Keystone Collector is the usage acquisition component of the Keystone billing platform. It leverages Active IQ Unified Manager and other applications to connect to ONTAP and StorageGRID systems to collect metadata required for usage and SLA performance metering of your Keystone subscriptions. It provides you with the ability to monitor system health, while sending your billing data for reporting.

Keystone Collector can be configured in either standard mode, which works without connectivity restrictions, or private mode, designed for organizations with connectivity restrictions. To install Keystone Collector in standard mode, refer to Set up and configure Keystone; for private mode, refer to Keystone in private mode.

Keystone Collector represents the standard approach of collecting usage data for Keystone systems. If your environment cannot support Keystone Collector, you can seek authorization from Keystone Product Management to use AutoSupport telemetry mechanism as an alternative. For information about AutoSupport, see AutoSupport. For information about configuring AutoSupport for Keystone, see Configure AutoSupport for Keystone.

This architecture diagram outlines the constituent components and their connectivity in a typical Keystone environment.