jrossi / pmacct

pmacct is a small set of multi-purpose passive network monitoring tools [NetFlow IPFIX sFlow libpcap BGP BMP IGP Streaming Telemetry].

DOCUMENTATION

• Online:

  • GitHub Wiki Pages: https://github.com/pmacct/pmacct/wiki
  • GitHub master code: https://github.com/pmacct/pmacct/

• Distribution tarball:

  • ChangeLog: History of features version by version
  • CONFIG-KEYS: Available configuration directives explained
  • QUICKSTART: Examples, command-lines, quickstart guides
  • FAQS: FAQ document
  • INSTALL: basic installation guide
  • docs/: Miscellaneous internals, UNIX signals, SQL triggers documents
  • examples/: Sample pmacct and 3rd party tools configurations; sample maps
  • sql/: SQL documentation, default SQL schemas and customization tips

BUILDING

• Build GitHub code:
  • git clone https://github.com/pmacct/pmacct.git
  • cd pmacct
  • ./autogen.sh [pkg-config, libtool, autoconf, automake and bash packages required]
  • ./configure [check-out available configure knobs via ./configure --help]
  • make
  • make install [with super-user permission]