These docs are for Cribl Edge 4.3 and are no longer actively maintained.
See the latest version (4.13).
About Cribl Edge
All the docs to goat you started with Cribl Edge.
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What Is Cribl Edge?
Cribl Edge helps you collect and process observability data – logs, metrics, application data, etc. – in real time, from your Linux and Windows machines, apps, microservices etc., and deliver them to Cribl Stream or any supported destination.
- Automatic discovery of host, container and application metrics, logs, etc. on endpoints.
- Great Getting Data In (GDI) experience: explore, preview, build configs etc.
- Collect, Process and Forward
- Collect logs, metrics (host, process, container), traces (coming soon), custom command output etc.
- All the processing power of functions & pipelines at your fingertips
- Forward data to any of the many supported destinations
- Centralized Configuration & Management
- Visual configuration authoring, version controlled etc.
- Teleportation-to-the-edge for local preview and configuration validation

Who Is Cribl Edge For?
Cribl Edge is built for ITOps and SecOps Engineers and users of operational and security intelligence products and services who want to simplify the process of collecting and analyzing data from a host.
Cribl University offers the Cribl Certified Admin for Edge course where you will learn to implement, optimize, and manage your deployments. To follow the direct course link, first log into your Cribl University account. (To create an account, select the Sign up link. You’ll need to click through a short Terms & Conditions presentation, with chill music, before proceeding to courses – but Cribl’s training is always free of charge.) Once logged in, check out other useful Cribl Edge courses.