• How to set up Astra Traffic Monitoring with Nginx in Cloud VM

  Here's how to configure Nginx with OpenTelemetry (Otel) for traffic monitoring, in cloud VM environments such as AWS, GCP, Azure and Digital Ocean. It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered during configuration. Nginx integration Case 1: Nginx not present in my VM This section details the steps required to install and configure the Nginx load balancer to successfully instrument inFew readers

• How to mitigate the risks for API endpoints?

  API Risk In this help article, we will explain different kinds of risk detected against HTTP endpoints and how to mitigate them. We will also explain the methodology behind our risk scoring and security grading system, highlighting the key factors we consider. Risk Classification Zombie APIs Zombie APIs refer to APIs that are outdated, unused, or deprecated but still deployed and accessible. These APIs can remain active without the knowledge of development or operations teams, pFew readers

• How to customize the Astra Traffic collector

  Customizing Traffic Collector Configuration Sensor can be customized to filter, templatize and redact the traces generated from traffic. These customization are present to give flexibility to the customer to define a rule to choose a trace to be monitored. Similarly, personally identified information in the trace can be redacted before it reaches Astra's server. This way it can be ensured that no sensitive data leaves customers environment. Lets look at configuring each of them in detail.Few readers

• How to set up Astra Traffic Monitoring with Nginx in Kubernetes

  Here's how to configure ingress-nginx with OpenTelemetry (Otel) for traffic monitoring, in Kubernetes environments such as EKS, GKE, AKE. It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered during configuration. Nginx integration This section details the steps required to install and configure the ingress-nginx load balancer to successfully instrument incoming HTTP requests. If *ingress-Few readers

• How to setup Astra Traffic Collector in VM

  Here's how to configure Astra Traffic Collector for traffic monitoring inside a linux based VM (AWS/GCP/Azure/DO). It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered during configuration. Traffic Collector integration Quick Installation SSH into the VM. Pre-requisite Install Docker Compose in your VM by following the official doc. Create a directory for the Astra Traffic CollectorFew readers

• How to setup Astra Traffic Collector in Kubernetes

  Here's how to configure Astra Traffic Collector for traffic monitoring, in Kubernetes environments such as EKS, GKE, AKE. It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered during configuration. Traffic Collector integration Quick Installation Create a working directory and switch to it. Create astra-collector namespace for traffic collector installation by runningFew readers

• How to setup Astra Proxy Service Integration

  Here's how to configure Astra Proxy Service to capture the HTTP traffic for Postman/Burp/Curl. It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered during configuration. Astra Proxy integration Quick Installation SSH into the VM or developer box where proxy should be hosted. Pre-requisite Install Docker in your VM by following the official doc (https://docs.docker.com/engFew readers

• How to setup Astra Traffic Collector via Cloud Market Place

  Here's how to configure Astra Traffic Collector for traffic monitoring, by choosing the VM images from respective cloud provider marketplace (AWS/GCP/Azure/DO). It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered during configuration. Traffic Collector integration Quick Installation Spin up a new instance of traffic collector by chosing the right image from marketplace. SSH into the VM. Locate the following two editable files under */opt/astra-traffic-colFew readers

• How to setup Astra Packet Processor for Cloud Mirroring

  Astra Mirroring Setup Using Ansible Playbooks You can find all the required files in the GitHub repository: Astra Mirroring Playbooks. Prerequisites Docker and Docker Compose Ensure Docker is installed on the target machine. Ensure Docker Compose is iFew readers

• How to use astra-cli for Astra Proxy Service

  Astra-cli is a wrapper tool around docker to manage astra-proxy-service on the fly. It can be used to setup and manage the astra-proxy-service by launching this proxy service as a container. This guide will cover how to use astra-cli to manage astra-proxy-service. It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered for astra-proxy-service.Few readers

• How to setup Astra Traffic Monitoring with GCP Mirroring

  GCP Packet Mirroring Setup Architecture What's not supported You cannot mirror and collect traffic on the same network interface of a VM instance because doing this would cause a mirroring loop. Refer to official GCP Docs for more queries related to gcp packet mirroring support. Assumptions The source instances already exist in yFew readers

• How to set up Astra Traffic Monitoring with AWS Mirroring

  AWS Traffic Mirroring Setup Architecture What's Not Supported Classic instances or instances based on the Xen hypervisor (e.g., t2, but supported on select non-Nitro instance types. Traffic mirroring does not natively support cross-VPC mirroring without additional configuration, such as using Transit Gateway or VPC Peering Security group rules and network ACL ruFew readers

• How to setup Astra Traffic Collector in Windows

  Here's how to configure Astra Traffic Collector for traffic monitoring inside a Windows based VM (AWS/GCP/Azure/DO). It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered during configuration. Traffic Collector integration Quick Installation SSH into the VM. Pre-requisite Install Docker Desktop version 4.34 or later in your machine by following the official doc. Follow these five steps (https://docs.doFew readers

• How to setup APIGEE Instrumentation

  Setting up APIGEE Instrumentation using JavaScript Policy Overview This guide explains how to set up a JavaScript policy in an Apigee proxy to instrument request and response flows. The JavaScript policy file is available at: GitHub Repository. Prerequisites Access to Apigee UI in Google Cloud An exiFew readers

• How to setup AWS API Gateway Access Logging for Traffic Monitoring

  In this article we will see how to enable traffic monitoring for AWS API Gateway using cloudwatch logs. How to setup Detailed Tracing in AWS REST API Gateway Create an IAM role to send logs to CloudWatch Open the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) console. In the navigation pane, choose Roles. In the Roles pane, choose Create role. On the Create role page, enter the following information: - For Trusted entity, choose AWS Service. - For *Few readers

• How to setup Astra Traffic Monitoring with AWS API Gateway

  Here's how to configure AWS Rest and HTTP API Gateway with OpenTelemetry (Otel) for traffic monitoring. It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered during configuration. Astra AWS APIGW integration AWS APIGW integration This integration is supported for the following type of AWS API Gateway: REST API Gateway HTTP API GatewayFew readers

• How to setup Astra Traffic Collector for Mac

  Here's how to configure Astra Traffic Collector for traffic monitoring inside a Mac based VM. It also covers troubleshooting common issues encountered during configuration. Traffic Collector integration Quick Installation SSH into the VM. Pre-requisite Install Docker Desktop version 4.34 or later in your machine by following the official doc. Follow these five steps (https://docs.docker.com/engine/networkFew readers