Yes, vnStat looks very promising. Sent from a mobile device.
Michael Keuter > Am 27.01.2021 um 05:27 schrieb David Kerr <da...@kerr.net>: > > > Lonnie, > That is very interesting, I would love to have that as part of astlinux. > We may be missing some dependencies, it says it needs libgd for the graphs. > But I would find the data it collects and shows more useful than what we have > with Netstat/darkstat today. > > David. > >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 9:56 PM Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> >> wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> In upstream Buildroot there is a "vnStat" package. >> >> Seems like exactly what you are after, uses sqlite for storage. >> >> https://humdi.net/vnstat/ >> >> Might be a good addition to AstLinux. >> >> Lonnie >> >> >> >> > On Jan 26, 2021, at 4:26 PM, David Kerr <da...@kerr.net> wrote: >> > >> > Here is what I have done so far. In the network init script I have added >> > the following... >> > >> > echo $(date +%s.%3N; cat /sys/class/net/$EXTIF/statistics/rx_bytes; cat >> > /sys/class/net/$EXTIF/statistics/tx_bytes) "stop" >> >> > /var/log/$EXTIF-meter.txt >> > >> > right before the ip link set dev $EXTIF down. I did the same for EXT2IF >> > and a "start" log immediately after every place the EXTIF/EXT2IF is >> > brought up. >> > >> > Then I added the following to crontabs... >> > >> > 59 * * * * echo $(date +%s.%3N; cat >> > /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/rx_bytes; cat >> > /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/tx_bytes) "cron" >> /var/log/eth0-meter.txt >> > 59 * * * * echo $(date +%s.%3N; cat >> > /sys/class/net/eth2/statistics/rx_bytes; cat >> > /sys/class/net/eth2/statistics/tx_bytes) "cron" >> /var/log/eth2-meter.txt >> > >> > Is there a way to get $EXTxx variables in crontabs? >> > >> > After rebooting and waiting for the big hand to point at the number 12, >> > here is my eth0 log... >> > >> > pbx kd # cat log/eth0-meter.txt >> > 1611696594.726 41916587023 8211080131 stop >> > 1611696625.644 0 0 start >> > 1611698340.940 832008278 51755144 cron >> > >> > So now I think I can just gather all the data and I should be able to >> > create a script to read and sum things up... last hour, last day, last >> > week, last month, whatever. Could probably import to excel for fancy >> > graphs. But patience required, will have to wait a while before I have >> > enough data to play with. >> > >> > I suppose I could do this for INTIF's as well. >> > >> > David >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:42 PM Lonnie Abelbeck >> > <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote: >> > David, >> > >> > If you are happy with Netstat/darkstat there is a way to save and reload >> > that data to persistent storage. Years ago this caused issues, but may >> > work today, and with a rc.conf variable option to enable it. >> > >> > Without looking, basically the darkstat.init needs to be tweaked. >> > >> > Lonnie >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > On Jan 26, 2021, at 10:45 AM, David Kerr <da...@kerr.net> wrote: >> > > >> > > ifconfig/ip -s probably reports closest to what the ISP is metering. >> > > And I assume that is what Netstat/darkstat is measuring. But the data >> > > on that tab is reset every reboot. I assume the interface RX/TX bytes >> > > are reset to zero on boot (and/or on taking the interface down/up). I >> > > would need to make sure to capture the values on shutdown... and maybe >> > > at regular intervals. Any suggestions on how to capture final values >> > > as an interface is shutdown? >> > > >> > > Measuring in iptables might provide more granularity, but may not map >> > > as closely to the raw data comcast measure. >> > > >> > > David >> > > >> > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 10:57 AM Lonnie Abelbeck >> > > <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >>> On Jan 26, 2021, at 8:29 AM, Michael Keuter <li...@mksolutions.info> >> > >>> wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>>> Am 26.01.2021 um 15:08 schrieb David Kerr <da...@kerr.net>: >> > >>>> >> > >>>> As some of you may be aware, Comcast / Xfinity are starting to impose >> > >>>> monthly data caps on internet usage. Where I live it is 1.2TB a >> > >>>> month. So I just received the dreaded "You have used 75% of your >> > >>>> allowance" email. Fortunately only 5 days from the end of the month, >> > >>>> but looking back there are months that I have exceeded the cap. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Can I do anything in Astlinux to meter usage myself? I would want to >> > >>>> monitor raw traffic in and out on eth0, the totals would need to >> > >>>> survive reboot, I would want to reset on the first of each month and >> > >>>> maintain a history. For extra credit... be able to identify high >> > >>>> users on my internal network(s). >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Any ideas? Have any other gateways (like OpenWRT) tackled this? >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Thanks >> > >>>> David >> > >>> >> > >>> Hi David, >> > >>> >> > >>> most applications that I know use RRDtool (a Round-Robin-database to >> > >>> store data/measurements) as its basis, like Munin, Cacti, MRTG etc. >> > >>> >> > >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRDtool >> > >>> >> > >>> It is also available in BR2. >> > >>> Years ago I had hacked myself a Munin node (client) for AstLinux, so >> > >>> data could fetched from a Munin server on Debian in my network from my >> > >>> AstLinux boxes. But it does not work anymore or I forgot about it. But >> > >>> it created nice progress graphicss for some parameters (CPU load, >> > >>> traffic, Asterisk calls, etc.). >> > >>> >> > >>> Now since we're using SSDs instead CF cards it would be nice to have >> > >>> such application. >> > >>> My 2 cts. >> > >>> >> > >>> Michael >> > >> >> > >> If we are mostly interesting in network info: >> > >> >> > >> ip -s link show dev eth0 >> > >> --or-- >> > >> ifconfig eth0 >> > >> >> > >> provides network interface usage. On shutdown and/or regular cron this >> > >> info would need to be saved to persistent storage along with the sample >> > >> date. >> > >> >> > >> Though corner cases when the eth0 link goes down or a PPPoE ppp0 >> > >> interface comes and goes can make pure interface monitoring less >> > >> accurate. >> > >> >> > >> An AIF plugin could be added to do something similar, which would be >> > >> required if forwarded LAN -> WAN traffic was to be recorded. Though >> > >> the matching WAN -> LAN traffic might be a little tricky. >> > >> >> > >> Then the little matter of what the ISP says the data is vs. your actual >> > >> data. >> > >> >> > >> Lonnie >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> > >> Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> > >> >> > >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> > >> pay...@krisk.org. >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Astlinux-users mailing list >> > > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> > > >> > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> > > pay...@krisk.org. >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Astlinux-users mailing list >> > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> > >> > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> > pay...@krisk.org. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Astlinux-users mailing list >> > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> > >> > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> > pay...@krisk.org. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> pay...@krisk.org. > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org.
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