diff --git a/appender/pom.xml b/appender/pom.xml
index 415de23..3be0a39 100644
--- a/appender/pom.xml
+++ b/appender/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
         <module>redis</module>
         <module>rest</module>
         <module>mongodb</module>
+        <module>socket</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
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diff --git a/appender/socket/NOTICE b/appender/socket/NOTICE
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diff --git a/appender/socket/pom.xml b/appender/socket/pom.xml
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index 0000000..7cda1ea
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+++ b/appender/socket/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
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+    </parent>
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+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+    <name>Apache Karaf :: Decanter :: Appender :: Socket</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.karaf.decanter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.decanter.api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifacts>
+                                <artifact>
+                                    <file>src/main/cfg/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket.cfg</file>
+                                    <type>cfg</type>
+                                </artifact>
+                            </artifacts>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/appender/socket/src/main/cfg/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket.cfg b/appender/socket/src/main/cfg/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4beff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appender/socket/src/main/cfg/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Decanter Socket Appender
+
+# Hostname (or IP address) where to send the collected data
+#host=localhost
+
+# Port number where to send the collected data
+#port=34343
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/appender/socket/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/decanter/appender/socket/SocketAppender.java b/appender/socket/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/decanter/appender/socket/SocketAppender.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2eea6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appender/socket/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/decanter/appender/socket/SocketAppender.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.decanter.api.marshaller.Marshaller;
+import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
+import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.*;
+import org.osgi.service.event.Event;
+import org.osgi.service.event.EventConstants;
+import org.osgi.service.event.EventHandler;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.util.Dictionary;
+
+@Component(
+    name = "org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket",
+    immediate = true,
+    configurationPolicy = ConfigurationPolicy.REQUIRE,
+    property = EventConstants.EVENT_TOPIC + "=decanter/collect/*"
+)
+public class SocketAppender implements EventHandler {
+
+    private final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SocketAppender.class);
+
+    private String host;
+    private int port;
+
+    private Marshaller marshaller;
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate(ComponentContext componentContext) throws Exception {
+        Dictionary<String, Object> config = componentContext.getProperties();
+        host = getValue(config, "host", "localhost");
+        String portSt = getValue(config, "port", "34343");
+        port = Integer.parseInt(portSt);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handleEvent(Event event) {
+        Socket socket = null;
+        PrintWriter writer = null;
+        try {
+            socket = new Socket(host, port);
+            String data = marshaller.marshal(event);
+            writer = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
+            writer.println(data);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Error sending data on the socket", e);
+        } finally {
+            if (writer != null) {
+                writer.flush();
+                writer.close();
+            }
+            if (socket != null) {
+                try {
+                    socket.close();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    // nothing to do
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getValue(Dictionary<String, Object> config, String key, String defaultValue) {
+        String value = (String)config.get(key);
+        return (value != null) ? value :  defaultValue;
+    }
+
+    @Reference
+    public void setMarshaller(Marshaller marshaller) {
+        this.marshaller = marshaller;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/assembly/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/assembly/src/main/feature/feature.xml
index 139c2b7..54afd1c 100644
--- a/assembly/src/main/feature/feature.xml
+++ b/assembly/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@
         <configfile finalname="/etc/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.rest.servlet.cfg">mvn:org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.rest.servlet/${project.version}/cfg</configfile>
     </feature>
 
+    <feature name="decanter-collector-socket" version="${project.version}" description="Karaf Decanter Network Socket Collector">
+        <feature>decanter-common</feature>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket/${project.version}</bundle>
+        <configfile finalname="/etc/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket.cfg">mvn:org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket/${project.version}/cfg</configfile>
+    </feature>
+
     <feature name="decanter-appender-log" version="${project.version}" description="Karaf Decanter Log Appender">
         <feature>decanter-common</feature>
         <bundle>mvn:org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.log/${project.version}</bundle>
@@ -213,6 +219,12 @@
         <configfile finalname="/etc/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.mongodb.cfg">mvn:org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.mongodb/${project.version}/cfg</configfile>
     </feature>
 
+    <feature name="decanter-appender-socket" version="${project.version}" description="Karaf Decanter Network Socket Appender">
+        <feature>decanter-common</feature>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket/${project.version}</bundle>
+        <configfile finalname="/etc/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket.cfg">mvn:org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket/${project.version}/cfg</configfile>
+    </feature>
+
     <feature name="decanter-sla" version="${project.version}" description="Karaf Decanter SLA support">
         <feature>decanter-common</feature>
         <bundle>mvn:org.apache.karaf.decanter.sla/org.apache.karaf.decanter.sla.checker/${project.version}</bundle>
diff --git a/collector/pom.xml b/collector/pom.xml
index f00838a..07c24cf 100644
--- a/collector/pom.xml
+++ b/collector/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         <module>eventadmin</module>
         <module>kafka</module>
         <module>jms</module>
+        <module>socket</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collector/socket/LICENSE b/collector/socket/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b36a53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/socket/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,475 @@
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+
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+Copyright (c) 2004-2011 QOS.ch
+All rights reserved.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
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+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
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+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collector/socket/NOTICE b/collector/socket/NOTICE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cf0a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/socket/NOTICE
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Apache Karaf Decanter
+Copyright 2015 The Apache Software Foundation
+
+I. Included Software
+
+This product includes software developed at
+The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
+
+II. Used Software
+
+This product uses software developed at
+The OSGi Alliance (http://www.osgi.org/).
+Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2000, 2010).
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
+
+This product uses software developed at
+OPS4J (http://www.ops4j.org/).
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
+
+This product uses software developed at
+SLF4J (http://www.slf4j.org/).
+Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+This product uses software developed at
+JUnit (http://www.junit.org/).
+Licensed under the Eclipse Public License 1.0.
+
+III. License Summary
+- Apache License 2.0
+- MIT License
+- Eclipse Public License 1.0
diff --git a/collector/socket/pom.xml b/collector/socket/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c3b676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/socket/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+    <!--
+
+        Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+        contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+        this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+        The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+        (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+        the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+           http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+        Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+        distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+        WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+        See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+        limitations under the License.
+    -->
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.karaf.decanter</groupId>
+        <artifactId>collector</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector</groupId>
+    <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+    <name>Apache Karaf :: Decanter :: Collector :: Socket</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.karaf.decanter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.decanter.api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifacts>
+                                <artifact>
+                                    <file>src/main/cfg/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket.cfg</file>
+                                    <type>cfg</type>
+                                </artifact>
+                            </artifacts>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build> 
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collector/socket/src/main/cfg/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket.cfg b/collector/socket/src/main/cfg/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9a04b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/socket/src/main/cfg/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Decanter Socket Collector
+
+# Port number on which to listen
+#port=34343
+
+# Number of worker threads to deal with
+#workers=10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collector/socket/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/decanter/collector/socket/SocketCollector.java b/collector/socket/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/decanter/collector/socket/SocketCollector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49ddb63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/socket/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/decanter/collector/socket/SocketCollector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.ServerSocket;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.util.Dictionary;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.decanter.api.marshaller.Unmarshaller;
+import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
+import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Activate;
+import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.ConfigurationPolicy;
+import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Reference;
+import org.osgi.service.event.Event;
+import org.osgi.service.event.EventAdmin;
+import org.osgi.service.event.EventConstants;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Component (
+        name = "org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket",
+        configurationPolicy = ConfigurationPolicy.REQUIRE,
+        immediate = true)
+public class SocketCollector implements Closeable, Runnable {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SocketCollector.class);
+
+    private ServerSocket serverSocket;
+    private EventAdmin eventAdmin;
+    private boolean open;
+    private ExecutorService executor;
+    private Dictionary<String, Object> properties;
+    private String eventAdminTopic;
+    private EventAdmin dispatcher;
+    private Unmarshaller unmarshaller;
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Activate
+    public void activate(ComponentContext context) throws IOException {
+        this.properties = context.getProperties();
+        int port = Integer.parseInt(getProperty(this.properties, "port", "34343"));
+        int workers = Integer.parseInt(getProperty(this.properties, "workers", "10"));
+        eventAdminTopic = getProperty(this.properties, EventConstants.EVENT_TOPIC, "decanter/collect/socket");
+        this.serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port);
+        // adding 1 for serverSocket handling
+        this.executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(workers + 1);
+        this.executor.execute(this);
+        this.open = true;
+    }
+
+    private String getProperty(Dictionary<String, Object> properties, String key, String defaultValue) {
+        return (properties.get(key) != null) ? (String)properties.get(key) : defaultValue;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        while (open) {
+            try {
+                Socket socket = serverSocket.accept();
+                LOGGER.debug("Connected to client at {}", socket.getInetAddress());
+                this.executor.execute(new SocketRunnable(socket));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Exception receiving log.", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        this.open = false;
+        try {
+            this.executor.shutdown();
+            try {
+                this.executor.awaitTermination(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                // nothing to do
+            }
+            this.executor.shutdownNow();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // nothing to do
+        }
+        serverSocket.close();
+    }
+
+    @Reference
+    public void setEventAdmin(EventAdmin eventAdmin) {
+        this.eventAdmin = eventAdmin;
+    }
+
+    private class SocketRunnable implements Runnable {
+
+        private Socket clientSocket;
+
+        public SocketRunnable(Socket clientSocket) {
+            this.clientSocket = clientSocket;
+        }
+
+        public void run() {
+            try (BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(clientSocket.getInputStream())) {
+                Map<String, Object> data = new HashMap<>();
+                data.put("hostAddress", InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress());
+                data.put("hostName", InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName());
+                data.put("type", "socket");
+                String karafName = System.getProperty("karaf.name");
+                if (karafName != null) {
+                    data.put("karafName", karafName);
+                }
+                try {
+                    data.putAll(unmarshaller.unmarshal(bis));
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    // nothing to do
+                }
+                Event event = new Event(eventAdminTopic, data);
+                dispatcher.postEvent(event);
+            } catch (EOFException e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Client closed the connection", e);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Exception receiving data", e);
+            }
+            try {
+                clientSocket.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                LOGGER.info("Error closing socket", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Reference
+    public void setDispatcher(EventAdmin dispatcher) {
+        this.dispatcher = dispatcher;
+    }
+
+    @Reference
+    public void setUnmarshaller(Unmarshaller unmarshaller) {
+        this.unmarshaller = unmarshaller;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/manual/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide/appenders.adoc b/manual/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide/appenders.adoc
index 6d81a12..98825a3 100644
--- a/manual/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide/appenders.adoc
+++ b/manual/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide/appenders.adoc
@@ -1070,4 +1070,33 @@
 * the `keyspace.name` property identifies the keyspace used for Decanter data
 * the `table.name` property defines the name of the table where to store the data
 * the `cassandra.host` property contains the hostname or IP address where the Cassandra instance is running (default is localhost)
-* the `cassandra.port` property contains the port number of the Cassandra instance (default is 9042)
\ No newline at end of file
+* the `cassandra.port` property contains the port number of the Cassandra instance (default is 9042)
+
+==== Network socket
+
+The Decanter network socket appender send the collected data to a remote Decanter network socket collector.
+
+The use case could be to dedicate a Karaf instance as a central monitoring platform, receiving collected data from
+the other nodes.
+
+The `decanter-appender-socket` feature installs this appender:
+
+----
+karaf@root()> feature:install decanter-appender-socket
+----
+
+This feature installs the appender and a default `etc/org.apache.karaf.decanter.appender.socket.cfg` configuration file
+containing:
+
+----
+# Decanter Socket Appender
+
+# Hostname (or IP address) where to send the collected data
+#host=localhost
+
+# Port number where to send the collected data
+#port=34343
+----
+
+* the `host` property contains the hostname or IP address of the remote network socket collector
+* the `port` property contains the port number of the remote network socket collector
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manual/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide/collectors.adoc b/manual/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide/collectors.adoc
index 6ed909b..16df819 100644
--- a/manual/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide/collectors.adoc
+++ b/manual/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide/collectors.adoc
@@ -413,3 +413,28 @@
 ----
 command.df=df -k / | awk -F " |%" '/dev/{print $8}'
 ----
+
+==== Network socket
+
+The Decanter network socket collector listens for incoming messages coming from a remote network socket collector.
+
+The `decanter-collector-socket` feature installs the network socket collector:
+
+----
+karaf@root()> feature:install decanter-collector-socket
+----
+
+This feature installs a default `etc/org.apache.karaf.decanter.collector.socket.cfg` configuration file containing:
+
+----
+# Decanter Socket Collector
+
+# Port number on which to listen
+#port=34343
+
+# Number of worker threads to deal with
+#workers=10
+----
+
+* the `port` property contains the port number where the network socket collector is listening
+* the `workers` property contains the number of worker thread the socket collector is using for connection
\ No newline at end of file