David the dump to disk in text file has been done for batch DB import whereas JSON for export to apps. Like I have said you can use —tcp and create a small app (e.g. see https://pymotw.com/2/socket/tcp.html <https://pymotw.com/2/socket/tcp.html>) that can receive JSON as requested
Regards Luca > On 2 Aug 2018, at 00:51, David Kraut <da...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Luca, > > I got the output to text file working. Use case is that we have a developer > trying to integrate nprobe output to an application they're working on. The > developer asked us to provide sample output in JSON format. Any trick to do > that? > > Thanks! > > David > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, 3:54:11 PM CDT, Luca Deri <d...@ntop.org> wrote: > > > David, > you need to use -P <dir>, but when you start nprobe, the user is nobody so > this can be the problem. See also > > --dont-drop-privileges | Do not drop privileges changing to user > nobody > --unprivileged-user <name> | Use <name> instead of nobody when > dropping privileges > > This said with -P you have text file, no JSON that instead can be exported > --json-to-syslog | Export flows in JSON format to syslog > --json-labels | In case JSON label is used (e.g. with > ZMQ) > --tcp <server:port> | Deliver flows in JSON format to the > specified server via TCP. > > to syslog, TCP or ELK. > > What is the use case exactly? > > Regards Luca > > >> On 1 Aug 2018, at 22:26, David Kraut <da...@rocketmail.com >> <mailto:da...@rocketmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I'm trying to send nprobe output to a file (preferably in JSON format). From >> the user guide, I'm guessing that's the -P option, but no matter what I do, >> I get an error stating - Sorry, the path you specified with -P is invalid. >> I created a directory with 777 permission. Could someone please provide a >> sample of how to use nprobe -P ? or how to output flows to a file? I only >> need a small sample of flows on this file for testing. >> _______________________________________________ >> Ntop-misc mailing list >> Ntop-misc@listgateway.unipi.it <mailto:Ntop-misc@listgateway.unipi.it> >> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-misc mailing list > Ntop-misc@listgateway.unipi.it <mailto:Ntop-misc@listgateway.unipi.it> > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc > <http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc>_______________________________________________ > Ntop-misc mailing list > Ntop-misc@listgateway.unipi.it > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc
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