diff --git a/core/Cargo.lock b/core/Cargo.lock
index 4ff5da19..38ac516f 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/core/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "1.1.3"
+version = "1.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+checksum = "ddd31a130427c27518df266943a5308ed92d4b226cc639f5a8f1002816174301"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -122,11 +122,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aya-build"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#948b8553ee72ab72d91c9a16e7e937a75eb0e155"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "cargo_metadata",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aya-ebpf"
 version = "0.1.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#fc5387c80626957017ceeb988322bc288f438059"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#948b8553ee72ab72d91c9a16e7e937a75eb0e155"
 dependencies = [
+ "aya-build",
  "aya-ebpf-bindings",
  "aya-ebpf-cty",
  "aya-ebpf-macros",
@@ -136,20 +146,24 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "aya-ebpf-bindings"
 version = "0.1.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#fc5387c80626957017ceeb988322bc288f438059"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#948b8553ee72ab72d91c9a16e7e937a75eb0e155"
 dependencies = [
+ "aya-build",
  "aya-ebpf-cty",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aya-ebpf-cty"
 version = "0.2.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#fc5387c80626957017ceeb988322bc288f438059"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#948b8553ee72ab72d91c9a16e7e937a75eb0e155"
+dependencies = [
+ "aya-build",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aya-ebpf-macros"
 version = "0.1.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#fc5387c80626957017ceeb988322bc288f438059"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#948b8553ee72ab72d91c9a16e7e937a75eb0e155"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "proc-macro2-diagnostics",
@@ -183,7 +197,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "aya-log-common"
 version = "0.1.15"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#fc5387c80626957017ceeb988322bc288f438059"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#948b8553ee72ab72d91c9a16e7e937a75eb0e155"
 dependencies = [
  "num_enum",
 ]
@@ -191,7 +205,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "aya-log-ebpf"
 version = "0.1.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#fc5387c80626957017ceeb988322bc288f438059"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#948b8553ee72ab72d91c9a16e7e937a75eb0e155"
 dependencies = [
  "aya-ebpf",
  "aya-log-common 0.1.15 (git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya)",
@@ -201,7 +215,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "aya-log-ebpf-macros"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#fc5387c80626957017ceeb988322bc288f438059"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#948b8553ee72ab72d91c9a16e7e937a75eb0e155"
 dependencies = [
  "aya-log-common 0.1.15 (git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya)",
  "aya-log-parser",
@@ -213,7 +227,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "aya-log-parser"
 version = "0.1.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#fc5387c80626957017ceeb988322bc288f438059"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya#948b8553ee72ab72d91c9a16e7e937a75eb0e155"
 dependencies = [
  "aya-log-common 0.1.15 (git+https://github.com/aya-rs/aya)",
 ]
@@ -240,9 +254,9 @@ checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.9.4"
+version = "2.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2261d10cca569e4643e526d8dc2e62e433cc8aba21ab764233731f8d369bf394"
+checksum = "812e12b5285cc515a9c72a5c1d3b6d46a19dac5acfef5265968c166106e31dd3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -285,11 +299,43 @@ version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d71b6127be86fdcfddb610f7182ac57211d4b18a3e9c82eb2d17662f2227ad6a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "camino"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "276a59bf2b2c967788139340c9f0c5b12d7fd6630315c15c217e559de85d2609"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo-platform"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "122ec45a44b270afd1402f351b782c676b173e3c3fb28d86ff7ebfb4d86a4ee4"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo_metadata"
+version = "0.23.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "981a6f317983eec002839b90fae7411a85621410ae591a9cab2ecf5cb5744873"
+dependencies = [
+ "camino",
+ "cargo-platform",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.41"
+version = "1.2.44"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac9fe6cdbb24b6ade63616c0a0688e45bb56732262c158df3c0c4bea4ca47cb7"
+checksum = "37521ac7aabe3d13122dc382493e20c9416f299d2ccd5b3a5340a2570cdeb0f3"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "shlex",
@@ -297,9 +343,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2fd1289c04a9ea8cb22300a459a72a385d7c73d3259e2ed7dcb2af674838cfa9"
+checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg_aliases"
@@ -355,6 +401,15 @@ version = "0.8.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cortexbrain-common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cortexflow_agent_api"
 version = "0.1.1-beta.2"
@@ -364,6 +419,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "bytemuck_derive",
  "chrono",
+ "cortexbrain-common",
  "cortexflow_identity",
  "prost",
  "tokio",
@@ -387,6 +443,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "bytemuck_derive",
  "bytes",
+ "cortexbrain-common",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
  "libc",
@@ -605,19 +662,19 @@ checksum = "335ff9f135e4384c8150d6f27c6daed433577f86b4750418338c01a1a2528592"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "wasi 0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26145e563e54f2cadc477553f1ec5ee650b00862f0a58bcd12cbdc5f0ea2d2f4"
+checksum = "899def5c37c4fd7b2664648c28120ecec138e4d395b459e5ca34f9cce2dd77fd"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "r-efi",
- "wasi 0.14.7+wasi-0.2.4",
+ "wasip2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -818,9 +875,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.11.4"
+version = "2.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b0f83760fb341a774ed326568e19f5a863af4a952def8c39f9ab92fd95b88e5"
+checksum = "6717a8d2a5a929a1a2eb43a12812498ed141a0bcfb7e8f7844fbdbe4303bba9f"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown 0.16.0",
@@ -843,9 +900,9 @@ checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.81"
+version = "0.3.82"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec48937a97411dcb524a265206ccd4c90bb711fca92b2792c407f268825b9305"
+checksum = "b011eec8cc36da2aab2d5cff675ec18454fad408585853910a202391cf9f8e65"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -1012,6 +1069,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "aya-log",
  "bytemuck",
  "bytes",
+ "cortexbrain-common",
  "libc",
  "nix",
  "tokio",
@@ -1037,13 +1095,13 @@ checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "1.0.4"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78bed444cc8a2160f01cbcf811ef18cac863ad68ae8ca62092e8db51d51c761c"
+checksum = "69d83b0086dc8ecf3ce9ae2874b2d1290252e2a30720bea58a5c6639b0092873"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "wasi 0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "wasi",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1085,9 +1143,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num_enum"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a973b4e44ce6cad84ce69d797acf9a044532e4184c4f267913d1b546a0727b7a"
+checksum = "b1207a7e20ad57b847bbddc6776b968420d38292bbfe2089accff5e19e82454c"
 dependencies = [
  "num_enum_derive",
  "rustversion",
@@ -1095,9 +1153,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num_enum_derive"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77e878c846a8abae00dd069496dbe8751b16ac1c3d6bd2a7283a938e8228f90d"
+checksum = "ff32365de1b6743cb203b710788263c44a03de03802daf96092f2da4fe6ba4d7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1273,9 +1331,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.101"
+version = "1.0.103"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89ae43fd86e4158d6db51ad8e2b80f313af9cc74f5c0e03ccb87de09998732de"
+checksum = "5ee95bc4ef87b8d5ba32e8b7714ccc834865276eab0aed5c9958d00ec45f49e8"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -1392,9 +1450,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.12.1"
+version = "1.12.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4a52d8d02cacdb176ef4678de6c052efb4b3da14b78e4db683a4252762be5433"
+checksum = "843bc0191f75f3e22651ae5f1e72939ab2f72a4bc30fa80a066bd66edefc24d4"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1404,9 +1462,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.12"
+version = "0.4.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "722166aa0d7438abbaa4d5cc2c649dac844e8c56d82fb3d33e9c34b5cd268fc6"
+checksum = "5276caf25ac86c8d810222b3dbb938e512c55c6831a10f3e6ed1c93b84041f1c"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1415,9 +1473,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3160422bbd54dd5ecfdca71e5fd59b7b8fe2b1697ab2baf64f6d05dcc66d298"
+checksum = "7a2d987857b319362043e95f5353c0535c1f58eec5336fdfcf626430af7def58"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
@@ -1552,6 +1610,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d767eb0aabc880b29956c35734170f26ed551a859dbd361d140cdbeca61ab1e2"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.228"
@@ -1683,9 +1751,9 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.106"
+version = "2.0.108"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ede7c438028d4436d71104916910f5bb611972c5cfd7f89b8300a8186e6fada6"
+checksum = "da58917d35242480a05c2897064da0a80589a2a0476c9a3f2fdc83b53502e917"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1705,7 +1773,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2d31c77bdf42a745371d260a26ca7163f1e0924b64afa0b688e61b5a9fa02f16"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.3.3",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
@@ -1811,9 +1879,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.7.16"
+version = "0.7.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "14307c986784f72ef81c89db7d9e28d6ac26d16213b109ea501696195e6e3ce5"
+checksum = "2efa149fe76073d6e8fd97ef4f4eca7b67f599660115591483572e406e165594"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -2041,9 +2109,9 @@ checksum = "75b844d17643ee918803943289730bec8aac480150456169e647ed0b576ba539"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.19"
+version = "1.0.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f63a545481291138910575129486daeaf8ac54aee4387fe7906919f7830c7d9d"
+checksum = "9312f7c4f6ff9069b165498234ce8be658059c6728633667c526e27dc2cf1df5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unsafe-libyaml"
@@ -2084,15 +2152,6 @@ version = "0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasi"
-version = "0.14.7+wasi-0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "883478de20367e224c0090af9cf5f9fa85bed63a95c1abf3afc5c083ebc06e8c"
-dependencies = [
- "wasip2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasip2"
 version = "1.0.1+wasi-0.2.4"
@@ -2104,9 +2163,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.104"
+version = "0.2.105"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1da10c01ae9f1ae40cbfac0bac3b1e724b320abfcf52229f80b547c0d250e2d"
+checksum = "da95793dfc411fbbd93f5be7715b0578ec61fe87cb1a42b12eb625caa5c5ea60"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
@@ -2115,25 +2174,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.104"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "671c9a5a66f49d8a47345ab942e2cb93c7d1d0339065d4f8139c486121b43b19"
-dependencies = [
- "bumpalo",
- "log",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.104"
+version = "0.2.105"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ca60477e4c59f5f2986c50191cd972e3a50d8a95603bc9434501cf156a9a119"
+checksum = "04264334509e04a7bf8690f2384ef5265f05143a4bff3889ab7a3269adab59c2"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -2141,22 +2186,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.104"
+version = "0.2.105"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f07d2f20d4da7b26400c9f4a0511e6e0345b040694e8a75bd41d578fa4421d7"
+checksum = "420bc339d9f322e562942d52e115d57e950d12d88983a14c79b86859ee6c7ebc"
 dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.104"
+version = "0.2.105"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bad67dc8b2a1a6e5448428adec4c3e84c43e561d8c9ee8a9e5aabeb193ec41d1"
+checksum = "76f218a38c84bcb33c25ec7059b07847d465ce0e0a76b995e134a45adcb6af76"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -2241,15 +2286,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-sys"
-version = "0.59.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.60.2"
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index f1b50db3..dd324455 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 resolver = "3"
 members = [
+    "common",
     "api",
     "src/components/conntracker",
     "src/components/identity",
diff --git a/core/api/Cargo.toml b/core/api/Cargo.toml
index 4bc6d801..6d40115e 100644
--- a/core/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ tonic = "0.14.0"
 tonic-prost = "0.14.0"
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 aya = "0.13.1"
+cortexbrain-common = { path = "../common" }
 tonic-reflection = "0.14.0"
 tonic-build = "0.14.0"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.19"
diff --git a/core/api/Dockerfile b/core/api/Dockerfile
index 468bf97f..3946f3f6 100644
--- a/core/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/api/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/app/agent
 
 # Copy Cargo manifest and sources
 COPY . .
+COPY common ../common
 
 # Fetch dependencies and build release
 RUN cargo fetch 
diff --git a/core/api/src/main.rs b/core/api/src/main.rs
index 2c76b431..4410458e 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/api/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // module imports
 use tonic::transport::{Error, Server};
-use tracing_subscriber::{fmt::format::FmtSpan, EnvFilter};
+use cortexbrain_common::logger;
 
 mod agent;
 mod api;
@@ -20,16 +20,7 @@ use tracing::{error, info};
 #[main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     //init tracing subscriber
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
-        .with_target(false)
-        .with_level(true)
-        .with_span_events(FmtSpan::NONE)
-        .with_file(false)
-        .pretty()
-        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::new("info"))
-        .with_line_number(false)
-        .init();
+    logger::init_default_logger();
 
     info!("Starting agent server...");
     info!("fetching data");
diff --git a/core/common/Cargo.toml b/core/common/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c8e04a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "cortexbrain-common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter", "fmt"] }
+anyhow = "1.0"
diff --git a/core/common/src/constants.rs b/core/common/src/constants.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cc38355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/src/constants.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/// Environment variable name for the BPF program file path.
+/// Used by all components to load their eBPF programs.
+pub const BPF_PATH: &str = "BPF_PATH";
+
+/// Environment variable name for the BPF map pinning path.
+/// Used for sharing maps between eBPF programs.
+pub const PIN_MAP_PATH: &str = "PIN_MAP_PATH";
diff --git a/core/common/src/lib.rs b/core/common/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5d43735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod constants;
+pub mod logger;
diff --git a/core/common/src/logger.rs b/core/common/src/logger.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a1b8906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/src/logger.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt::format::FmtSpan, EnvFilter};
+
+/// Initialize the default logger configuration used across CortexBrain components.
+///
+/// This configures tracing with:
+/// - INFO level logging
+/// - Pretty formatting
+/// - No target, file, or line number information
+/// - Environment-based filtering
+pub fn init_default_logger() {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
+        .with_target(false)
+        .with_level(true)
+        .with_span_events(FmtSpan::NONE)
+        .with_file(false)
+        .pretty()
+        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::new("info"))
+        .with_line_number(false)
+        .init();
+}
+
+/// Initialize logger without timestamp information.
+/// Used by components that don't need timestamp logging.
+pub fn init_logger_without_time() {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
+        .with_target(false)
+        .with_level(true)
+        .with_span_events(FmtSpan::NONE)
+        .with_file(false)
+        .without_time()
+        .pretty()
+        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::new("info"))
+        .with_line_number(false)
+        .init();
+}
diff --git a/core/src/components/identity/Cargo.toml b/core/src/components/identity/Cargo.toml
index dd0f4011..e53dcdc2 100644
--- a/core/src/components/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/src/components/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
 libc = "0.2.172"
 bytemuck = {version ="1.23.0",features = ["derive"]}
 bytemuck_derive = "1.10.1"
+cortexbrain-common = { path = "../../../common" }
 nix = { version = "0.30.1", features = ["net"] }
 kube = {version = "2.0.1",features = ["client"]}
 k8s-openapi = {version ="0.26.0", features = ["v1_34"]}
diff --git a/core/src/components/identity/Dockerfile b/core/src/components/identity/Dockerfile
index 197b5cba..30feb4ef 100644
--- a/core/src/components/identity/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/src/components/identity/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/app/identity-service
 # Copy Cargo manifest and sources
 COPY Cargo.toml .
 COPY src ./src
+COPY common ../../../common
 
 # Fetch dependencies and build release
 RUN cargo fetch && cargo build --release
diff --git a/core/src/components/identity/build-identity.sh b/core/src/components/identity/build-identity.sh
index bcee85d8..133aa0ad 100755
--- a/core/src/components/identity/build-identity.sh
+++ b/core/src/components/identity/build-identity.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ popd
 
 echo "Copying connection tracker binaries"
 cp -r ../../../target/bpfel-unknown-none/release/conntracker conntracker
+cp -r ../../../common common 
 
 # Run docker build
 docker build -t identity:0.0.1 .
@@ -15,3 +16,4 @@ docker build -t identity:0.0.1 .
 # Cleanup
 echo "Cleaning building files"
 rm -rf conntracker
+rm -rf common
diff --git a/core/src/components/identity/src/helpers.rs b/core/src/components/identity/src/helpers.rs
index 34911f76..3a0be5b4 100644
--- a/core/src/components/identity/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/core/src/components/identity/src/helpers.rs
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ use std::{
     },
 };
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
-
-/*
- * decleare bpf path env variable
- */
-const BPF_PATH: &str = "BPF_PATH";
+use cortexbrain_common::constants;
 
 /*
  * TryFrom Trait implementation for IpProtocols enum
diff --git a/core/src/components/identity/src/main.rs b/core/src/components/identity/src/main.rs
index 2e6813c6..9804256c 100644
--- a/core/src/components/identity/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/src/components/identity/src/main.rs
@@ -31,27 +31,14 @@ use std::{ convert::TryInto, path::Path, sync::{ Arc, Mutex, atomic::{ AtomicBoo
 use anyhow::{ Context, Ok };
 use tokio::{ fs, signal };
 use tracing::{ error, info };
-use tracing_subscriber::{ EnvFilter, fmt::format::FmtSpan };
-
-const BPF_PATH: &str = "BPF_PATH"; //BPF env path
-const PIN_MAP_PATH: &str = "PIN_MAP_PATH";
+use cortexbrain_common::{constants, logger};
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     //init tracing subscriber
-    tracing_subscriber
-        ::fmt()
-        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
-        .with_target(false)
-        .with_level(true)
-        .with_span_events(FmtSpan::NONE)
-        .with_file(false)
-        .pretty()
-        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::new("info"))
-        .with_line_number(false)
-        .init();
+    logger::init_default_logger();
 
     info!("Starting identity service...");
     info!("fetching data");
@@ -60,13 +47,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let link_ids = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::<String, SchedClassifierLinkId>::new()));
 
     //init conntracker data path
-    let bpf_path = std::env::var(BPF_PATH).context("BPF_PATH environment variable required")?;
+    let bpf_path = std::env::var(constants::BPF_PATH).context("BPF_PATH environment variable required")?;
     let data = fs::read(Path::new(&bpf_path)).await.context("failed to load file from path")?;
 
     //init bpf data
     let bpf = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Bpf::load(&data)?));
     let bpf_map_save_path = std::env
-        ::var(PIN_MAP_PATH)
+        ::var(constants::PIN_MAP_PATH)
         .context("PIN_MAP_PATH environment variable required")?;
 
     match init_bpf_maps(bpf.clone()) {
diff --git a/core/src/components/metrics/Cargo.toml b/core/src/components/metrics/Cargo.toml
index b2b4fb8c..112872e8 100644
--- a/core/src/components/metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/src/components/metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ tracing = "0.1.41"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
 libc = "0.2.172"
 bytemuck = "1.23.0"
+cortexbrain-common = { path = "../../../common" }
 nix  ={version="0.30.1",features=["net"]}
diff --git a/core/src/components/metrics/Dockerfile b/core/src/components/metrics/Dockerfile
index b5674bf8..8b22aaeb 100644
--- a/core/src/components/metrics/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/src/components/metrics/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/app/metrics
 # Copy Cargo manifest and sources
 COPY Cargo.toml .
 COPY src ./src
+COPY common ../../../common
 
 # Fetch dependencies and build release
 RUN cargo fetch && cargo build --release
diff --git a/core/src/components/metrics/build-metrics.sh b/core/src/components/metrics/build-metrics.sh
index 874ae1ed..fe6a9f64 100755
--- a/core/src/components/metrics/build-metrics.sh
+++ b/core/src/components/metrics/build-metrics.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ popd
 
 echo "Copying metrics_tracer binaries"
 cp -r ../../../target/bpfel-unknown-none/release/metrics_tracer metrics_tracer
+cp -r ../../../common common 
 
 # Run docker build
 docker build -t metrics:0.0.1 .
@@ -15,3 +16,4 @@ docker build -t metrics:0.0.1 .
 # Cleanup
 echo "Cleaning building files"
 rm -rf metrics_tracer
+rm -rf common
diff --git a/core/src/components/metrics/src/main.rs b/core/src/components/metrics/src/main.rs
index 134c8dd7..2b0f2e91 100644
--- a/core/src/components/metrics/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/src/components/metrics/src/main.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Ok};
 use tracing::{error, info};
-use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, fmt::format::FmtSpan};
-
-const BPF_PATH: &str = "BPF_PATH"; //BPF env path
-const PIN_MAP_PATH: &str = "PIN_MAP_PATH";
+use cortexbrain_common::{constants, logger};
 
 mod helpers;
 use crate::{helpers::event_listener, maps_handlers::map_pinner, program_handlers::load_and_attach_tcp_programs};
@@ -31,21 +28,12 @@ mod structs;
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     //init tracing subscriber
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
-        .with_target(false)
-        .with_level(true)
-        .with_span_events(FmtSpan::NONE)
-        .with_file(false)
-        .pretty()
-        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::new("info"))
-        .with_line_number(false)
-        .init();
+    logger::init_default_logger();
 
     info!("Starting metrics service...");
     info!("fetching data");
 
-    let bpf_path = env::var(BPF_PATH).context("BPF_PATH environment variable required")?;
+    let bpf_path = env::var(constants::BPF_PATH).context("BPF_PATH environment variable required")?;
     let data = fs::read(Path::new(&bpf_path)).context("Failed to load file from path")?;
     let bpf = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Ebpf::load(&data)?));
     let tcp_bpf = bpf.clone();
@@ -54,7 +42,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     info!("Running Ebpf logger");
     info!("loading programs");
     let bpf_map_save_path =
-        std::env::var(PIN_MAP_PATH).context("PIN_MAP_PATH environment variable required")?;
+        std::env::var(constants::PIN_MAP_PATH).context("PIN_MAP_PATH environment variable required")?;
 
     match init_ebpf_maps(bpf.clone()) {
         std::result::Result::Ok(maps) => {