Ntopng change log directory

[Toube]

Hi all,

First post here, please by kind.
I tried searching the forums but I couldn't find an answer.

I have ordered the hardware for my pfsense router / firewall and I'm going to install an additional 250gb ssd flash drive for keeping the ntopng logs on that drive.

So I will install the ntopng package using the package manager in pfsense.
Can I during installation select the directory where I want the ntopng logs to be stored or can I do it afterwards?

Thanks in advance.

-Toube

[Toube]

Or is it just a matter of setting the log directory after installing it using this command:
[--data-dir|-d] <path>

So this could be done by loggin into pfsense using ssh and doing this command before enabling the ntopng?

ntopng [--data-dir|-d] <path>

-Toube

[Toube]

Not too many following these netgate forums I assume.

[kiokoman]

more likely no one know for sure, my 2 cent is that you can't do that from the gui but maybe with a script that manually run it with that command line ...

[Toube]

@kiokoman said in Ntopng change log directory:

more likely no one know for sure, my 2 cent is that you can't do that from the gui but maybe with a script that manually run it with that command line ...

Hi @kiokoman
Yeah I second that. After installing it using pfsense ui then login in to pfsense os with ssh and do a following command:
ntopng [--data-dir|-d] <path>

I'm just a bit surprised that nobody has changed the log directory as it uses a big amount of data when writing the logs and statistics.

-Toube

[Toube]

Got the log directory changed when following a guide from 2015 from these forums.

-Toube