# Falco operators

> Falco operators are a collection of Juju charms for deploying and managing Falco runtime security monitoring and Falcosidekick alert forwarding on machines and Kubernetes.


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## Pages

- [Falco operators](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/index.html.md): A collection of Juju charms for Falco.
- [Tutorial](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/tutorial/index.html.md): The Falco charm tutorial that walks a user through a basic Falco deployment.
- [Deploy Falco operator](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/tutorial/getting-started/index.html.md): - Deploy the K8s charm as the principal charm.
- [Deploy Falcosidekick K8s operator](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/tutorial/deploy-falcosidekick/index.html.md): - Bootstrap a Juju controller on a Kubernetes cloud.
- [Connect Falco to Falcosidekick](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/tutorial/end-to-end-deployment/index.html.md): - Configure both Falco and Falcosidekick K8s charms.
- [How-to guides](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/how-to/index.html.md): How-to guides covering the entire operations lifecycle of the Falco operators.
- [Configure custom repository](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/how-to/configure-custom-repository/index.html.md): This guide shows how to configure the Falco charm with a custom Git repository containing your own F...
- [Configure TLS termination with ingress](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/how-to/configure-tls-ingress/index.html.md): This guide shows you how to configure TLS termination for Falcosidekick using the `ingress` interfac...
- [Integrate with the Canonical Observability Stack](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/how-to/integrate-with-cos/index.html.md): This guide shows you how to integrate the Falco charms with the Canonical Observability Stack (COS) ...
- [Troubleshoot](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/how-to/troubleshoot/index.html.md): This guide provides solutions to common issues you may encounter when operating the Falco charms.
- [Upgrade](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/how-to/upgrade/index.html.md): Falco and Falcosidekick K8s charms have stateless workloads, they can be upgraded simply through `ju...
- [How to contribute](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/how-to/contribute/index.html.md): Familiarize yourself with contributing to the Falco charm documentation.
- [Reference](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/reference/index.html.md): Technical information related to the Falco operators
- [Actions](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/reference/actions/index.html.md): - See Actions for Falco operator.
- [Configurations](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/reference/configurations/index.html.md): - See Configurations for Falco operator.
- [Integrations](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/reference/integrations/index.html.md): Falco supports the following integrations with other charms.
- [Architecture](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/reference/architecture/index.html.md): This page explains the architecture of the Falco operators and how the components interact to provid...
- [Metrics](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/reference/metrics/index.html.md): The Falco operators expose Prometheus-compatible metrics for both the Falco runtime security engine ...
- [Explanation](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/explanation/index.html.md): Explanation material explaining key concepts about the Falco operators
- [Charm design overview](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/explanation/charm-design/index.html.md): This page explains the design patterns and architecture used in both the Falco operator and Falcosid...
- [Security overview](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/explanation/security/index.html.md): This document outlines the security design of the charm along common risks and
- [Changelog](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/falco-charms/latest/changelog/index.html.md): All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.