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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