> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-runtime-security/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-data-collector-applets.md).

# Broker VM data collector applets

Learn more about the different Broker VM data collector applets available to configure.

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Some data collector applets require the Data Collection add-on.
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The Broker VM has a number of data collector applets that you can configure to ingest different types of data. These data collector applets are in addition to the others that are available in the Settings → Data Sources & Integrations page.

For more information on activating the Broker VM applets, see [Generic on-premise data collectors](/cortex-cloud-runtime-security/cortex-cloud-data-sources-and-connectors/generic-on-premise-data-collectors.md).


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