Hi Jesse, When multiple collectors are defined, Cento sends the same flow to all the collectors, one after the other.
Regards, Simone On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Jesse Alexander <jes...@datafoundry.com> wrote: > Hi Simone, > > > > Thank you, I am familiar with sending to multiple collectors. What isn’t > clear is if Cento is sending full flows to each collector, or if it is > round robin. > > > > Based on your response, you are saying Cento sends to multiple collectors > on a round robin basis? > > > > We desire to send full flows to each collector. I see nprobe has the > option to send full flows by using the “-a” flag. Is there, or will > there be, such an option for Cento? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Jesse > > > > > > *From:* ntop-boun...@listgateway.unipi.it [mailto:ntop-bounces@ > listgateway.unipi.it] * On Behalf Of *Simone Mainardi > *Sent:* Thursday, March 02, 2017 9:43 AM > *To:* n...@unipi.it > *Cc:* ntop@listgateway.unipi.it > *Subject:* Re: [Ntop] Cento round robin or full flow to multiple > destinations > > > > Hi Jesse, > > > > In cento you should specify multiple collectors by repeating the option > (e.g., --v9) multiple times to have flows delivered to each collector in > round robin. > > > > Regards, > > Simone > > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Jesse Alexander <jes...@datafoundry.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > We are using Cento to send netflow to multiple destinations. > > In the nprobe help file, I see there is a -a option to send full flows to > all destinations. I do not see this as an option in the Cento help file. > > [--collector|-n] <host:port|none> | Address of the NetFlow collector(s). > | Multiple collectors can be defined using > | multiple -n flags. In this case flows > | will be sent in round robin mode to > | all defined collectors if the -a flag > | is used. Note that you can specify > | both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. > | If you specify none as value, > | no flow will be export; in this case > | the -P parameter is mandatory. > | Note that you can specify the protocol > | used to send packets. Example: > | udp://192.168.0.1:2055,tcp://10.1.2.3:2055 > > [--all-collectors|-a] | If several collectors are defined, this > | option gives the ability to send all > | collectors all the flows. If the flag is > | omitted collectors are selected in > | round robin. > > Is this supported in Cento? If not, is cento sending round robin or full > flows to all destinations? > > Kind regards, > > Jesse > > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > Ntop@listgateway.unipi.it > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > Ntop@listgateway.unipi.it > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop >
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