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 # edm: Edge DNSTAP Minimiser
 
 ## About
+`edm` reads DNSTAP and depending on configuration can output some different
+data based on the observed messages:
+* DNS queries for names considered well-known will be summarised into
+histograms which are saved as parquet files. These files will then be submitted
+to Core.
+* DNS queries for names not considered well-known are collected into other
+parquet files for further local analysis and here the complete message content
+is saved but the client and server IP-addresses are pseudonymised via
+[Crypto-PAn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto-PAn).
+* DNS queries that are not considered well-known and have never been seen
+before by a given instance of `edm` will result in notifications beingsent to
+Core via MQTT messages.
 
-Tool for reading dnstap data, pseudonymising IP addresses and outputting minimised output data.
-
-Currently expects to read dnstap from a unix socket and writes out parquet
-files for the collected information.
-
-Requires a DAWG file for keeping track of well-known domains. Such a file can
-be created using the tool available in
-<https://github.com/dnstapir/edm-dawg-maker>
-
+## Usage
+Running `edm` requires the creation of a TOML config file for holding the
+crypto-PAn secret used for pseudonymisation as well as a
+`well-known-domains.dawg` file which can be created using
+<https://github.com/dnstapir/tapir-cli>
+
+### Steps for a basic local-only setup
+A basic setup where `edm` will listen on a unix socket for DNSTAP data and
+output files to a directory structure under `/tmp/edm` but not send anything to
+Core can be created like this:
 ```text
-Usage:
-  edm [command]
-
-Available Commands:
-  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
-  help        Help about any command
-  run         Run edm in dnstap capture mode
-
-Flags:
-      --config string   config file for sensitive information (default is $HOME/.edm.yaml)
-  -h, --help            help for edm
-
-Use "edm [command] --help" for more information about a command.
+echo 'cryptopan-key = "mysecret"' > edm.toml
+curl -O https://www.domcop.com/files/top/top10milliondomains.csv.zip
+unzip top10milliondomains.csv.zip
+tapir-cli dawg --standalone compile --format csv --src top10milliondomains.csv --dawg well-known-domains.dawg
+edm run --input-unix /tmp/edm/input.sock --data-dir /tmp/edm/data --config edm.toml --well-known-domains well-known-domains.dawg --disable-mqtt --disable-histogram-sender
 ```
 
-## Usage
-
-Using the tool requires the creation of a TOML config file for holding the
-crypto-PAn secret (by default the config is read from the current working
- directory) as well as a `well-known-domains.dawg` file which can be created
-using <https://github.com/dnstapir/edm-dawg-maker>
-
-Basic usage, writing output files to a directory structure under `/var/lib/edm`
-
+Since all communication with Core is disabled this is helpful for creating some
+local parquet files to look around in. For inspecting the content you can use
+e.g. [DuckDB](https://duckdb.org) like so:
+### For summarised histogram data
 ```text
-echo 'cryptopan-key = "mysecret"' > edm.toml
-edm-dawg-maker
-edm run --input-unix /opt/unbound/dnstap.sock
+duckdb -c 'select * from "/tmp/edm/data/parquet/histograms/outbox/dns_histogram-2024-09-26T18-14-00Z_2024-09-26T18-15-00Z.parquet"'
+```
+### For pseudonymised session (full message) data
+```text
+duckdb -c 'select * from "/tmp/edm/data/parquet/sessions/dns_session_block-2024-09-26T18-18-00Z_2024-09-26T18-19-00Z.parquet"'
 ```
 
+Next to the parquet directory you will also see a directory called "pebble".
+This is where `edm` keeps its key-value store which is used to tell if a
+query name has been seen before or not. The key-value store being used is
+[pebble](https://github.com/cockroachdb/pebble)
+
 ## Development
 
 ### Formatting and linting
@@ -54,4 +61,4 @@ run at the top level directory prior to commiting:
 * `staticcheck ./...` (see [staticcheck](https://staticcheck.io))
 * `gosec ./...` (see [gosec](https://github.com/securego/gosec))
 * `golangci-lint run` (see [golangci-lint](https://golangci-lint.run))
-* `go test ./...`
+* `go test -race ./...`