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Connectors

Connectors are used for establishing connections between KUMA services and receiving events actively and passively.

The program has the following connector types available:

  • tcp—used to receive data over TCP passively. Available for Windows and Linux agents.
  • udp—used to receive data over UDP passively. Available for Windows and Linux agents.
  • netflow—used to passively receive events in the NetFlow format.
  • sflow—used to passively receive events in the SFlow format.
  • nats-jetstream—used for communication with the NATS message broker. Available for Windows and Linux agents.
  • kafka—used for communication with the Apache Kafka data bus. Available for Windows and Linux agents.
  • http—used for receiving events over HTTP. Available for Windows and Linux agents.
  • sql—used for selecting data from a database.

    The program supports the following types of SQL databases:

    • SQLite.
    • MSSQL.
    • MySQL.
    • PostgreSQL.
    • Cockroach.
    • Oracle.
    • Firebird.
    • ClickHouse.
  • file—used to retrieve data from a text file. Available for Linux agents.
  • 1c-log and 1c-xml are used to receive data from 1C logs. Available for Linux agents.
  • diode—used for unidirectional data transfer in industrial ICS networks using data diodes.
  • ftp—used to receive data over the File Transfer Protocol. Available for Windows and Linux agents.
  • nfs—used to receive data over the Network File System protocol. Available for Windows and Linux agents.
  • wmi—used to obtain data using Windows Management Instrumentation. Available for Windows agents.
  • wec—used to receive data using Windows Event Forwarding (WEF) and Windows Event Collector (WEC), or local operating system logs of a Windows host. Available for Windows agents.
  • snmp—used to receive data using the Simple Network Management Protocol. Available for Windows and Linux agents.
  • snmp-trap—used to receive data using Simple Network Management Protocol traps (SNMP traps). Available for Windows and Linux agents.
  • kata/edr—used to receive KEDR data via the API.
  • vmware—used to receive VMware vCenter data via the API.
  • elastic—used to receive Elasticsearch data.
  • etw—used to receive extended DNS server logs.

In this section

Viewing connector settings

Adding a connector

Connector settings