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# Akvorado: flow collector, hydrater and exporter.
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# Akvorado: flow collector, hydrater and visualizer.
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This program receives flows (currently Netflow/IPFIX), hydrates them with
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interface names (using SNMP), geo information (using MaxMind), and
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exports them to Kafka.
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This program receives flows (currently Netflow/IPFIX), hydrates them
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with interface names (using SNMP), geo information (using MaxMind),
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and exports them to Kafka, then ClickHouse. It also exposes a web
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interface to browse the result.
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## Documentation
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The documentation is in the `docs/` directory.
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*Akvorado* is developed by [Free](https://www.free.fr), a French ISP,
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and is licensed under the [AGPLv3 license](LICENSE.txt). The
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[documentation](/docs/00-intro.md) is in the `docs/` directory.
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# Introduction
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*Akvorado*[^name] is a flow collector, hydrater and exporter. It
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receives flows, adds some data like interface names and countries, and
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exports them to Kafka.
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*Akvorado*[^name] receives flows (currently Netflow/IPFIX), hydrates
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them with interface names (using SNMP), geo information (using
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MaxMind), and exports them to Kafka, then ClickHouse. It also exposes
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a web interface to browse the result.
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[^name]: [Akvorado][] means "water wheel" in Esperanto.
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