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author | Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-25 11:48:48 +0000 |
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committer | Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-25 11:48:48 +0000 |
commit | 7f5871556973851363566e9ce143a0da5fa87493 (patch) | |
tree | 8ac49b56866d62769781c680106238153ae51354 /net-mgmt/flowscan/pkg-message | |
parent | ff2c8e595cff9811f6651cff90b709eae27544c4 (diff) | |
download | ports-7f5871556973851363566e9ce143a0da5fa87493.tar.gz ports-7f5871556973851363566e9ce143a0da5fa87493.zip |
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diff --git a/net-mgmt/flowscan/pkg-message b/net-mgmt/flowscan/pkg-message new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bceddd3f5170 --- /dev/null +++ b/net-mgmt/flowscan/pkg-message @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +This is not an "easy" port. You have to take many things into consideration, +what flow data to collect (disk space, etc), how and when to remove unneeded +flow files. And you have to know, what it is all about. If you don't know +Cisco NetFlow switching and its data export feature, then I recommend you +to deinstall this port. + +Prerequisites: +A) You need to read the installation instructions closely, see: + ${PREFIX}/share/doc/flowscan/INSTALL + +B) You need to configure your Cisco Router, to enable Netflow Switching + and Netflow data export. + +PLEASE NOTE, YOU HAVE TO KNOW EXACTLY, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ENABLE NETFLOW +SWITCHING ON YOUR CISCO CORE OR DISTRIBUTION ROUTERS, WHAT PERFORMANCE IMPACT +MIGHT BE INVOLVED WHEN DOING THIS, WITH THE GOAL, NOT TO LOOSE YOUR ROUTING/ +SWITCHING PERFORMANCE. BE WARNED !!! + +Post-installation tasks involve: +a) Configure cflowd properly for your needs, see above mentioned docu ! + Example files reside in ${PREFIX}/etc, files: + cflowd.conf.example and cfdcollect.conf +b) Configure flowscan, see above mentioned docu ! + Example files reside in ${PREFIX}/var/db/flows/bin, files: + "foo".sample ... +c) Customize and install crontab file, example see: + ${PREFIX}/share/doc/flowscan/crontab.sample + +d) Activate flowscan startscript by renaming it as usual, see example in: + ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/flowscan.sh.sample |