# Router and edge deployment

Axoflow provides agents to collect data from all kinds of sources:

  * Kubernetes clusters,
  * cloud sources,
  * security appliances,
  * Linux servers,
  * Microsoft Windows hosts.



(If you’d prefer to keep using your existing syslog infrastructure instead of the Axoflow agents, see [Onboard existing syslog/syslog-ng infrastructure](../../docs/axoflow/deployment-scenarios/existing-infrastructure/index.md)).

You can deploy the AxoRouter data aggregator on Linux and Kubernetes.

![Router and edge deployment](/docs/axoflow/deployment-scenarios/router-edge/deployment-router-edge.svg)

Using the Axoflow collector agents gives you:

  * [Reliable transport](../../docs/axoflow/concepts/reliable-transport/index.md): Between its components, Axoflow transports security data using the reliable OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP) for high performance, and to avoid losing messages.
  * Managed components: You can [configure](../../docs/axoflow/data-management/index.md), [manage, monitor](../../docs/axoflow/onboard-hosts/index.md), and troubleshoot all these components from the AxoConsole. For example, you can [sample the data flowing through each component](../../docs/axoflow/onboard-hosts/log-tapping/index.md).
  * [Metrics](../../docs/axoflow/metrics/index.md): Detailed metrics from every collector provide unprecedented insight into the status of your data pipeline.