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Glossary

recorder Agent that polls or receives data, generalizes it according to record and sends it to central for storage. central Software service running on a central management node that stores information persistantly in a backend storage using a configurable driver like SQLAlchemy or other. api HTTP REST API service for Bufunfa mq A message queue, typically something like RabbitMQ or ZeroMQ storage A backend for storing data/information persistantly. Typically MongoDB or a SQL based server software.

record

A Record is typically something that's been metered, the record is a simple piece of information that holds general info that's needed to process billing info + extra if wanted.