Plugin description
Plugin calculates statistics from IPFIX data. It uses RRD database.
Calculated data
Statistics are calculated for
- bytes
- packets
- flows
Configuration
Default plugin configuration in internalcfg.xml
<storagePlugin> <fileFormat>statistics</fileFormat> <file>/usr/share/ipfixcol/plugins/ipfixcol-statistics-output.so</file> <threadName>statistics</threadName> </storagePlugin>
Or as ipfixconf output:
Plugin type Name/Format Process/Thread File
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
storage statistics statistics /usr/share/ipfixcol/plugins/ipfixcol-statistics-output.so
Here is an example of configuration in startup.xml:
<destination> <name>make statistics from the flow data</name> <fileWriter> <fileFormat>statistics</fileFormat> <file>/patth/to/rrd_file</file> <interval>300</interval> </fileWriter> </destination>
- file is a path to RRD database file for writing
- interval is time interval of flow data to compute statistics for