Hi Franz, Yes, it's no problem if, in general, two processes running libpcap are binding to the same interface. You can in fact not only have any two pmacctd binding there, but also a pmacctd and a tcpdump, etc.
Cheers, Paolo On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 01:23:29PM +0100, fboehm wrote: > Hi, > > I couldn't find a definitive answer on the web regarding following > situation: > > Is it technically ok if multiple pmacct instances listen to the same > interface via libpcap? The interface is in promiscuous mode and is > getting traffic via a mirrored switch-port. > > I like it because I don't need to restart all plugins after I > changed the configuration of just one plugin. > > Until now it seems to work but I'm not sure how to check if all > pmacct instances are processing 100% of the incoming packets. Maybe > such a setup works but isn't described anywhere because it's > considered too cpu demanding in high-traffic environments. > > Thanks, > Franz > > _______________________________________________ > pmacct-discussion mailing list > http://www.pmacct.net/#mailinglists _______________________________________________ pmacct-discussion mailing list http://www.pmacct.net/#mailinglists
