Remote Flow Collector

Install Remote Flow Collector if you want the collector to be co-located with the Flow exporters from which it is collecting data. The Flow records that are collected by the Remote Collectors are sent to the hosts where the Flow Collector Service is located.

It performs the same functions as a Flow Collector Service does.
  • Remote Flow Collector listens on UDP port and copy Flow packets from the exporter.
  • It writes the Flow packets to remote Kafka.
  • Flow Collector connects to the remote Kafka and reads and parses the Flow packets from remote Kafka.

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