diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 62c20fd..9cc6225 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ FROM gcr.io/distroless/base-debian12 AS runtime
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/logcorrelator /usr/bin/logcorrelator
 
 # Copy example config
-COPY --from=builder /build/config.example.conf /etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.conf
+COPY --from=builder /build/config.example.yml /etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.yml
 
 # Create necessary directories in builder stage (distroless has no shell)
 COPY --from=builder /tmp/runtime-root/var /var
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ COPY --from=builder /tmp/runtime-root/etc /etc
 
 # Set entrypoint
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/logcorrelator"]
-CMD ["-config", "/etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.conf"]
+CMD ["-config", "/etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.yml"]
 
 # =============================================================================
 # RPM build stage - create .rpm package entirely in Docker
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/logcorrelator /tmp/pkgroot/usr/bin/logcorrelator
 
 # Copy config and systemd unit
-COPY --from=builder /build/config.example.conf /tmp/pkgroot/etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.conf
+COPY --from=builder /build/config.example.yml /tmp/pkgroot/etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.yml
 COPY logcorrelator.service /tmp/pkgroot/etc/systemd/system/logcorrelator.service
 
 # Create directory structure and set permissions
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ RUN fpm -s dir -t rpm \
     --vendor "logcorrelator" \
     -p /tmp/logcorrelator-${VERSION}.rpm \
     usr/bin/logcorrelator \
-    etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.conf \
+    etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.yml \
     etc/systemd/system/logcorrelator.service \
     var/log/logcorrelator \
     var/run/logcorrelator
@@ -147,4 +147,4 @@ RUN go mod download || true
 COPY . .
 
 # Default command: run with example config
-CMD ["go", "run", "./cmd/logcorrelator", "-config", "config.example.conf"]
+CMD ["go", "run", "./cmd/logcorrelator", "-config", "config.example.yml"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9c9d01..1040532 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,18 +60,21 @@ docker run -d \
     --name logcorrelator \
     -v /var/run/logcorrelator:/var/run/logcorrelator \
     -v /var/log/logcorrelator:/var/log/logcorrelator \
-    -v ./config.conf:/etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.conf \
+    -v ./config.example.yml:/etc/logcorrelator/logcorrelator.yml \
     logcorrelator:latest
 ```
 
-### Depuis le package RPM (Rocky Linux 8+)
+### Depuis les packages (DEB/RPM)
 
 ```bash
-# Générer le RPM
+# Générer les packages
 ./build.sh
 
-# Installer le package
-sudo rpm -ivh dist/logcorrelator-1.0.0.rpm
+# Installer le package DEB (Debian/Ubuntu)
+sudo dpkg -i dist/deb/logcorrelator_1.0.0_amd64.deb
+
+# Installer le package RPM (Rocky Linux 8+)
+sudo rpm -ivh dist/rpm/logcorrelator-1.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm
 
 # Activer et démarrer le service
 sudo systemctl enable logcorrelator
@@ -88,66 +91,56 @@ sudo systemctl status logcorrelator
 go build -o logcorrelator ./cmd/logcorrelator
 
 # Exécuter
-./logcorrelator -config config.example.conf
+./logcorrelator -config config.example.yml
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
 
-La configuration utilise un fichier texte simple avec des directives :
+La configuration utilise un fichier YAML :
 
-```bash
-# Format: directive value [value...]
-# Lignes starting with # sont des commentaires
+```yaml
+# Service configuration
+service:
+  name: logcorrelator
+  language: go
 
-service.name logcorrelator
-service.language go
+# Input sources (at least 2 required)
+inputs:
+  unix_sockets:
+    - name: apache_source
+      path: /var/run/logcorrelator/apache.sock
+      format: json
+    - name: network_source
+      path: /var/run/logcorrelator/network.sock
+      format: json
 
-# Inputs (au moins 2 requis)
-input.unix_socket apache_source /var/run/logcorrelator/apache.sock json
-input.unix_socket network_source /var/run/logcorrelator/network.sock json
+# File output
+outputs:
+  file:
+    enabled: true
+    path: /var/log/logcorrelator/correlated.log
 
-# Outputs
-output.file.enabled true
-output.file.path /var/log/logcorrelator/correlated.log
+# ClickHouse output
+outputs:
+  clickhouse:
+    enabled: false
+    dsn: clickhouse://user:pass@localhost:9000/db
+    table: correlated_logs_http_network
 
-output.clickhouse.enabled false
-output.clickhouse.dsn clickhouse://user:pass@localhost:9000/db
-output.clickhouse.table correlated_logs_http_network
-output.clickhouse.batch_size 500
-output.clickhouse.flush_interval_ms 200
-
-# Corrélation
-correlation.key src_ip,src_port
-correlation.time_window.value 1
-correlation.time_window.unit s
-
-# Politique des orphelins
-correlation.orphan_policy.apache_always_emit true
-correlation.orphan_policy.network_emit false
+# Correlation configuration
+correlation:
+  key:
+    - src_ip
+    - src_port
+  time_window:
+    value: 1
+    unit: s
+  orphan_policy:
+    apache_always_emit: true
+    network_emit: false
 ```
 
-### Directives disponibles
-
-| Directive | Description | Défaut |
-|-----------|-------------|--------|
-| `service.name` | Nom du service | `logcorrelator` |
-| `service.language` | Langage | `go` |
-| `input.unix_socket` | Socket Unix (name path [format]) | Requis |
-| `output.file.enabled` | Activer sortie fichier | `true` |
-| `output.file.path` | Chemin fichier | `/var/log/logcorrelator/correlated.log` |
-| `output.clickhouse.enabled` | Activer ClickHouse | `false` |
-| `output.clickhouse.dsn` | DSN ClickHouse | - |
-| `output.clickhouse.table` | Table ClickHouse | - |
-| `output.clickhouse.batch_size` | Taille batch | `500` |
-| `output.clickhouse.flush_interval_ms` | Intervalle flush | `200` |
-| `output.clickhouse.max_buffer_size` | Buffer max | `5000` |
-| `output.clickhouse.drop_on_overflow` | Drop si overflow | `true` |
-| `output.stdout.enabled` | Sortie stdout (debug) | `false` |
-| `correlation.key` | Clés de corrélation | `src_ip,src_port` |
-| `correlation.time_window.value` | Valeur fenêtre | `1` |
-| `correlation.time_window.unit` | Unité (ms/s/m) | `s` |
-| `correlation.orphan_policy.apache_always_emit` | Émettre A seul | `true` |
-| `correlation.orphan_policy.network_emit` | Émettre B seul | `false` |
+Exemple complet dans `config.example.yml`.
 
 ## Format des logs
 
diff --git a/config.example.conf b/config.example.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2158601..0000000
--- a/config.example.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# logcorrelator configuration file
-# Format: directive value [value...]
-# Lines starting with # are comments
-
-# Service configuration
-service.name logcorrelator
-service.language go
-
-# Input sources (at least 2 required)
-# Format: input.unix_socket <name> <path> [format]
-input.unix_socket apache_source /var/run/logcorrelator/apache.sock json
-input.unix_socket network_source /var/run/logcorrelator/network.sock json
-
-# File output
-output.file.enabled true
-output.file.path /var/log/logcorrelator/correlated.log
-
-# ClickHouse output
-output.clickhouse.enabled false
-output.clickhouse.dsn clickhouse://user:pass@localhost:9000/db
-output.clickhouse.table correlated_logs_http_network
-output.clickhouse.batch_size 500
-output.clickhouse.flush_interval_ms 200
-output.clickhouse.max_buffer_size 5000
-output.clickhouse.drop_on_overflow true
-output.clickhouse.async_insert true
-output.clickhouse.timeout_ms 1000
-
-# Stdout output (for debugging)
-output.stdout.enabled false
-
-# Correlation configuration
-correlation.key src_ip,src_port
-correlation.time_window.value 1
-correlation.time_window.unit s
-
-# Orphan policy
-# apache_always_emit: always emit A events even without matching B
-# network_emit: emit B events alone (usually false)
-correlation.orphan_policy.apache_always_emit true
-correlation.orphan_policy.network_emit false