# Telemetry Provider template

Telemetry Providers are defined using a YAML manifest with the following structure:

```yaml
name: "<string>"
description: "<string>"
dockerImage: "<string>"
```

with the following properties:

| Name          | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                                              | Mandatory |
| ------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------- |
| `name`        | string | The name of the Telemetry Provider. This name will be used to reference the Telemetry Provider in the Telemetry Provider Instances. This is unique in an Akamas instance | yes       |
| `description` | string | A description for the Telemetry Provider                                                                                                                                 | yes       |
| `dockerImage` | string | The docker image of the Telemetry Provider.                                                                                                                              | yes       |

Refer to the page [Integrating Telemetry Providers](https://docs.akamas.io/akamas-docs/3.6/integrating/integrating-telemetry-providers) which describes the out-of-the-box Telemetry Providers that are created automatically at Akamas install time.