====== Architecture ======
  * The Redpeaks cockpit application relies on two software components:
    * The **Cockpit** for visualization and configuration
    * **Collectors** for collecting data from target systems.
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===== Cockpit =====
  * The cockpit provides the main application features:
    * A Web user interface with dashboards, allowing to visualize and control monitored infrastructure.
    * A REST API to consume collector's data and allowing remote control of the application.
    * Databases to store configuration, metrics, reports, metadata and all generated information.
    * A central control bus to manage remote collectors.
  * The central instance can be hosted on premise or SAAS.
  * It **does not** need a network access to monitored systems (But remote collectors do).

===== Collectors =====
  * Collectors are Redpeaks agents that will locally collect and analyse information from the devices.
  * Those collectors must be able to connect to target systems.
  * Then consolidated information is sent back to the central instance.
  * Collectors are a very efficient way of monitoring systems within isolated environments without exposing them.