Collection Station

The Collection Station is responsible for collecting and receiving data from target hosts and then indexing the data using the Indexer.

This component fetches data collector details from the Configuration Database and then depending on the data collector configuration fetches local (or remote) log file data. All data collectors created in the system translate into actions performed by the Collection Station.

All Collection Agents read data from the data sources based on the data collector configuration; the Collection Agents and then forward this data to the Collection Station for indexing.

This component interacts with the Indexer and the Configuration Database. All Collection Agents interact with the Collection Station for data collector configuration and sending the collected log data.