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@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ A complete, high-performance, and automated security monitoring solution leverag
 
 > **Architecture Note:** This project originally evaluated Grafana, Loki, and Alloy for telemetry aggregation. After rigorous benchmarking and usability testing, we determined to proceed exclusively with **OpenObserve** and the **OpenTelemetry (OTEL) Collector** due to its superior performance, unified analytics, and native VRL parsing capabilities. Legacy Loki configurations have been archived to `docker-compose.loki.yaml` for reference.
 
+## Components & Technologies In Use
+
+This pipeline leverages the following open-source security and observability tools:
+
+- **[OpenObserve](https://openobserve.ai/)** — Cloud-native, high-performance observability platform for logs, metrics, traces, and dashboards.
+- **[Timescale RSigma](https://rsigma.io/)** — Fast, edge-based Sigma detection engine for real-time log analysis and webhook alerting.
+- **[OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib)** — High-performance log and metrics agent/gateway for flattening, parsing, and routing telemetry.
+- **[Falco](https://falco.org/)** — Cloud-native runtime security tool for kernel syscall behavior analysis.
+- **[OSquery](https://osquery.io/)** — SQL-powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and state querying.
+- **[GoFlow2](https://github.com/netsampler/goflow2)** — NetFlow/sFlow/IPFIX collector for network traffic telemetry.
+- **[Google Magika](https://github.com/google/magika)** — AI-powered file type classification system used for pre-scanning binaries.
+- **[ClamAV](https://www.clamav.net/)** — Open-source antivirus engine and YARA scanning daemon.
+- **[Docker](https://www.docker.com/)** / **[Podman](https://podman.io/)** / **[Nerdctl](https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl)** — Container engines and compose orchestration runtimes.
+
 ## Features
 
 - **Kernel-Level Behavioral Analysis:** Powered by **Falco**, monitoring syscalls for container escapes, rootkits, and privilege escalation.
@@ -15,15 +29,29 @@ A complete, high-performance, and automated security monitoring solution leverag
 
 ## Setup Instructions
 
-This repository is fully containerized and optimized for Linux hosts.
+This repository is fully containerized and supports standard container engines (**Docker**, **Podman**, and **Nerdctl**).
 
 ### 1. Start the Core Security Stack
-To start the default core services (Falco, OpenObserve, OTEL Collector, and DCGM):
+You can start the core stack using your preferred container tool:
+
+#### Using Docker Compose:
 ```bash
 docker compose up -d
 ```
 
-To enable on-demand ClamAV scanning as well:
+#### Using Podman Compose:
+```bash
+podman-compose up -d
+# Or:
+podman compose up -d
+```
+
+#### Using Nerdctl Compose:
+```bash
+nerdctl compose up -d
+```
+
+To enable on-demand ClamAV scanning as well, add the `--profile scan` flag (or `scan` profile equivalent in podman/nerdctl):
 ```bash
 docker compose --profile scan up -d clamav clamav-scanner
 ```
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 ---
 
-## 2. Running with Lima (Linux Machines)
+## 2. Running with Nerdctl (Containerd)
+
+Nerdctl is a Docker-compatible CLI for containerd that supports Docker Compose out of the box, including advanced security profiles and rootless operation.
+
+### Running with Nerdctl Compose
+You can deploy the stack natively using nerdctl's compose engine:
+
+```bash
+nerdctl compose up -d
+```
+
+### Security Configuration for Rootless containerd / Nerdctl
+Similar to rootless Podman, running nerdctl in rootless mode restricts kernel capability access:
+1. **eBPF Syscall Monitoring (Falco):**
+   Falco cannot load kernel probes inside rootless containerd namespaces.
+   - **Recommendation:** Run the `falco` container using `sudo nerdctl run ...` (rootful mode) to ensure eBPF probes can bind to kernel ring buffers.
+2. **Accessing Host Logs:**
+   Ensure your rootless containerd daemon namespace has read access to the osquery and system log files (e.g. `/var/log/osquery/`).
+
+---
+
+## 3. Running with Lima (Linux Machines)
 
 Lima (Linux Machines) provides automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and container runtime integration for macOS and Linux. It is the recommended approach for running this stack on macOS hosts.