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Dynatrace Observability Lab: NetFlow Data Ingest#

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Please choose a way to run this demo. When you have chosen, leave the selection toggled as this ensure the correct instructions are given throughout this tutorial.

This is the easiest option. A new tab will open in your browser and everything necessary will be pre-installed.

This option uses GitHub Codespaces and is usually free (GitHub provides credits each month).

Use this option if you want to run this demo on your own machine.

To make this work, you'll need the following installed:

This hands on Observability Lab will show how to ingest NetFlow data into Dynatrace as log entries via the Dynatrace collector.

A dummy NetFlow producing device (nflow-generator) will be used for this demo. In reality, your devices would be configured to send flow data to the Dynatrace collector.

nflow-generator will be configured to send flow data to the Dynatrace collector. The Dynatrace collector will be configured to send the data to Dynatrace.

More than just NetFlow

In this demo we use NetFlow data but the Dynatrace collector, and more specifically the netflow receiver inside the collector, also supports IPFIX and sFlow.

Dynatrace Support

The Dynatrace OpenTelemetry collector distribution is recommended as a best practice for any deployment involving OpenTelemetry.

It is also fully supported meaning you can raise support tickets.

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