diff --git a/controllers/consoleplugin/consoleplugin_objects.go b/controllers/consoleplugin/consoleplugin_objects.go
index 808edccf5..84859a9b1 100644
--- a/controllers/consoleplugin/consoleplugin_objects.go
+++ b/controllers/consoleplugin/consoleplugin_objects.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	flowslatest "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/apis/flowcollector/v1beta2"
 	config "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/consoleplugin/config"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/constants"
-	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/ebpf"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/helper"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/loki"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/volumes"
@@ -350,15 +349,6 @@ func (b *builder) setLokiConfig(lconf *config.LokiConfig) {
 }
 
 func (b *builder) setFrontendConfig(fconf *config.FrontendConfig) error {
-	var err error
-	dedupJustMark, err := strconv.ParseBool(ebpf.DedupeJustMarkDefault)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	dedupMerge, err := strconv.ParseBool(ebpf.DedupeMergeDefault)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	if helper.UseEBPF(b.desired) {
 		if helper.IsPktDropEnabled(&b.desired.Agent.EBPF) {
 			fconf.Features = append(fconf.Features, "pktDrop")
@@ -371,22 +361,6 @@ func (b *builder) setFrontendConfig(fconf *config.FrontendConfig) error {
 		if helper.IsFlowRTTEnabled(&b.desired.Agent.EBPF) {
 			fconf.Features = append(fconf.Features, "flowRTT")
 		}
-
-		if b.desired.Agent.EBPF.Advanced != nil {
-			if v, ok := b.desired.Agent.EBPF.Advanced.Env[ebpf.EnvDedupeJustMark]; ok {
-				dedupJustMark, err = strconv.ParseBool(v)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
-
-			if v, ok := b.desired.Agent.EBPF.Advanced.Env[ebpf.EnvDedupeMerge]; ok {
-				dedupMerge, err = strconv.ParseBool(v)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	fconf.RecordTypes = helper.GetRecordTypes(&b.desired.Processor)
 	fconf.PortNaming = b.desired.ConsolePlugin.PortNaming
@@ -394,8 +368,8 @@ func (b *builder) setFrontendConfig(fconf *config.FrontendConfig) error {
 	fconf.AlertNamespaces = []string{b.namespace}
 	fconf.Sampling = helper.GetSampling(b.desired)
 	fconf.Deduper = config.Deduper{
-		Mark:  dedupJustMark,
-		Merge: dedupMerge,
+		Mark:  helper.UseDedupJustMark(b.desired),
+		Merge: helper.UseDedupMerge(b.desired),
 	}
 	if helper.IsMultiClusterEnabled(&b.desired.Processor) {
 		fconf.Features = append(fconf.Features, "multiCluster")
diff --git a/controllers/ebpf/agent_controller.go b/controllers/ebpf/agent_controller.go
index 500cf22ab..310262981 100644
--- a/controllers/ebpf/agent_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/ebpf/agent_controller.go
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	flowslatest "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/apis/flowcollector/v1beta2"
+	metricslatest "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/apis/flowmetrics/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/constants"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/ebpf/internal/permissions"
+	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/flp"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/reconcilers"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/helper"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/volumes"
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 )
 
@@ -50,7 +53,8 @@ const (
 	envKafkaSASLSecretPath        = "KAFKA_SASL_CLIENT_SECRET_PATH"
 	envLogLevel                   = "LOG_LEVEL"
 	envDedupe                     = "DEDUPER"
-	dedupeDefault                 = "firstCome"
+	envDedupeJustMark             = "DEDUPER_JUST_MARK"
+	envFLPConfig                  = "FLP_CONFIG"
 	envGoMemLimit                 = "GOMEMLIMIT"
 	envEnablePktDrop              = "ENABLE_PKT_DROPS"
 	envEnableDNSTracking          = "ENABLE_DNS_TRACKING"
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ const (
 
 const (
 	exportKafka        = "kafka"
-	exportGRPC         = "grpc"
+	exportFLP          = "direct-flp"
 	kafkaCerts         = "kafka-certs"
 	averageMessageSize = 100
 	bpfTraceMountName  = "bpf-kernel-debug"
@@ -69,13 +73,6 @@ const (
 	bpfNetNSMountPath  = "/var/run/netns"
 )
 
-const (
-	EnvDedupeJustMark     = "DEDUPER_JUST_MARK"
-	EnvDedupeMerge        = "DEDUPER_MERGE"
-	DedupeJustMarkDefault = "true"
-	DedupeMergeDefault    = "false"
-)
-
 type reconcileAction int
 
 const (
@@ -183,7 +180,16 @@ func (c *AgentController) desired(ctx context.Context, coll *flowslatest.FlowCol
 	}
 	version := helper.ExtractVersion(c.Image)
 	annotations := make(map[string]string)
-	env, err := c.envConfig(ctx, coll, annotations)
+
+	fm := metricslatest.FlowMetricList{}
+	if !helper.UseKafka(&coll.Spec) {
+		// Direct-FLP mode => list custom metrics
+		if err := c.List(ctx, &fm, &client.ListOptions{Namespace: coll.Spec.Namespace}); err != nil {
+			return nil, c.Status.Error("CantListFlowMetrics", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	env, err := c.envConfig(ctx, coll, annotations, &fm)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -272,7 +278,7 @@ func (c *AgentController) desired(ctx context.Context, coll *flowslatest.FlowCol
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (c *AgentController) envConfig(ctx context.Context, coll *flowslatest.FlowCollector, annots map[string]string) ([]corev1.EnvVar, error) {
+func (c *AgentController) envConfig(ctx context.Context, coll *flowslatest.FlowCollector, annots map[string]string, metrics *metricslatest.FlowMetricList) ([]corev1.EnvVar, error) {
 	config := c.setEnvConfig(coll)
 
 	if helper.UseKafka(&coll.Spec) {
@@ -327,26 +333,51 @@ func (c *AgentController) envConfig(ctx context.Context, coll *flowslatest.FlowC
 			)
 		}
 	} else {
-		config = append(config, corev1.EnvVar{Name: envExport, Value: exportGRPC})
+		flpConfig, err := c.buildFLPConfig(&coll.Spec, metrics)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		debugConfig := helper.GetAdvancedProcessorConfig(coll.Spec.Processor.Advanced)
-		// When flowlogs-pipeline is deployed as a daemonset, each agent must send
-		// data to the pod that is deployed in the same host
-		config = append(config, corev1.EnvVar{
-			Name: envFlowsTargetHost,
-			ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
-				FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
-					APIVersion: "v1",
-					FieldPath:  "status.hostIP",
+		config = append(config,
+			corev1.EnvVar{
+				Name:  envExport,
+				Value: exportFLP,
+			},
+			corev1.EnvVar{
+				Name:  envFLPConfig,
+				Value: flpConfig,
+			},
+			corev1.EnvVar{
+				Name: envFlowsTargetHost,
+				ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+					FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+						APIVersion: "v1",
+						FieldPath:  "status.hostIP",
+					},
 				},
 			},
-		}, corev1.EnvVar{
-			Name:  envFlowsTargetPort,
-			Value: strconv.Itoa(int(*debugConfig.Port)),
-		})
+			corev1.EnvVar{
+				Name:  envFlowsTargetPort,
+				Value: strconv.Itoa(int(*debugConfig.Port)),
+			},
+		)
 	}
 	return config, nil
 }
 
+func (c *AgentController) buildFLPConfig(desired *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec, metrics *metricslatest.FlowMetricList) (string, error) {
+	flpBuilder, err := flp.NewBuilder(c.NewInstance(c.Image, c.Status), desired, metrics, flp.ConfMonolith)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	pipeline := flpBuilder.NewInProcessPipeline()
+	err = pipeline.AddProcessorStages()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return flpBuilder.GetJSONConfig()
+}
+
 func requiredAction(current, desired *v1.DaemonSet) reconcileAction {
 	if desired == nil {
 		return actionNone
@@ -465,27 +496,23 @@ func (c *AgentController) setEnvConfig(coll *flowslatest.FlowCollector) []corev1
 		})
 	}
 
-	dedup := dedupeDefault
-	dedupJustMark := DedupeJustMarkDefault
-	dedupMerge := DedupeMergeDefault
+	// Init with defaults
+	envs := map[string]string{
+		envDedupe:         "firstCome",
+		envDedupeJustMark: "true",
+	}
+	debugConfig := helper.GetAdvancedAgentConfig(coll.Spec.Agent.EBPF.Advanced)
+	// Merge configured
+	for k, v := range debugConfig.Env {
+		envs[k] = v
+	}
 	// we need to sort env map to keep idempotency,
 	// as equal maps could be iterated in different order
-	debugConfig := helper.GetAdvancedAgentConfig(coll.Spec.Agent.EBPF.Advanced)
-	for _, pair := range helper.KeySorted(debugConfig.Env) {
+	for _, pair := range helper.KeySorted(envs) {
 		k, v := pair[0], pair[1]
-		if k == envDedupe {
-			dedup = v
-		} else if k == EnvDedupeJustMark {
-			dedupJustMark = v
-		} else if k == EnvDedupeMerge {
-			dedupMerge = v
-		} else {
-			config = append(config, corev1.EnvVar{Name: k, Value: v})
-		}
+		config = append(config, corev1.EnvVar{Name: k, Value: v})
 	}
 
-	config = append(config, corev1.EnvVar{Name: envDedupe, Value: dedup})
-	config = append(config, corev1.EnvVar{Name: EnvDedupeJustMark, Value: dedupJustMark})
 	config = append(config, corev1.EnvVar{
 		Name: envAgentIP,
 		ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
@@ -496,7 +523,6 @@ func (c *AgentController) setEnvConfig(coll *flowslatest.FlowCollector) []corev1
 		},
 	},
 	)
-	config = append(config, corev1.EnvVar{Name: EnvDedupeMerge, Value: dedupMerge})
 
 	return config
 }
diff --git a/controllers/ebpf/internal/permissions/permissions.go b/controllers/ebpf/internal/permissions/permissions.go
index 6d81909e5..34d733a2f 100644
--- a/controllers/ebpf/internal/permissions/permissions.go
+++ b/controllers/ebpf/internal/permissions/permissions.go
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import (
 
 	flowslatest "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/apis/flowcollector/v1beta2"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/constants"
+	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/flp"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/reconcilers"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/helper"
 
 	osv1 "github.com/openshift/api/security/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ func (c *Reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, desired *flowslatest.FlowCol
 	if err := c.reconcileVendorPermissions(ctx, desired); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("reconciling vendor permissions: %w", err)
 	}
+	if err := c.reconcileRoles(ctx); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("reconciling roles: %w", err)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -222,3 +227,26 @@ func (c *Reconciler) cleanupPreviousNamespace(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *Reconciler) reconcileRoles(ctx context.Context) error {
+	cr := flp.BuildClusterRoleTransformer()
+	if err := c.ReconcileClusterRole(ctx, cr); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	crb := &rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: cr.Name + "-agent",
+		},
+		RoleRef: rbacv1.RoleRef{
+			APIGroup: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
+			Kind:     "ClusterRole",
+			Name:     cr.Name,
+		},
+		Subjects: []rbacv1.Subject{{
+			Kind:      "ServiceAccount",
+			Name:      constants.EBPFServiceAccount,
+			Namespace: c.PrivilegedNamespace(),
+		}},
+	}
+	return c.ReconcileClusterRoleBinding(ctx, crb)
+}
diff --git a/controllers/flp/flp_common_objects.go b/controllers/flp/flp_common_objects.go
index 8cc080d6d..c533edcec 100644
--- a/controllers/flp/flp_common_objects.go
+++ b/controllers/flp/flp_common_objects.go
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ func (b *builder) NewKafkaPipeline() PipelineBuilder {
 	}))
 }
 
+func (b *builder) NewInProcessPipeline() PipelineBuilder {
+	return b.initPipeline(config.NewPresetIngesterPipeline())
+}
+
 func (b *builder) initPipeline(ingest config.PipelineBuilderStage) PipelineBuilder {
 	pipeline := newPipelineBuilder(b.desired, b.flowMetrics, b.info.Loki, b.info.ClusterID, &b.volumes, &ingest)
 	b.pipeline = &pipeline
diff --git a/controllers/flp/flp_monolith_reconciler.go b/controllers/flp/flp_monolith_reconciler.go
index 1afe914de..962515985 100644
--- a/controllers/flp/flp_monolith_reconciler.go
+++ b/controllers/flp/flp_monolith_reconciler.go
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func (r *monolithReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, desired *flowslatest
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if helper.UseKafka(&desired.Spec) {
-		r.Status.SetUnused("Monolith only used without Kafka")
+	if helper.UseKafka(&desired.Spec) || helper.UseMergedAgentFLP(&desired.Spec) {
+		r.Status.SetUnused("Monolith only used with IPFIX and without Kafka")
 		r.Managed.TryDeleteAll(ctx)
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/helper/flowcollector.go b/pkg/helper/flowcollector.go
index fc58199dd..ee5955caf 100644
--- a/pkg/helper/flowcollector.go
+++ b/pkg/helper/flowcollector.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package helper
 
 import (
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	flowslatest "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/apis/flowcollector/v1beta2"
@@ -20,6 +21,28 @@ func UseEBPF(spec *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) bool {
 	return spec.Agent.Type == flowslatest.AgentEBPF
 }
 
+func UseDedupJustMark(spec *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) bool {
+	if spec.Agent.EBPF.Advanced != nil {
+		if v, ok := spec.Agent.EBPF.Advanced.Env["DEDUPER_JUST_MARK"]; ok {
+			b, _ := strconv.ParseBool(v)
+			return b
+		}
+	}
+	// default true
+	return true
+}
+
+func UseDedupMerge(spec *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) bool {
+	if spec.Agent.EBPF.Advanced != nil {
+		if v, ok := spec.Agent.EBPF.Advanced.Env["DEDUPER_MERGE"]; ok {
+			b, _ := strconv.ParseBool(v)
+			return b
+		}
+	}
+	// default false
+	return false
+}
+
 func UseIPFIX(spec *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) bool {
 	return spec.Agent.Type == flowslatest.AgentIPFIX
 }
@@ -28,6 +51,10 @@ func UseKafka(spec *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) bool {
 	return spec.DeploymentModel == flowslatest.DeploymentModelKafka
 }
 
+func UseMergedAgentFLP(spec *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) bool {
+	return spec.DeploymentModel == flowslatest.DeploymentModelDirect && spec.Agent.Type == flowslatest.AgentEBPF
+}
+
 func HasKafkaExporter(spec *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) bool {
 	for _, ex := range spec.Exporters {
 		if ex.Type == flowslatest.KafkaExporter {
diff --git a/pkg/loki/labels.go b/pkg/loki/labels.go
index 2d25fded5..ee370c962 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/labels.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/labels.go
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 package loki
 
 import (
-	"strconv"
-
 	flowslatest "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/apis/flowcollector/v1beta2"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/constants"
-	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/controllers/ebpf"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/helper"
 )
 
@@ -24,16 +21,8 @@ func GetLokiLabels(desired *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) []string {
 		indexFields = append(indexFields, constants.LokiZoneIndexFields...)
 	}
 
-	if helper.UseEBPF(desired) {
-		dedupJustMark, _ := strconv.ParseBool(ebpf.DedupeJustMarkDefault)
-		if desired.Agent.EBPF.Advanced != nil {
-			if v, ok := desired.Agent.EBPF.Advanced.Env[ebpf.EnvDedupeJustMark]; ok {
-				dedupJustMark, _ = strconv.ParseBool(v)
-			}
-		}
-		if dedupJustMark {
-			indexFields = append(indexFields, constants.LokiDeduperMarkIndexFields...)
-		}
+	if helper.UseEBPF(desired) && helper.UseDedupJustMark(desired) {
+		indexFields = append(indexFields, constants.LokiDeduperMarkIndexFields...)
 	}
 
 	return indexFields