About Collectors
Collectors are extractors that are developed and managed by you (A customer of K).
KADA provides python libraries that customers can use to quickly deploy a Collector.
Why you should use a Collector
There are several reasons why you may use a collector vs the direct connect extractor:
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You are using the KADA SaaS offering and it cannot connect to your sources due to firewall restrictions
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You want to push metadata to KADA rather than allow it pull data for Security reasons
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You want to inspect the metadata before pushing it to K
Using a collector requires you to manage
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Deploying and orchestrating the extract code
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Managing a high water mark so the extract only pull the latest metadata
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Storing and pushing the extracts to your K instance.