3 FastPCRF installation and configuring for L3-connected BRAS

The FastPCRF application is an individual component and can be installed on a FastDPI server or on a dedicated one.

FastPCRF configuration

FastPCRF configuration is specified in the /etc/dpi/fastpcrf.conf file.

Minimum configuration:

fdpi_server_list=127.0.0.1%lo:29000;192.168.20.10%eth2:29000
radius_server=secret@192.168.10.20%eth1:1812
radius_server=secret2@192.168.10.21%eth1:1812

Description of the minimum configuration parameters:

fdpi_server_list is a list of FastDPI servers that are served by the given FastPCRF server. You can specify up to 16 different servers. Format to specify the server is: ip%dev:port, where
ip is the FastDPI server IP address,
dev the local interface used to establish a connection with FastDPI,
port is the FastDPI management port (typically it is 29000). The management port specified in the in the fastdpi.conf must match the one specified in the fastpcrf.conf.

radius_server specifies a single RADIUS server. Each RADIUS server is specified in a separate radius_server parameter. Format to specify the server is: secret@ip%dev:port, where
secret is the RADIUS secret,
ip is the RADIUS server IP address,
dev is the local interface name used to establish a connection,
port is the RADIUS server auth port.
You are allowed to specify up to 16 RADIUS servers, and the first specified one in the fastpcrf.conf considered to be the main, whereas the rest ones are backup. A connection is established with only one RADIUS server from the list; backup servers are used only when the primary one is unavailable.

FastPCRF parameters

FastPCRF supports the fine-tune parameters to communicate with RADIUS servers.

FastPCRF logs

FastPCRF keeps various log files containing information about its operation.