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id: configure-hosted-collector
title: Configure a Hosted Collector and Source
sidebar_label: Configure a Hosted Collector and Source
description: Set up Hosted Collectors so you can move data to Sumo Logic from an Amazon S3 bucket and other sources like Microsoft, Cloud Syslog, Google, and HTTP.
slug: /help/docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/configure-hosted-collector/
canonical: https://www.sumologic.com/help/docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/configure-hosted-collector/
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:::note
The maximum number of Collectors allowed per organization is 10,000.
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:::tip
You can use Terraform to add a hosted collector with the [`sumologic_collector`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/SumoLogic/sumologic/latest/docs/resources/collector) resource.

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## Step 1: Configure Hosted Collector

Steps to configure a Hosted Collector:

1. [**New UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui). In the Sumo Logic main menu select **Data Management**, and then under **Data Collection** select **Collection**. You can also click the **Go To...** menu at the top of the screen and select **Collection**.<br/>[**Classic UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui-classic). In the main Sumo Logic menu, select **Manage Data > Collection > Collection**. 
1. Click **Add Collector**.
1. Click **Hosted** Collector.
1. Provide a **Name** for the Collector. **Description** is optional.
1. **Category**. Enter any string to tag the logs collected from this Collector. This Source Category value is stored in a searchable metadata field called `_sourceCategory`. See our [Best Practices: Good and Bad Source Categories](/docs/send-data/best-practices#good-and-bad-source-categories).
1. Click the **+Add Field** link in the **Fields** section. Define the fields you want to associate, each field needs a name (key) and value.
    * <img src={useBaseUrl('img/reuse/green-check-circle.png')} alt="Green check circle" width="20"/> A green circle with a check mark is shown when the field exists and is enabled in the Fields table schema.
    * <img src={useBaseUrl('img/reuse/orange-exclamation-point.png')} alt="Orange exclamation point" width="20"/> An orange triangle with an exclamation point is shown when the field doesn't exist in the Fields table schema. In this case, you'll see an option to automatically add or enable the nonexistent fields to the Fields table schema. If a field is sent to Sumo Logic but isn’t present or enabled in the schema, it’s ignored and marked as **Dropped**.
1. **Assign to a Budget** allows you to assign an ingest budget to the Collector. The dropdown displays your ingest budgets in the following format: `<budget name> (<field value>) (<allocated capacity>)`
1. **Time Zone**. Set the default time zone when it is not extracted from the log timestamp. Time zone settings on Sources override a Collector time zone setting.
1. Review your input and when finished click **Save**.<br/><img src={useBaseUrl('img/send-data/add-hosted-collector.png')} alt="Add Hosted Collector dialog" style={{border: '1px solid gray'}} width="600" />
1. After the Collector has been set up, it appears on the Collection page as a Hosted Collector. <br/><img src={useBaseUrl('img/send-data/Collector-types-hosted.png')} alt="Hosted status with a green checkmark" style={{border: '1px solid gray'}} width="400" />

## Step 2: Configure a Source

Once you've configured your Hosted Collector, the next step is to configure a Source(s). 

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  <h4><a href={useBaseUrl('docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/amazon-aws')}>Amazon Sources</a></h4>
  <p>Collect data from a variety of AWS products.</p>
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  <h4><a href={useBaseUrl('docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/microsoft-source/ms-office-audit-source')}>Microsoft Sources</a></h4>
  <p>Collect data from Microsoft Office 365 Audit.</p>
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      <h4><a href={useBaseUrl('docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/google-source')}>Google Sources</a></h4>
      <p>Collect data from Google products such as GCP.</p>
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      <h4><a href={useBaseUrl('docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/cloud-to-cloud-integration-framework')}>Cloud-to-Cloud Integration Framework Sources</a></h4>
      <p>Collect logs and events directly from your SaaS and Cloud platforms.</p>
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      <h4><a href={useBaseUrl('docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/cloud-syslog-source')}>Cloud Syslog Sources</a></h4>
      <p>Configure a syslog client to send RFC 5424-compliant messages to Sumo.</p>
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      <h4><a href={useBaseUrl('docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/http-source')}>HTTP Sources</a></h4>
      <p>Receive logs, metrics, traces, and OTLP data uploaded to a unique URL generated for the Source.</p>
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