# HTTP Provider

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| Stability     | [stable]  |
| Distributions | [core], [contrib], [k8s] |
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[stable]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#stable
[core]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol
[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
[k8s]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-k8s
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## Overview

The HTTP Provider takes an HTTP URI to a file and reads its contents as YAML to provide configuration to the Collector.

For HTTPS endpoints, please see the [HTTPS provider](../httpsprovider/README.md).

## Usage

The scheme for this provider is `http`. Usage looks like the following passed to the Collector's command line invocation:

```text
--config=http://example.com/config.yaml
```