Thank you for your help ! I'm going to try this configuration.

On 6/28/07, Paolo Lucente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi K.L,
>
> pmacct 0.11.x can work as a NetFlow probe no problems. You can read
> the "Quickstart guide to setup a NetFlow agent/probe" section of the
> EXAMPLES document (which is included in the distribution tarball) to
> get started. You will need two distinct pmacct processes (they could
> reside on the same box; performances being the only potential issue
> on larger scales):
>
> a) a pmacctd with a nfprobe plugin (pointing the IP address and port
>    where the nfacctd daemon is listening.
> b) a nfacctd with a pgsql plugin which will store the aggregates in
>    the PostgreSQL database.
>
> Cheers,
> Paolo
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 12:24:57PM +0200, K L wrote:
> > On 6/28/07, Paolo Lucente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Hi K.L.,
> > >
> > >which method are you collecting your traffic (ie. libpcap, NetFlow,
> > >sFlow)? I see your point and i think it could make sense collecting
> > >NetFlow datagrams - and a similar case, ie. each aggregate is written
> > >down to the database independly, is handled by the nfacctd_sql_log
> > >directive. Under normal operations, sql_history doesn't scale below
> > >the minutes. Hope this helps.
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >Paolo
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for your answer Paolo. I'm using libcap to collect the traffic.
> > In the configuration you suggest, I suppose I need a netflow probe
> > (different from pmacct) running on my machine, right ? Or can I use
> > pmacct as a netflow probe and at the same time write the aggregates to
> > the DB ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > K.L.
> >
> > >
> > >On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 12:07:50PM +0200, K L wrote:
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I want to configure pmacct to log accounting informations to a
> > >> database (PostgreSQL) every second. I mean, creating one line in the
> > >> table for every active aggregate, each second (insert only, never
> > >> update).
> > >>
> > >> Is that possible ? I tried with the following configuration file
> > >> parameters without success :
> > >>
> > >> sql_refresh_time: 1
> > >> sql_dont_try_update: true
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> K.L.
>

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