softflowd netflow multiple collector

ermilan2309

Hello,

I am trying to configure softflowd. I know we can specify one collector/host IP address to where we want to send out netflow but is there any way we can send our netflow to two collector/host ip. I mean we can specify two IP address as host ? Even using command line shell from pfsense or any other workaround ?

mcury

@ermilan2309 You can try this:

Info from: https://github.com/irino/softflowd/wiki/softflowd

ermilan2309

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ermilan2309

@mcury

So do I have to edit this on any file or just run like a command ?

If I have to make modification on file then which file would it be ? directory location for that ?

mcury

@ermilan2309 said in softflowd netflow multiple collector:

So do I have to edit this on any file or just run like a command ?
If I have to make modification on file then which file would it be ? directory location for that ?

You can try to put 2 IPs in that field, separated by comma.

ermilan2309

@mcury

Thanks for the suggestion but after editing that file It stays there until I reboot the firewall. Once reboot its goes to just only one IP:PORT. Is there any way to make it permanent across the reboots of the FW ?

mcury

@ermilan2309 said in softflowd netflow multiple collector:

Thanks for the suggestion but after editing that file It stays there until I reboot the firewall.

This is expected.

I would open a redmine ticket requesting this option (second IP:port) to be added to the package.
By doing this request, you don't need to worry about future updates overwriting your changes.