> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.apica.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.apica.io/flow.md).

# Flow

- [Flow Overview](https://docs.apica.io/flow/overview.md): Ingest, Store, Data Transformation and Connect data on-demand
- [Replay](https://docs.apica.io/flow/replay.md): Resends previously ingested unmapped logs to a chosen destination.
- [Pipeline Management](https://docs.apica.io/flow/pipeline-management.md): Managing common operations with the pipeline can be found under this section
- [Configuring Pipelines](https://docs.apica.io/flow/pipeline-management/data-flow-pipelines-new.md)
- [Visualize Pipelines](https://docs.apica.io/flow/pipeline-management/data-flow-pipelines.md): The pipeline is a series of processes or stages through which data flow systematically and efficiently. It helps to visualize the flow between nodes, rules, and filters applied for the data flow.
- [Pipeline Overview Dashboard](https://docs.apica.io/flow/pipeline-management/data-flow-pipeline-dashboard.md)
- [Forwarding Data](https://docs.apica.io/flow/pipeline-management/mapping-applications.md)
- [OpenTelemetry Ingest](https://docs.apica.io/flow/opentelemetry-ingest.md)
- [OpenTelemetry Logs / Traces](https://docs.apica.io/flow/opentelemetry-ingest/opentelemetry-logs-traces.md)
- [OpenTelemetry Metrics](https://docs.apica.io/flow/opentelemetry-ingest/opentelemetry-metrics.md): Apica Flow supports OpenTelemetry metrics in telemetry pipelines for both receiving from OpenTelemetry compatible metrics sources and forwarding to OpenTelemetry Compatible Metric destinations.
- [Transforming Metrics through Code Rules](https://docs.apica.io/flow/opentelemetry-ingest/opentelemetry-metrics/transforming-metrics-through-code-rules.md)
- [Vault](https://docs.apica.io/flow/vault.md): The Vault system provides a centralized and secure location for managing sensitive configuration data required by applications and infrastructure. Instead of scattering secrets like API keys, database
- [Certificates](https://docs.apica.io/flow/vault/certificates.md)
- [Variables](https://docs.apica.io/flow/vault/variables.md)
- [Lookups](https://docs.apica.io/flow/vault/lookups.md)
- [Rules](https://docs.apica.io/flow/rules.md)
- [AGGREGATE](https://docs.apica.io/flow/rules/aggregate.md): Perform statistical operations on telemetry data.
- [FILTER](https://docs.apica.io/flow/rules/filter.md)
- [EXTRACT](https://docs.apica.io/flow/rules/extract.md): Creating and using EXTRACT Rules in Apica Ascent
- [SIEM](https://docs.apica.io/flow/rules/siem-and-tag.md)
- [REWRITE](https://docs.apica.io/flow/rules/rewrite.md)
- [CODE](https://docs.apica.io/flow/rules/code.md): The CODE rule type enables a user to add the JavaScript code to enhance the logs.
- [FORWARD](https://docs.apica.io/flow/rules/forward.md)
- [STREAM](https://docs.apica.io/flow/rules/stream.md): Cloned logs for isolated auditing and pipeline operation.
- [Functions](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions.md)
- [ascent.encode](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.encode.md): Encoding methods for data in Ascent
- [ascent.decode](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.decode.md): Decoding methods for data in Ascent
- [ascent.persist](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.persist.md)
- [Ascent.variables](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.variables.md)
- [ascent.crypto](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.crypto.md): Encryption and Decryption methods for Ascent
- [Ascent.mask](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.mask.md)
- [Ascent.net](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.net.md)
- [Ascent.text](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.text.md)
- [Ascent.time](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.time.md)
- [Ascent.lookups](https://docs.apica.io/flow/functions/ascent.lookups.md)
- [Forwarding to Target Destinations](https://docs.apica.io/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools.md)
- [Persistence Queue for Forwarder Buffers](https://docs.apica.io/flow/persistence-queue-for-forwarder-buffers.md): This page explains what Persistence Queues are, why they are useful, and how to configure them for forwarders.
- [List of Forwarders](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders.md)
- [Amazon Security Lake](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/amazon-security-lake.md)
- [ArcSight](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/arc-sight.md)
- [AWS Kinesis](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/aws-kinesis.md): AWS Kinesis is the AWS managed service for doing real time stream processing
- [Azure Blob Storage](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/azure-blob-storage.md)
- [Azure Log Analytics Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/azure-log-analytics-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to Azure Log Analytics from Apica Ascent
- [Azure Eventhub](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/azure-eventhub.md): Azure Eventhub is the Azure managed service for real-time stream processing
- [BMC Helix Forwarder (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/bmc-helix-forwarder-via-otel.md)
- [Chronosphere Forwarder (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/chronosphere-forwarder-via-otel.md)
- [Coralogix Forwarder (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/coralogix-forwarder-via-otel.md)
- [CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/crowdstrike-falcon-logscale.md)
- [Datadog Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/datadog-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to DataDog from Apica
- [Dynatrace Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/dynatrace-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to Dynatrace from Apica.
- [Elasticsearch Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/elasticsearch-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to Elasticsearch from Apica.
- [Exabeam Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/exabeam-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding.md)
- [Fluent-bit AWS S3 Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-aws-s3-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit Azure Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-azure-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit CloudWatch Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-cloudwatch-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit Dash0 Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-dash0-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit Datadog Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-datadog-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit Dynatrace Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-dynatrace-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit Elasticsearch Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-elasticsearch-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit HTTP Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-http-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit New Relic Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-new-relic-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit OCI Logging Analytics Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-oci-logging-analytics-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit Opentelemetry Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-opentelemetry-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit Slack Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-slack-forwarder.md)
- [Fluent-bit Splunk Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fluent-bit-forwarding/fluent-bit-splunk-forwarder.md)
- [Fortinet FortiSIEM Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/fortinet-fortisiem-forwarder.md)
- [GCP Bigquery](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/gcp-bigquery.md)
- [Google Chronicle SIEM](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/google-chronicle-siem.md)
- [Google Pub/Sub](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/google-pub-sub.md): Google Pub/Sub is the GCP managed service for real-time stream processing
- [Grafana Forwarder (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/grafana-forwarder-via-otel.md)
- [Grafana Loki Forwarder – Log Push from Apica](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/grafana-loki-forwarder-log-push-from-apica.md): This document describes how to configure Apica to forward logs to Grafana Cloud Loki using the Loki HTTP Push API (/loki/api/v1/push).
- [Honeycomb Forwarder (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/honeycomb-forwarder-via-otel.md)
- [IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/ibm-cloud-pak-for-aiops-via-otel.md)
- [IBM Concert (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/ibm-concert-via-otel.md)
- [IBM Instana (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/ibm-instana-via-otel.md)
- [IBM Turbonomic (via Prometheus)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/ibm-turbonomic-via-prometheus.md)
- [ITRS Geneos Forwarder (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/itrs-geneos-forwarder-via-otel.md)
- [JS Code Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/js-code-forwarding.md): The JS Code forwarder is a robust batch processing tool designed to efficiently handle and forward batches of events.
- [Apache Kafka Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/apache-kafka-forwarder.md): The Apache Kafka forwarder sends log data from Apica Ascent to a Kafka topic. It supports plaintext, TLS, and SASL authentication, message compression, and configurable batching.
- [Kafka Forwarding (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/kafka-forwarding-via-otel.md)
- [LogicMonitor Forwarder (via JS Forwarder)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/logicmonitor-forwarder-via-js-forwarder.md)
- [LogRhythm Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/logrhythm-forwarder.md)
- [Microsoft Sentinel Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/sentinel-forwarder.md): Forwarding Logs from Apica Ascent to Microsoft Sentinel
- [New Relic Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/new-relic-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to New Relic from Apica
- [OpenTelemetry Logs](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/logs.md)
- [OpenTelemetry Metrics](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/metrics.md): Forward OTEL-compatible metrics to OTEL destinations
- [OpenTelemetry Traces](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/traces.md)
- [OpenText SIEM (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/opentext-siem-via-otel.md)
- [RSA New Witness](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/rsa-new-witness.md)
- [S3 Compatible](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/s3-compatible.md): E.g. AWS S3, GCP Cloud Storage, OCI Buckets, DigitalOcean Spaces etc.
- [ScienceLogic Forwarder (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/sciencelogic-forwarder-via-otel.md)
- [SolarWinds Forwarder (via OTel)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/solarwinds-forwarder-via-otel.md)
- [Splunk Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding.md)
- [Apica Forwarder Proxy Source Extension](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension.md)
- [Standalone Instance](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension/standalone-instance.md)
- [List of Indexer Instances](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension/list-of-indexer-instances.md)
- [Indexer Cluster (Discovery)](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension/indexer-discovery.md)
- [Upload Confs](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension/upload-confs.md)
- [Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding/splunk-http-event-collector-hec-forwarder.md)
- [Metric Indexes](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding/splunk-http-event-collector-hec-forwarder/metric-indexes.md)
- [Non Metric Indexes](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding/splunk-http-event-collector-hec-forwarder/non-metric-indexes.md)
- [Splunk Syslog Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/list-of-forwarders/splunk-forwarding/syslog-forwarding.md)
- [Custom Forwarders](https://docs.apica.io/flow/customized-forwarders.md)
- [Data Warehouse Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/forwarding-to-data-warehouse.md)
- [Object Store Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/object-store-forwarding.md)
- [Real-Time Stream Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/real-time-stream-forwarding.md)
- [Security Monitor Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/flow/security-monitor-forwarding.md)