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:

1. You are using the KADA SaaS offering and it cannot connect to your sources due to firewall restrictions

2. You want to push metadata to KADA rather than allow it pull data for Security reasons

3. You want to inspect the metadata before pushing it to K

Using a collector requires you to manage

1. Deploying and orchestrating the extract code

2. Managing a high water mark so the extract only pull the latest metadata

3. Storing and pushing the extracts to your K instance.

To find your landing directory you will need to

1. Go to Platform Settings - Settings. Note down the value of this setting storage_azure_storage_account (if your platform is deployed on KADA SaaS)

2. Go to Sources - Edit the Source you have configured. Note down the landing directory in the About this Source section

You will also need a SAS token to push data to the landing directory. Request this from KADA Support (support@kada.ai)