FlowCollector API reference

agent

object

Agent configuration for flows extraction.

consolePlugin

object

consolePlugin defines the settings related to the OpenShift Container Platform Console plugin, when available.

deploymentModel

string

deploymentModel defines the desired type of deployment for flow processing. Possible values are:

- Direct (default) to make the flow processor listen directly from the agents.

- Kafka to make flows sent to a Kafka pipeline before consumption by the processor.

Kafka can provide better scalability, resiliency, and high availability (for more details, see https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/integration/what-is-apache-kafka).

exporters

array

exporters define additional optional exporters for custom consumption or storage.

kafka

object

Kafka configuration, allowing to use Kafka as a broker as part of the flow collection pipeline. Available when the spec.deploymentModel is Kafka.

loki

object

loki, the flow store, client settings.

namespace

string

Namespace where Network Observability pods are deployed.

networkPolicy

object

networkPolicy defines ingress network policy settings for Network Observability components isolation.

processor

object

processor defines the settings of the component that receives the flows from the agent, enriches them, generates metrics, and forwards them to the Loki persistence layer and/or any available exporter.

prometheus

object

prometheus defines Prometheus settings, such as querier configuration used to fetch metrics from the Console plugin.

ebpf

object

ebpf describes the settings related to the eBPF-based flow reporter when spec.agent.type is set to eBPF.

type

string

type [deprecated (*)] selects the flows tracing agent. Previously, this field allowed to select between eBPF or IPFIX. Only eBPF is allowed now, so this field is deprecated and is planned for removal in a future version of the API.

advanced

object

advanced allows setting some aspects of the internal configuration of the eBPF agent. This section is aimed mostly for debugging and fine-grained performance optimizations, such as GOGC and GOMAXPROCS env vars. Set these values at your own risk.

cacheActiveTimeout

string

cacheActiveTimeout is the max period during which the reporter aggregates flows before sending. Increasing cacheMaxFlows and cacheActiveTimeout can decrease the network traffic overhead and the CPU load, however you can expect higher memory consumption and an increased latency in the flow collection.

cacheMaxFlows

integer

cacheMaxFlows is the max number of flows in an aggregate; when reached, the reporter sends the flows. Increasing cacheMaxFlows and cacheActiveTimeout can decrease the network traffic overhead and the CPU load, however you can expect higher memory consumption and an increased latency in the flow collection.

excludeInterfaces

array (string)

excludeInterfaces contains the interface names that are excluded from flow tracing. An entry enclosed by slashes, such as /br-/, is matched as a regular expression. Otherwise it is matched as a case-sensitive string.

features

array (string)

List of additional features to enable. They are all disabled by default. Enabling additional features might have performance impacts. A possible value is +.

- PacketDrop: enable the packets drop flows logging feature. This feature requires mounting the kernel debug filesystem, so the eBPF agent pods have to run as privileged. If the spec.agent.ebpf.privileged parameter is not set, an error is reported.

- DNSTracking: enable the DNS tracking feature.

- FlowRTT: enable flow latency (sRTT) extraction in the eBPF agent from TCP traffic.

- NetworkEvents: enable the network events monitoring feature, such as correlating flows and network policies. This feature requires mounting the kernel debug filesystem, so the eBPF agent pods have to run as privileged. It requires using the OVN-Kubernetes network plugin with the Observability feature. IMPORTANT: This feature is available as a Developer Preview.

flowFilter

object

flowFilter defines the eBPF agent configuration regarding flow filtering.

imagePullPolicy

string

imagePullPolicy is the Kubernetes pull policy for the image defined above

interfaces

array (string)

interfaces contains the interface names from where flows are collected. If empty, the agent fetches all the interfaces in the system, excepting the ones listed in excludeInterfaces. An entry enclosed by slashes, such as /br-/, is matched as a regular expression. Otherwise it is matched as a case-sensitive string.

kafkaBatchSize

integer

kafkaBatchSize limits the maximum size of a request in bytes before being sent to a partition. Ignored when not using Kafka. Default: 1MB.

logLevel

string

logLevel defines the log level for the Network Observability eBPF Agent

metrics

object

metrics defines the eBPF agent configuration regarding metrics.

privileged

boolean

Privileged mode for the eBPF Agent container. When ignored or set to false, the operator sets granular capabilities (BPF, PERFMON, NET_ADMIN, SYS_RESOURCE) to the container. If for some reason these capabilities cannot be set, such as if an old kernel version not knowing CAP_BPF is in use, then you can turn on this mode for more global privileges. Some agent features require the privileged mode, such as packet drops tracking (see features) and SR-IOV support.

resources

object

resources are the compute resources required by this container. For more information, see https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/

sampling

integer

Sampling rate of the flow reporter. 100 means one flow on 100 is sent. 0 or 1 means all flows are sampled.

env

object (string)

env allows passing custom environment variables to underlying components. Useful for passing some very concrete performance-tuning options, such as GOGC and GOMAXPROCS, that should not be publicly exposed as part of the FlowCollector descriptor, as they are only useful in edge debug or support scenarios.

scheduling

object

scheduling controls how the pods are scheduled on nodes.

affinity

object

If specified, the pod’s scheduling constraints. For documentation, refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/workload-resources/pod-v1/#scheduling.

nodeSelector

object (string)

nodeSelector allows scheduling of pods only onto nodes that have each of the specified labels. For documentation, refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/.

priorityClassName

string

If specified, indicates the pod’s priority. For documentation, refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/pod-priority-preemption/#how-to-use-priority-and-preemption. If not specified, default priority is used, or zero if there is no default.

tolerations

array

tolerations is a list of tolerations that allow the pod to schedule onto nodes with matching taints. For documentation, refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/workload-resources/pod-v1/#scheduling.

action

string

action defines the action to perform on the flows that match the filter.

cidr

string

cidr defines the IP CIDR to filter flows by. Examples: 10.10.10.0/24 or 100:100:100:100::/64

destPorts

integer-or-string

destPorts defines the destination ports to filter flows by. To filter a single port, set a single port as an integer value. For example, destPorts: 80. To filter a range of ports, use a "start-end" range in string format. For example, destPorts: "80-100". To filter two ports, use a "port1,port2" in string format. For example, ports: "80,100".

direction

string

direction defines the direction to filter flows by.

enable

boolean

Set enable to true to enable the eBPF flow filtering feature.

icmpCode

integer

icmpCode, for Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) traffic, defines the ICMP code to filter flows by.

icmpType

integer

icmpType, for ICMP traffic, defines the ICMP type to filter flows by.

peerIP

string

peerIP defines the IP address to filter flows by. Example: 10.10.10.10.

pktDrops

boolean

pktDrops filters flows with packet drops

ports

integer-or-string

ports defines the ports to filter flows by. It is used both for source and destination ports. To filter a single port, set a single port as an integer value. For example, ports: 80. To filter a range of ports, use a "start-end" range in string format. For example, ports: "80-100". To filter two ports, use a "port1,port2" in string format. For example, ports: "80,100".

protocol

string

protocol defines the protocol to filter flows by.

sourcePorts

integer-or-string

sourcePorts defines the source ports to filter flows by. To filter a single port, set a single port as an integer value. For example, sourcePorts: 80. To filter a range of ports, use a "start-end" range in string format. For example, sourcePorts: "80-100". To filter two ports, use a "port1,port2" in string format. For example, ports: "80,100".

tcpFlags

string

tcpFlags defines the TCP flags to filter flows by.

disableAlerts

array (string)

disableAlerts is a list of alerts that should be disabled. Possible values are:

NetObservDroppedFlows is triggered when the eBPF agent is missing packets or flows, such as when the eBPF hashmap is busy or full, or the capacity limiter is triggered.

enable

boolean

Set enable to false to disable eBPF agent metrics collection. It is enabled by default.

server

object

Metrics server endpoint configuration for the Prometheus scraper.

port

integer

The metrics server HTTP port.

tls

object

TLS configuration.

insecureSkipVerify

boolean

insecureSkipVerify allows skipping client-side verification of the provided certificate. If set to true, the providedCaFile field is ignored.

provided

object

TLS configuration when type is set to Provided.

providedCaFile

object

Reference to the CA file when type is set to Provided.

type

string

Select the type of TLS configuration:

- Disabled (default) to not configure TLS for the endpoint. - Provided to manually provide cert file and a key file. [Unsupported (*)]. - Auto to use OpenShift Container Platform auto generated certificate using annotations.

certFile

string

certFile defines the path to the certificate file name within the config map or secret.

certKey

string

certKey defines the path to the certificate private key file name within the config map or secret. Omit when the key is not necessary.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing certificates.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing certificates. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the certificate reference: configmap or secret.

file

string

File name within the config map or secret.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing the file.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing the file. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the file reference: "configmap" or "secret".

limits

integer-or-string

Limits describes the maximum amount of compute resources allowed. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/

requests

integer-or-string

Requests describes the minimum amount of compute resources required. If Requests is omitted for a container, it defaults to Limits if that is explicitly specified, otherwise to an implementation-defined value. Requests cannot exceed Limits. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/

advanced

object

advanced allows setting some aspects of the internal configuration of the console plugin. This section is aimed mostly for debugging and fine-grained performance optimizations, such as GOGC and GOMAXPROCS env vars. Set these values at your own risk.

autoscaler

object

autoscaler spec of a horizontal pod autoscaler to set up for the plugin Deployment. Refer to HorizontalPodAutoscaler documentation (autoscaling/v2).

enable

boolean

Enables the console plugin deployment.

imagePullPolicy

string

imagePullPolicy is the Kubernetes pull policy for the image defined above

logLevel

string

logLevel for the console plugin backend

portNaming

object

portNaming defines the configuration of the port-to-service name translation

quickFilters

array

quickFilters configures quick filter presets for the Console plugin

replicas

integer

replicas defines the number of replicas (pods) to start.

resources

object

resources, in terms of compute resources, required by this container. For more information, see https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/

args

array (string)

args allows passing custom arguments to underlying components. Useful for overriding some parameters, such as a URL or a configuration path, that should not be publicly exposed as part of the FlowCollector descriptor, as they are only useful in edge debug or support scenarios.

env

object (string)

env allows passing custom environment variables to underlying components. Useful for passing some very concrete performance-tuning options, such as GOGC and GOMAXPROCS, that should not be publicly exposed as part of the FlowCollector descriptor, as they are only useful in edge debug or support scenarios.

port

integer

port is the plugin service port. Do not use 9002, which is reserved for metrics.

register

boolean

register allows, when set to true, to automatically register the provided console plugin with the OpenShift Container Platform Console operator. When set to false, you can still register it manually by editing console.operator.openshift.io/cluster with the following command: oc patch console.operator.openshift.io cluster --type='json' -p '[{"op": "add", "path": "/spec/plugins/-", "value": "netobserv-plugin"}]'

scheduling

object

scheduling controls how the pods are scheduled on nodes.

affinity

object

If specified, the pod’s scheduling constraints. For documentation, refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/workload-resources/pod-v1/#scheduling.

nodeSelector

object (string)

nodeSelector allows scheduling of pods only onto nodes that have each of the specified labels. For documentation, refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/.

priorityClassName

string

If specified, indicates the pod’s priority. For documentation, refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/pod-priority-preemption/#how-to-use-priority-and-preemption. If not specified, default priority is used, or zero if there is no default.

tolerations

array

tolerations is a list of tolerations that allow the pod to schedule onto nodes with matching taints. For documentation, refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/workload-resources/pod-v1/#scheduling.

enable

boolean

Enable the console plugin port-to-service name translation

portNames

object (string)

portNames defines additional port names to use in the console, for example, portNames: {"3100": "loki"}.

default

boolean

default defines whether this filter should be active by default or not

filter

object (string)

filter is a set of keys and values to be set when this filter is selected. Each key can relate to a list of values using a coma-separated string, for example, filter: {"src_namespace": "namespace1,namespace2"}.

name

string

Name of the filter, that is displayed in the Console

limits

integer-or-string

Limits describes the maximum amount of compute resources allowed. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/

requests

integer-or-string

Requests describes the minimum amount of compute resources required. If Requests is omitted for a container, it defaults to Limits if that is explicitly specified, otherwise to an implementation-defined value. Requests cannot exceed Limits. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/

ipfix

object

IPFIX configuration, such as the IP address and port to send enriched IPFIX flows to.

kafka

object

Kafka configuration, such as the address and topic, to send enriched flows to.

openTelemetry

object

OpenTelemetry configuration, such as the IP address and port to send enriched logs or metrics to.

type

string

type selects the type of exporters. The available options are Kafka and IPFIX.

targetHost

string

Address of the IPFIX external receiver

targetPort

integer

Port for the IPFIX external receiver

transport

string

Transport protocol (TCP or UDP) to be used for the IPFIX connection, defaults to TCP.

address

string

Address of the Kafka server

sasl

object

SASL authentication configuration. [Unsupported (*)].

tls

object

TLS client configuration. When using TLS, verify that the address matches the Kafka port used for TLS, generally 9093.

topic

string

Kafka topic to use. It must exist. Network Observability does not create it.

clientIDReference

object

Reference to the secret or config map containing the client ID

clientSecretReference

object

Reference to the secret or config map containing the client secret

type

string

Type of SASL authentication to use, or Disabled if SASL is not used

file

string

File name within the config map or secret.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing the file.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing the file. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the file reference: "configmap" or "secret".

file

string

File name within the config map or secret.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing the file.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing the file. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the file reference: "configmap" or "secret".

caCert

object

caCert defines the reference of the certificate for the certificate Authority

enable

boolean

Enable TLS

insecureSkipVerify

boolean

insecureSkipVerify allows skipping client-side verification of the server certificate. If set to true, the caCert field is ignored.

userCert

object

userCert defines the user certificate reference and is used for mTLS (you can ignore it when using one-way TLS)

certFile

string

certFile defines the path to the certificate file name within the config map or secret.

certKey

string

certKey defines the path to the certificate private key file name within the config map or secret. Omit when the key is not necessary.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing certificates.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing certificates. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the certificate reference: configmap or secret.

certFile

string

certFile defines the path to the certificate file name within the config map or secret.

certKey

string

certKey defines the path to the certificate private key file name within the config map or secret. Omit when the key is not necessary.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing certificates.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing certificates. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the certificate reference: configmap or secret.

fieldsMapping

array

Custom fields mapping to an OpenTelemetry conformant format. By default, Network Observability format proposal is used: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/network-observability.md#format-proposal . As there is currently no accepted standard for L3 or L4 enriched network logs, you can freely override it with your own.

headers

object (string)

Headers to add to messages (optional)

logs

object

OpenTelemetry configuration for logs.

metrics

object

OpenTelemetry configuration for metrics.

protocol

string

Protocol of the OpenTelemetry connection. The available options are http and grpc.

targetHost

string

Address of the OpenTelemetry receiver.

targetPort

integer

Port for the OpenTelemetry receiver.

tls

object

TLS client configuration.

input

string

multiplier

integer

output

string

enable

boolean

Set enable to true to send logs to an OpenTelemetry receiver.

enable

boolean

Set enable to true to send metrics to an OpenTelemetry receiver.

pushTimeInterval

string

Specify how often metrics are sent to a collector.

caCert

object

caCert defines the reference of the certificate for the certificate Authority.

enable

boolean

Enable TLS

insecureSkipVerify

boolean

insecureSkipVerify allows skipping client-side verification of the server certificate. If set to true, the caCert field is ignored.

userCert

object

userCert defines the user certificate reference and is used for mTLS. When you use one-way TLS, you can ignore this property.

certFile

string

certFile defines the path to the certificate file name within the config map or secret.

certKey

string

certKey defines the path to the certificate private key file name within the config map or secret. Omit when the key is not necessary.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing certificates.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing certificates. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the certificate reference: configmap or secret.

certFile

string

certFile defines the path to the certificate file name within the config map or secret.

certKey

string

certKey defines the path to the certificate private key file name within the config map or secret. Omit when the key is not necessary.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing certificates.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing certificates. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the certificate reference: configmap or secret.

address

string

Address of the Kafka server

sasl

object

SASL authentication configuration. [Unsupported (*)].

tls

object

TLS client configuration. When using TLS, verify that the address matches the Kafka port used for TLS, generally 9093.

topic

string

Kafka topic to use. It must exist. Network Observability does not create it.

clientIDReference

object

Reference to the secret or config map containing the client ID

clientSecretReference

object

Reference to the secret or config map containing the client secret

type

string

Type of SASL authentication to use, or Disabled if SASL is not used

file

string

File name within the config map or secret.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing the file.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing the file. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the file reference: "configmap" or "secret".

file

string

File name within the config map or secret.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing the file.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing the file. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the file reference: "configmap" or "secret".

caCert

object

caCert defines the reference of the certificate for the certificate Authority

enable

boolean

Enable TLS

insecureSkipVerify

boolean

insecureSkipVerify allows skipping client-side verification of the server certificate. If set to true, the caCert field is ignored.

userCert

object

userCert defines the user certificate reference and is used for mTLS (you can ignore it when using one-way TLS)

certFile

string

certFile defines the path to the certificate file name within the config map or secret.

certKey

string

certKey defines the path to the certificate private key file name within the config map or secret. Omit when the key is not necessary.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing certificates.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing certificates. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the certificate reference: configmap or secret.

certFile

string

certFile defines the path to the certificate file name within the config map or secret.

certKey

string

certKey defines the path to the certificate private key file name within the config map or secret. Omit when the key is not necessary.

name

string

Name of the config map or secret containing certificates.

namespace

string

Namespace of the config map or secret containing certificates. If omitted, the default is to use the same namespace as where Network Observability is deployed. If the namespace is different, the config map or the secret is copied so that it can be mounted as required.

type

string

Type for the certificate reference: configmap or secret.

advanced

object