netsampler-goflow2/docs/agents.md

Agents

There are various agents that can send samples to a flow collector.

Hardware

Juniper

In the latest versions, Juniper supports sFlow and IPFIX protocols.

Documentation.

Sample configuration:

set protocols sflow collector 10.0.0.1
set protocols sflow collector udp-port 6343
set protocols sflow interface ge-0/0/0
set protocols sflow sample-rate 2048

Software

hsflowd

Documentation.

Sample packets using pcap, iptables nflog and many more. Uses sFlow.

Sample configuration:

sflow {
  collector { ip = 10.0.0.1 udpport = 6343 }
  pcap { dev = eth0 }
}

Run with

$ hsflowd -d -f hsflowd.conf

nProbe

Documentation

Sample packets using pcap, iptables nflog and many more. Uses NetFlow v9 or IPFIX.

Run with

$ nprobe -i eth0 -n 10.0.0.1:2055 -V 10

softflowd

Documentation

Sample packets using pcap. Uses NetFlow or IPFIX.

Run with

$ softflowd -i eth0 -n '10.0.0.1:2055' -P 'udp' -v 10