome/go-testdeep v1.12.0 h1:Ql7Go8Tg0C1D/uMMX59LAoYK7LffeJQ6X2T04nTH68g=
 github.com/maxatome/go-testdeep v1.12.0/go.mod h1:lPZc/HAcJMP92l7yI6TRz1aZN5URwUBUAfUNvrclaNM=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2 h1:/UtM3ofJap7Vl4QWCPDGXY8d3GIY2UGSDbK+QWmY8/g=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2/go.mod h1:xraEF7uJbxLhc5fpHL4cPe221LI2bdttWlU+ZGLfQSw=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1 h1:eM9y2/jlbs1M615oshPQOHZzj6R6wMT7bX5NPiQvn2U=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1/go.mod h1:cAqeGjoufqdxWkD7DkpyS+wcefOtmu5OQ8KuoJGIReA=
 github.com/mdlayher/vsock v1.2.1 h1:pC1mTJTvjo1r9n9fbm7S1j04rCgCzhCOS5DY0zqHlnQ=
@@ -1647,6 +1660,8 @@ github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/statsdreceive
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/statsdreceiver v0.144.0/go.mod h1:gDi5L13yyOOL9uW9/Q63BjLpyPOA0o8a1/ZYlrojdVs=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/syslogreceiver v0.144.0 h1:nlccP4ywoaOoozXN+N30U9fqVS9msXUlnGhqmZgBRew=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/syslogreceiver v0.144.0/go.mod h1:ntpiWez6/oRgJI2w7k35QQ9mmn+o39FHBikRWuUlrAM=
+github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/systemdreceiver v0.144.0 h1:Gdi/BkawJNlaJiuWb/eJHKJ0CUHtFlWBbm8Mma9ZQdU=
+github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/systemdreceiver v0.144.0/go.mod h1:Fn+YcbtffgrTwUofbnL9jg00518MeEfBrvxoB8iF/Jw=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcpcheckreceiver v0.144.0 h1:ZBaDhXIZaXYM2VKhAy0JUXg1653neT86mN/5b2s/YLU=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcpcheckreceiver v0.144.0/go.mod h1:FL9/E2YvpetX744z3sdECxzDE9kvw9PnWM8bl6lJZ5k=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver v0.144.0 h1:dhRcIQiHkTewhbXspLyUClY9nZsJtCpleZKR82fQY2w=
@@ -1675,8 +1690,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 h1:y0fUlFfIZhPF1W537XOLg0/fcx6zcHCJwooC2xJA040=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1/go.mod h1:qpqAh3Dmcf36wStyyWU+kCeDgrGnAve2nCC8+7h8Q0M=
-github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1 h1:S4k4ryNgEpxW1dzyqffOmhI1BHYcjzU8lpJfSlR0xww=
-github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
+github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.3.0 h1:YZupQUdctfhpZy3TM39nN9Ika5CBWT5diQ8ibYCRkxg=
+github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.3.0/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/openshift/api v3.9.0+incompatible h1:fJ/KsefYuZAjmrr3+5U9yZIZbTOpVkDDLDLFresAeYs=
 github.com/openshift/api v3.9.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:dh9o4Fs58gpFXGSYfnVxGR9PnV53I8TW84pQaJDdGiY=
 github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20251015124057-db0dee36e235 h1:9JBeIXmnHlpXTQPi7LPmu1jdxznBhAE7bb1K+3D8gxY=

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/sshcheckreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/statsdreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/syslogreceiver"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/systemdreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcpcheckreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tlscheckreceiver"
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ func Get() (otelcol.Factories, error) {
 		sshcheckreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		statsdreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		syslogreceiver.NewFactory(),
+		systemdreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		tcpcheckreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		tcplogreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		tlscheckreceiver.NewFactory(),

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func TestDefaultComponents(t *testing.T) {
 		"sshcheck",
 		"statsd",
 		"syslog",
+		"systemd",
 		"tcpcheck",
 		"tcplog",
 		"tlscheck",