Netflow(v5/v9) and IPfix(v10) plugin for Fluentd

fluent-plugin-netflowipfix

Fluentd input plugin that acts as Netflow v5/v9 and IPfix (v10) collector.

Installation

RubyGems

$ gem install fluent-plugin-netflowipfix

Bundler

Add following line to your Gemfile:

gem "fluent-plugin-netflowipfix"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Configuration

<source>
  type netflowipfix
  tag netflow.event

  # optional parameters
  bind 192.168.0.1
  port 2055
  cache_ttl 6000
  definitions /path/to/custom_fields.yaml
</source>

bind

IP address on which the plugin will accept Netflow.
(Default: '0.0.0.0')

port

UDP port number on which tpe plugin will accept Netflow.
(Default: 5140)

cache_ttl

Template cache TTL for Netflow v9 or IPfix v10 in seconds. Templates not refreshed from the Netflow v9 exporter within the TTL are expired at the plugin.
(Default: 4000)

switched_times_from_uptime

When set to true, the plugin stores system uptime for first_switched and last_switched instead of ISO8601-formatted absolute time.
(Defaults: false) TODO: This is currently disabled

definitions

YAML file containing Netflow field definitions to overfide pre-defined templates. Example is like below

---
4:          # field value
- :uint8    # field length
- :protocol # field type

Pending

Tests
A few TODOs in the code

Copyright

License
- Apache License, Version 2.0