Hi,

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On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 08:24:52PM +0800, cyl123 wrote:

> 1) I start pmacctd with plugins set to mysql. I send traffic stream to pmacct 
> using tcpreplay to replay a pcap tracefile. But there is no data generated in 
> database. I think I have set interface correctly, and I have tried to delete 
> the interface line in config file, in both way  there is no data generated.

Can you rule out the possibility NetFlow traffic is not hitting
the application (pmacct)? A first step is to bind tcpdump on the
collector box as follows: 'tcpdump -i eth2 -n port 2100'. Do you
see packets coming in? If yes, next step is to verify packets are
effectively being delivered to a listening application, you can
use netcat for the purpose: 'nc -l -u -p 2100'. If this is also
successful (you see 'dirt' being generated on the screen) then
the issue is with pmacct or its configuration.

> 2)Also, I have problem with plugins set to print. The config file is as 
> following:
> 
> [ ... ] 
> 
> print_refresh_time: 900
> pirnt_output: csv
> print_output_file: ...
> print_time_roundoff: ...
> 
> 
> After I run pmacctd, I get the following msg;
> Unkown key: print_output. Line 8 ignored
> Unkown key: print_output_file. Line 9 ignored 
> Unkown key: print_time_roundoff. Line 10 ignored

What version of pmacct are you using? It could be it's too old
for those switches. Please switch to >= 0.14.0.
 
> 3) An another question: What kind of the data is the data stored in mysql 
> database? Is it decoded packet data or decoded netflow data?  The reason to 
> ask this question is that we want to mine the data in database.

You should clarify your question here: at a glance i would say
it is (sampled) flow data as reported by NetFlow.

Cheers,
Paolo


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