Axoflow cloudconnectors

This repository houses the cloudconnectors for Axoflow.

Quickstart

You can find guides per connector:

• Azure connector
• AWS connector
• Kafka connector

Environment Variables

Common Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
AXOROUTER_ENDPOINT	Yes	-	Axorouter endpoint
STORAGE_DIRECTORY	No (Yes in case of Docker)	/etc/axoflow-otel-collector/storage	Directory used for persistence
AXOROUTER_TLS_INSECURE	No	false	Whether to disable TLS security
AXOROUTER_TLS_CA_FILE	No	-	Path to the CA certificate file
AXOROUTER_TLS_CA_PEM	No	-	PEM-encoded CA certificate
AXOROUTER_TLS_CERT_FILE	No	-	Path to the client certificate file
AXOROUTER_TLS_CERT_PEM	No	-	PEM-encoded client certificate
AXOROUTER_TLS_KEY_FILE	No	-	Path to the client private key file
AXOROUTER_TLS_KEY_PEM	No	-	PEM-encoded client private key
AXOROUTER_TLS_MIN_VERSION	No	1.2	Minimum TLS version to use
AXOROUTER_TLS_MAX_VERSION	No	-	Maximum TLS version to use
AXOROUTER_TLS_INCLUDE_SYSTEM_CA_CERTS_POOL	No	false	Whether to include system CA certificates
AXOROUTER_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY	No	false	Whether to skip TLS certificate verification
AXOCLOUDCONNECTOR_DEVICE_ID	Yes	-	A service id that will be used to identify the cloud connector in Axoflow

Azure Provider

Variable	Required	Default	Description
AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_CONNECTION_STRING	Yes	-	Azure Event Hubs connection string

AWS Provider

Variable	Required	Default	Description
AWS_REGION	Yes	-	AWS region to connect to
AWS_PROFILE	No	-	AWS profile name to use from config
AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG	No	-	Set to 1 to load AWS config
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	No	-	AWS access key ID for direct authentication
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	No	-	AWS secret access key for direct authentication

Kafka Provider

Variable	Required	Default	Description
KAFKA_BROKERS	No	localhost:9092	Kafka broker addresses (e.g., broker1:9092,broker2:9092)
KAFKA_PROTOCOL_VERSION	No	2.1.0	Kafka protocol version
KAFKA_RESOLVE_CANONICAL_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_ONLY	No	false	Resolve then reverse-lookup broker IPs during startup
KAFKA_LOGS_TOPIC	No	otlp_logs	Topic for consuming logs
KAFKA_LOGS_ENCODING	No	otlp_json	Encoding for logs (otlp_proto, otlp_json, raw, text, json, azure_resource_logs)
KAFKA_GROUP_ID	No	axocloudconnector	Consumer group ID
KAFKA_CLIENT_ID	No	axocloudconnector	Kafka client ID
KAFKA_INITIAL_OFFSET	No	latest	Initial offset (latest or earliest)
KAFKA_GROUP_INSTANCE_ID	No	-	Unique identifier for static consumer group membership
KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT	No	10s	Timeout for detecting client failures
KAFKA_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL	No	3s	Expected time between heartbeats
KAFKA_GROUP_REBALANCE_STRATEGY	No	range	Partition assignment strategy (range, roundrobin, sticky)
KAFKA_MIN_FETCH_SIZE	No	1	Minimum message bytes to fetch
KAFKA_DEFAULT_FETCH_SIZE	No	1048576	Default message bytes to fetch (1MB)
KAFKA_MAX_FETCH_SIZE	No	0	Maximum message bytes to fetch (0 = unlimited)
KAFKA_MAX_FETCH_WAIT	No	250ms	Maximum wait time for min_fetch_size bytes
KAFKA_TLS_INSECURE	No	false	Use insecure connection
KAFKA_TLS_CA_FILE	No	-	Path to CA certificate file
KAFKA_TLS_CERT_FILE	No	-	Path to client certificate file
KAFKA_TLS_KEY_FILE	No	-	Path to client key file
KAFKA_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY	No	false	Skip TLS certificate verification

Crowdstrike Provider

Crowdstrike Provider

Variable	Required	Default	Description
CROWDSTRIKE_ACCESS_TOKEN	No*	-	OAuth2 access token. Required if not using client_id/client_secret.
CROWDSTRIKE_CLIENT_ID	No*	-	Client ID for Crowdstrike API authentication. Required if not using access_token.
CROWDSTRIKE_CLIENT_SECRET	No*	-	Client Secret for Crowdstrike API authentication. Required if not using access_token.
CROWDSTRIKE_MEMBER_CID	No	-	Member CID for MSSP (for cases when OAuth2 authenticates multiple CIDs).
CROWDSTRIKE_CLOUD	No	-	Cloud region (e.g., us-1, us-2, eu-1, us-gov-1).
CROWDSTRIKE_HOST_OVERRIDE	No	-	Optional override for API hostname.
CROWDSTRIKE_BASE_PATH_OVERRIDE	No	-	Optional override for API base path.
CROWDSTRIKE_POLL_INTERVAL	No	-	Poll interval for pulling logs/events.
CROWDSTRIKE_DEBUG	No	false	Enables verbose Crowdstrike API debugging.

TLS Settings

Variable	Required	Default	Description
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_INSECURE	No	false	Disable TLS security (insecure).
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY	No	false	Skip TLS certificate verification.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_SERVER_NAME_OVERRIDE	No	-	Optional TLS server name override.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_CA_FILE	No	-	Path to a CA certificate file.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_CA_PEM	No	-	PEM-encoded CA certificate.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_CERT_FILE	No	-	Path to a client certificate file.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_CERT_PEM	No	-	PEM-encoded client certificate.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_KEY_FILE	No	-	Path to a client private key file.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_KEY_PEM	No	-	PEM-encoded client private key.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_MIN_VERSION	No	1.2	Minimum TLS version to use.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_MAX_VERSION	No	-	Maximum TLS version to use.
CROWDSTRIKE_TLS_INCLUDE_SYSTEM_CA_CERTS_POOL	No	false	Include system CA certs along with provided CA.

Usage

Local Development with Docker

# Build the Docker image
make docker-build

Kubernetes Deployment

For local Kubernetes deployment using MiniKube:

# Create a local Kubernetes cluster
make minikube-cluster

# Install the Helm chart
make install

# Uninstall the Helm chart
make uninstall

License

The project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.