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SOFTFLOWCTL(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SOFTFLOWCTL(8) NAME
softflowctl -- Remote control program for softflowd SYNOPSIS
softflowctl [-h] [-c ctl_sock] command DESCRIPTION
softflowctl is a remote control program used to control a running softflowd(8) daemon. The command line options are as follows: -c ctlsock Specify an alternate location for the remote control socket. Default is /var/run/softflowd.ctl -h Display command line usage information. COMMANDS
shutdown Ask softflowd(8) to gracefully exit. This is equivalent to sending it a SIGTERM or SIGINT. exit Ask softflowd(8) to immediately exit. No flow expiry processing or data export is performed. expire-all Immediately expire all tracked flows. delete-all Immediately delete all tracked flows. No flow expiry processing or data export is performed. statistics Return statistics collected by softflowd(8) on expired flows. debug+ Increase the debugging level of softflowd(8) debug- Decrease the debugging level. stop-gather Stops network data collection by softflowd(8). start-gather Resumes network data collection. dump-flows Return information on all tracked flows. timeouts Print information on flow timeout parameters. send-template Resend a NetFlow v.9 template record before the next flow export. Has no effect for other flow export versions. BUGS
All times are unconditionally displayed in UTC, regardless of the system timezone. AUTHORS
Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> SEE ALSO
softflowd(8) BSD
October 18, 2002 BSD
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flow-send(1) General Commands Manual flow-send(1) NAME
flow-send -- Transmit flow data with the NetFlow protocol. SYNOPSIS
flow-send [-h] [-d debug_level] [-m privacy_mask] [-s] [-x xmit_delay] [-V pdu_version] localip/remoteip/port DESCRIPTION
The flow-send utility is used to transmit flows in NetFlow format to a collector specified by localip/remoteip/port. OPTIONS
-d debug_level Enable debugging. -h Display help. -s Enable spoofing of source IP address. -m privacy_mask Apply privacy_mask to the source and destination IP address of flows. For example a privacy_mask of 255.255.255.0 would convert flows with source/destination IP addresses 10.1.1.1 and 10.2.2.2 to 10.1.1.0 and 10.2.2.0 respectively. -V pdu_version Use pdu_version format when transmitting. 1 NetFlow version 1 (No sequence numbers, AS, or mask) 5 NetFlow version 5 6 NetFlow version 6 (5+ Encapsulation size) 7 NetFlow version 7 (Catalyst switches) 8.1 NetFlow AS Aggregation 8.2 NetFlow Proto Port Aggregation 8.3 NetFlow Source Prefix Aggregation 8.4 NetFlow Destination Prefix Aggregation 8.5 NetFlow Prefix Aggregation 8.6 NetFlow Destination (Catalyst switches) 8.7 NetFlow Source Destination (Catalyst switches) 8.8 NetFlow Full Flow (Catalyst switches) 8.9 NetFlow ToS AS Aggregation 8.10 NetFlow ToS Proto Port Aggregation 8.11 NetFlow ToS Source Prefix Aggregation 8.12 NetFlow ToS Destination Prefix Aggregation 8.13 NetFlow ToS Prefix Aggregation 8.14 NetFlow ToS Prefix Port Aggregation 1005 Flow-Tools tagged version 5 -x xmit_delay Configure a microsecond transmit delay between packets. This may be necessary in some configurations to prevent a transmit buf- fer overrun. EXAMPLES
Transmit all flows in the directory /flows/krc4 to the collector at 10.0.0.1 listening on port 9500. flow-cat /flows/krc4 | flow-send 0/10.0.0.1/9500 Generate a test pattern of version 7 flows and send them to a collector at 10.0.0.1 listening on port 9500. flow-gen -V7 | flow-send 0/10.0.0.1/9500 BUGS
It is not currently possible to convert between the aggregated formats (8.x) and the non aggregated formats (1,5,6,7). AUTHOR
Mark Fullmer maf@splintered.net SEE ALSO
flow-tools(1) flow-send(1)