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Install and operate Axera.

Axera ships as a Red Hat certified OpenShift operator and a Helm chart. One install, three editions, entirely in your clusters.

Install — OpenShift operator

Install Axera from OperatorHub as a Red Hat certified operator, then create a single Axera custom resource. The operator reconciles the whole platform — API, radar, policy watcher, monitor, console, and optional in-cluster PostgreSQL, Kafka and AI.

apiVersion: platform.axerasecurity.com/v1alpha1
kind: Axera
metadata:
  name: axera
spec:
  version: v9.41.0
  postgres: { external: true }
  kafka:    { external: true }

Install — Helm

For vanilla Kubernetes, install with Helm. Bring your own Kafka and PostgreSQL for production, or deploy them in-cluster for evaluation. Disconnected / air-gapped installs use digest-pinned images and standard mirroring.

helm install axera axera/axera \
  --namespace axera --create-namespace \
  --set postgres.external=true \
  --set kafka.external=true

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Everything else

Architecture

Operator + agents (AxeraFlow, AxeraProcess, AxeraForce OneBox), radar telemetry store, policy watcher, and console.

Editions & licensing

Observe, Segment and NDR are license tiers on one install — upgrade in place, no redeploy.

Agents

eBPF-based flow and process agents, or the combined OneBox DaemonSet.

SIEM & metrics

Multi-destination routing to Splunk/syslog with custom CA, plus Prometheus platform metrics.

AI triage

On-prem Ollama or external providers (Anthropic / OpenAI / Azure) for incident triage.

Backup & restore

Scheduled backup and one-click restore of platform state, including storage-constrained installs.

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