Linux Agent

The Linux agent captures LLM usage metadata using eBPF socket tracing. It attaches BPF probes to the kernel’s network stack and OpenSSL to extract SNI hostnames from outbound TLS connections — it never blocks traffic and never inspects content.

Requirements

Linux kernel 5.10 or later with BTF (BPF Type Format) enabled
systemd
Root privileges for installation (required to load BPF programs)

BTF is required for CO-RE (Compile Once, Run Everywhere) compatibility. To check whether your kernel has BTF enabled, run ls /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux. If the file exists, your kernel is supported.

How it works

The agent consists of two components:

eBPF programs — Seven BPF probes (tracepoints, kprobes, and OpenSSL uprobes) compiled with CO-RE for kernel 5.10+ portability. The probes track outbound TCP connections on port 443, measure bytes sent and received, and extract the TLS SNI hostname via OpenSSL uprobes attached to libssl.so. The BPF programs never block connections — they only observe and record.
Rust daemon (toktra-agent) — An async daemon that polls the BPF ring buffer, classifies events against known LLM provider hostnames, batches events (up to 50 events or 5 seconds), and transmits telemetry securely to Toktra over mTLS. The daemon runs as a systemd service.

The eBPF programs operate in observe-only mode. No BPF action ever drops or modifies a packet. All connections proceed normally.

Installation

Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)
RHEL / CentOS / Fedora (.rpm)
From source

Download the package

Download the .deb package from the Toktra admin dashboard under Devices → Download Agent → Linux.

Install the package

sudo dpkg -i toktra-agent_1.0.0_amd64.deb

The postinst script runs systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl enable --now toktra-agent automatically.

Verify the service is running

systemctl status toktra-agent

Download the package

Download the .rpm package from the Toktra admin dashboard under Devices → Download Agent → Linux.

Install the package

sudo rpm -i toktra-agent-1.0.0.x86_64.rpm

Or with dnf:

sudo dnf localinstall toktra-agent-1.0.0.x86_64.rpm

Enable and start the service

sudo systemctl enable --now toktra-agent

Build the agent from source if you need to target a specific architecture or kernel configuration.

# Prerequisites: clang 14+, llvm-strip, Rust 1.75+
cd agent-linux

# Build eBPF programs + Rust daemon
make all

# Build and install
sudo make install

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now toktra-agent

Installed paths

Path	Contents
`/usr/bin/toktra-agent`	Rust daemon binary
`/usr/lib/toktra/toktra_socket.bpf.o`	Compiled eBPF object file
`/usr/lib/systemd/system/toktra-agent.service`	systemd unit file
`/etc/toktra/`	Configuration directory

Configuration

The agent loads configuration by layering: defaults ← /etc/toktra/agent.conf ← environment variables. Environment variables always take precedence.

Configuration file

Create or edit /etc/toktra/agent.conf (TOML format):

# Toktra ingest URL
ingest_url = "https://ingest.toktra.io"

# Device certificate paths (written by enrollment)
device_cert_path = "/etc/toktra/device.crt"
device_key_path  = "/etc/toktra/device.key"
ca_cert_path     = "/etc/toktra/ca.crt"

# Telemetry batching
batch_size          = 50   # events per batch
flush_interval_secs = 5    # seconds between flushes

# Logging
log_level = "info"  # trace, debug, info, warn, error

# Prometheus metrics
metrics_port = 9090

# eBPF configuration
bpf_object_path = "/usr/lib/toktra/toktra_socket.bpf.o"
libssl_path     = "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.3"

Environment variables

All configuration keys can be overridden with environment variables. Add overrides to /etc/toktra/agent.env (loaded by the systemd unit via EnvironmentFile):

TOKTRA_INGEST_URL=https://ingest.toktra.io
TOKTRA_CERT_PATH=/etc/toktra/device.crt
TOKTRA_KEY_PATH=/etc/toktra/device.key
TOKTRA_CA_CERT_PATH=/etc/toktra/ca.crt
TOKTRA_LOG_LEVEL=info
TOKTRA_METRICS_PORT=9090
TOKTRA_BATCH_SIZE=50
TOKTRA_FLUSH_INTERVAL=5

After editing the configuration, restart the service:

sudo systemctl restart toktra-agent

Device enrollment

On first run, the daemon automatically enrolls the device:

Generates an Ed25519 key pair and writes the private key to /etc/toktra/device.key.
Sends a CSR to the Toktra enrollment endpoint.
Writes the signed device certificate to /etc/toktra/device.crt. The certificate is valid for 90 days.
Uses the device certificate for mTLS on all subsequent transmissions.

Certificates renew automatically before expiry.

systemd service

The agent runs as a Type=notify systemd service and signals readiness with sd_notify. The unit applies security hardening directives:

[Service]
Type=notify
ExecStart=/usr/bin/toktra-agent
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
WatchdogSec=60
User=root

# Minimum capabilities for eBPF
CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_BPF CAP_PERFMON CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_SYS_PTRACE
NoNewPrivileges=yes
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectHome=yes
PrivateTmp=yes

Common service management commands:

# Check status and recent logs
systemctl status toktra-agent
journalctl -u toktra-agent -f

# Restart after configuration change
sudo systemctl restart toktra-agent

# Disable and stop
sudo systemctl disable --now toktra-agent

Prometheus metrics

The daemon exposes Prometheus-format metrics on 127.0.0.1:9090/metrics (configurable with metrics_port). Scrape this endpoint with Prometheus or a compatible collector. Available metrics:

Metric	Type	Description
`toktra_events_received_total`	Counter	Events received from BPF ring buffer
`toktra_events_sent_total`	Counter	Events sent to Toktra
`toktra_events_dropped_total`	Counter	Events dropped due to overflow or send failure
`toktra_bpf_errors_total`	Counter	BPF subsystem errors (load failures, map errors)
`toktra_send_errors_total`	Counter	HTTP send errors
`toktra_batch_send_duration_seconds`	Histogram	Batch send duration
`toktra_active_connections`	Gauge	Connections currently tracked in BPF map
`toktra_buffered_events`	Gauge	Events buffered awaiting send
`toktra_circuit_breaker_open`	Gauge	Circuit breaker state (`1`=open, `0`=closed)

Example Prometheus scrape config:

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: toktra-agent
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:9090']

osquery extension (fleet-wide queries)

The agent ships a Go osquery table extension (toktra_extension) that exposes a toktra_connections virtual table. Use this with Fleet or Kolide to run fleet-wide LLM usage queries.

# Run the extension with osquery
osqueryi --extension /usr/lib/toktra/toktra_extension

The extension connects to the daemon’s Unix socket at /run/toktra/connections.sock to read real-time connection data. Example queries:

-- All active LLM connections
SELECT pid, comm, dst_hostname, provider, bytes_sent
FROM toktra_connections;

-- Connections to OpenAI only
SELECT pid, comm, dst_hostname, bytes_sent, bytes_received
FROM toktra_connections
WHERE provider = 'openai';

-- Processes making LLM calls
SELECT DISTINCT comm, provider
FROM toktra_connections
ORDER BY comm;

The toktra_connections table schema:

Column	Type	Description
`pid`	integer	Process ID
`comm`	text	Process name
`dst_hostname`	text	Destination SNI hostname
`dst_ip`	text	Destination IP address
`dst_port`	integer	Destination port
`bytes_sent`	bigint	Bytes sent
`bytes_received`	bigint	Bytes received
`timestamp`	bigint	Unix timestamp (nanoseconds)
`provider`	text	Identified LLM provider
`category`	text	Usage category

Set TOKTRA_SOCKET_PATH to override the default Unix socket path if you run the daemon in a non-standard location.

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​Requirements

​How it works

​Installation

​Installed paths

​Configuration

​Configuration file

​Environment variables

​Device enrollment

​systemd service

​Prometheus metrics

​osquery extension (fleet-wide queries)

Requirements

How it works

Installation

Installed paths

Configuration

Configuration file

Environment variables

Device enrollment

systemd service

Prometheus metrics

osquery extension (fleet-wide queries)