flow-import(1)

NAME
flow-import — Import flows into flow-tools from other NetFlow packages.

SYNOPSIS

flow-import [-h] [-b big|little] [-d debug_level] [-f format] [-m mask_fields] [-V pdu_version] [-z z_level]

DESCRIPTION

The flow-import utility will convert data from cflowd and ASCII CSV files into flow-tools format.

OPTIONS

-b big|little
    Byte order of output.

-d debug_level
    Enable debugging.

-f format
    Export format. Supported formats are:
      0 cflowd
      2 ASCII CSV

-h  Display help.

-m mask_fields
    Select fields for cflowd and ASCII formats. The mask_fields is built from a bitwise OR of the following:
        UNIX_SECS 0x0000000000000001LL
        UNIX_NSECS 0x0000000000000002LL
        SYSUPTIME 0x0000000000000004LL
        EXADDR 0x0000000000000008LL

        DFLOWS 0x0000000000000010LL
        DPKTS 0x0000000000000020LL
        DOCTETS 0x0000000000000040LL
        FIRST 0x0000000000000080LL

        LAST 0x0000000000000100LL
        ENGINE_TYPE 0x0000000000000200LL
        ENGINE_ID 0x0000000000000400LL

        SRCADDR 0x0000000000001000LL
        DSTADDR 0x0000000000002000LL
        SRC_PREFIX 0x0000000000004000LL
        DST_PREFIX 0x0000000000008000LL
        NEXTHOP 0x0000000000010000LL
        INPUT 0x0000000000020000LL
        OUTPUT 0x0000000000040000LL
        SRCPORT 0x0000000000080000LL

        DSTPORT 0x0000000000100000LL
        PROT 0x0000000000200000LL
        TOS 0x0000000000400000LL
        TCP_FLAGS 0x0000000000800000LL

        SRC_MASK 0x0000000001000000LL
        DST_MASK 0x0000000002000000LL
        SRC_AS 0x0000000004000000LL
        DST_AS 0x0000000008000000LL

        IN_ENCAPS 0x0000000010000000LL
        OUT_ENCAPS 0x0000000020000000LL
        PEER_NEXTHOP 0x0000000040000000LL
        ROUTER_SC 0x0000000080000000LL
        EXTRA_PKTS 0x0000000100000000LL
        MARKED_TOS 0x0000000200000000LL The default value is all fields applicable to the pdu_version.

-V pdu_version
    Use pdu_version format output.

    1    NetFlow version 1 (No sequence numbers, AS, or mask)
    5    NetFlow version 5
    6    NetFlow version 6 (5+ Encapsulation size)
    7    NetFlow version 7 (Catalyst switches)
    8.1  NetFlow AS Aggregation
    8.2  NetFlow Proto Port Aggregation
    8.3  NetFlow Source Prefix Aggregation
    8.4  NetFlow Destination Prefix Aggregation
    8.5  NetFlow Prefix Aggregation
    8.6  NetFlow Destination (Catalyst switches)
    8.7  NetFlow Source Destination (Catalyst switches)
    8.8  NetFlow Full Flow (Catalyst switches)
    8.9  NetFlow ToS AS Aggregation
    8.10 NetFlow ToS Proto Port Aggregation
    8.11 NetFlow ToS Source Prefix Aggregation
    8.12 NetFlow ToS Destination Prefix Aggregation
    8.13 NetFlow ToS Prefix Aggregation
    8.14 NetFlow ToS Prefix Port Aggregation
    1005 Flow-Tools tagged version 5

-z z_level
    Configure compression level to z_level. 0 is disabled (no compression), 9 is highest compression.

EXAMPLES

Convert the cflowd file flows.cflowd to the flow-tools file flows. Store as Version 5 with compression level 5.

  flow-import -V5 -z5 -f0 < flows.cflowd > flows

EXAMPLES

Convert the ASCII CSV data in flows.ascii to flow-tools format. The ASCII data must include all fields represented by 0xFF31EF in the order listed above. Store as Version 5 with no compression.

  flow-import -z0 -f2 -m0xFF31EF < flows.ascii > flows

BUGS

The pcap format is a hack.

AUTHOR

Mark Fullmer maf@splintered.net

SEE ALSO

flow-tools(1)