IPFIX receiver is used for receiving an IPFIX (Netflow 10) stream from DPI devices and store the stream to a local file. The stored file can be processed as a text file any unix utilities.

1. use VAS Experts repositore according to p.1 of the DPI installation instruction.
2. install ipfixreceiver:
   

   yum install -y ipfixreceiver

3. check changes in configuration files for installed version look at part "Important changes in version …"

1. chenged configuration file in part of IP address transformation, since 1.0.3 version use decodeipv4, decodeipv6 in Export model to exoprt IP in readable mode. Example:

     source_ip4, decodeipv4

     destination_ip4, decodeipv4

2. saving data now in separate process, important if DPI has more than 25 000 session per second, it can load upto 2 proccesor cores. In DEBUG loging added check records to controll save processing
   (a)cnt=NNNNN - send NNNNN buffer
   (b)cnt=YYYYY - saved YYYYY buffer.
3. buffer_size parameter added - size of buffer to interchange between receiver and saver processes, use it in [dump] section, default value - 100000 records (for 20Gbe or 25 000 seesion per second). If the buffer size is not reached then 30sec timeout is used to push buffer into saver process.

1. configuration expamples:
   

   /etc/dpiui/ipfixreceiver.conf - clickstream example (http/https clickstream)
   /etc/dpiui/ipfixreceiverflow.conf - session example (netflow 10/IPFIX full session export)
   /etc/dpiui/ipfixreceiversip.conf - meta information (sip connections) example 

2. programm files directory:
   

   /usr/local/lib/ipfixreceiver.d/

3. additional files:
   

   /etc/dpiui/port_proto.txt - for translation protocol number to text protocol name

4. link to executable:
   

   /usr/local/bin/ipfixreceiver -> link to /usr/local/lib/ipfixreceiver.d/ipfixreceiver

1. set iptables for receive external data
   Ipfixreceiver is requred to open ports that will be used to receive IPFIX streams (in configuration see section [connect])
   For instance you are using TCP protocol, 1500 port and IP=212.12.11.10
   

   [connect]
   protocol=tcp
   host=212.12.11.10
   port=1500

   
   For ipfixreceiver working in /etc/sysconfig/iptables you have to insert the next rule:
   

   -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 1500 -j ACCEPT

   Do not forget that after changes iptables r - restart service is requried:
   

   service iptables restart

2. configure logrotate
   Example for logrotate file /var/log/dpiuiflow.log, create in /etc/logrotate.d/ the file "flowlog" with the next content

   /var/log/dpiui*.log {
       rotate 5
       missingok
       notifempty
       compress
       size 10M
       daily
       copytruncate
       nocreate
       postrotate
       endscript
   }

   
   Using copytruncate is requred, otherwise the log file will be recreated and log write to the file in stopped.
   According to ipfixreceiver configuration in section [handler_ipfixreceiverlogger] is setted the next:
   

   args=('/var/log/dpiuiflow.log', 'a+')

3. configure remove old files. Example, removing old archive files (more then 31 days) with session records in gzip:
   

   15 4 * * * /bin/find /var/dump/dpiui/ -name url_\*.dump.gz -cmin +44640 -delete > /dev/null 2>&1

   
   Change it to meet you requirements and put into the file /var/spool/cron/root.

ipfixreceiver utility has next parameters:

usage: ipfixreceiver start|stop|restart|status|-v [-f <config file>]
где
  start   - start as service
  stop    - stop service
  state   - get state of service
  restart - restart service
  -v      - version info
  -f <config file> - config file name (required)

Example:
  ipfixreceiver start -f /etc/dpiui/ipfixreceiverflow.conf

By default config file /etc/dpiui/ipfixreceiver.conf is used .
:!:More information about config parameter you can find by link Logging

1. loggers - define logging identifiers
2. handlers - define used logging workers
3. formatters - define used logging formats

1. level - log level
   Values:

   CRITICAL  - critical errors only, minimum log level
   ERROR     - errors included
   WARNING   - warnings included
   INFO      - information included
   DEBUG     - debug messages included
   NOTSET    - all, maximum log level

   
   Example:
   

   level=DEBUG

2. handlers - used message handlers
   Example:

   handlers=ipfixreceiverlogger

1. class - class of the message handler
   Example:

   class=FileHandler

2. level - log level

   level=DEBUG

3. formatter - name of formatter that is used

   formatter=ipfixreceiverlogger

4. args - handlers' parameters

   args=('/var/log/dpiuiflow.log', 'a+')

1. format - log message format description
   Example:

   format=%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s
   here:
   %(name)s      - logger name
   %(levelname)s - level ('DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL').
   %(asctime)s   - daye, default - “2003-07-08 16:49:45,896” (with milliseconds after comma).
   %(message)s   - message

2. datefmt - date format
   Example:

   datefmt='%m-%d %H:%M'

1. protocol - protocol(tcp or udp).

   protocol=udp

2. host - IP or server name or 0.0.0.0 (to receive from all devices).

   host=localhost

3. port - port number.

   port=9996

1. rotate_minutes - rotation period in minuties, after it temp file will be moved to dumpfiledir/<port>.url.dump and new tempfile will be created.

   rotate_minutes=10

2. processcmd - command that will be executed to process new data file after rotation, parameter is full file name.

   processcmd=gzip %%s

3. dumpfiledir - directory where received data files will be stored.

   dumpfiledir=/var/dump/dpiui/ipfixflow/

4. buffer_size - size of buffer to interchange between receiver and saver processes, use it in [dump] section, default value - 100000 records (for 20Gbe or 25 000 seesion per second). If the buffer size is not reached then 30sec timeout is used to push buffer into saver process.

the section describes IPFIX receiveng template.

1. InfoElements - parameter with description of information model elements for IPFIX template

   InfoElements =  octetDeltaCount,       0,    1, UINT64, True
                   packetDeltaCount,      0,    2, UINT64, True
                   protocolIdentifier,    0,    3, UINT8
                   session_id,        43823, 2000, UINT64, True
   here,
     session_id - field name according to IPFIX description table (see according sections)
     43823  - enterprise number or general IPFIX protocol number 
     1      - unique field name
     UINT64 - field type
     True   - endian (True or empty).

Field types:

Field names and their description:

1. Flow export template in IPFIX
2. Meta information export template

additional information:
Information Model for IP Flow Information Export

defines the export model parameters, reserved for future use.

1. Mode - type used export (File only)

   Mode = File

defines the File export model.

1. Delimiter field delimiter ( \t - TAB, examples - |,;)

   Delimiter = \t

2. ExportElements - fields description that will be saved to file.

   ExportElements = timestamp, seconds, %%Y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M:%%S.000+03
                    login
                    source_ip4
                    destination_ip4
                    host, decodehost
                    path, decodepath
                    referal, decodereferer
                    session_id
   here:
     name - field name from infornation model described before [InfoModel] (login, session_id и т.п.)
     worker - internal transformation routune
                  seconds       - field in seconds, format requred
                  milliseconds  - field in milliseconds, microsecconds, nanoseconds, format requred
                  decodehost    - decoder from punycode to UTF-8
                  decodepath    - decoder from urlencoding to UTF-8
                  decodereferer - decoder from (punycode,urlencoding) to UTF-8
                  decodeproto   - decoder from protocol number to protocol port
                  decodeipv4    - decoder from decimal number to IP address string 
     format - format for seconds, milliseconds. 
              Example: %%Y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M:%%S.%%f+0300
              Result: 2016-05-25 13:13:35.621000+0300

Centos7 service creation step by step, service name ipfix1, config file name /etc/dpiui/ipfixreceiver.conf, used port 1500.
Create the file /etc/systemd/system/ipfix1.service with:

[Unit]
Description=ipfix test restart
After=network.target
After=syslog.target

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/tmp/ipfixreceiver.1500.pid
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfixreceiver start -f /etc/dpiui/ipfixreceiver.conf
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/ipfixreceiver stop -f /etc/dpiui/ipfixreceiver.conf
ExecReload=/usr/local/bin/ipfixreceiver restart -f /etc/dpiui/ipfixreceiver.conf
Restart=always
RestartSec=10s

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Execute to register and run service:

systemctl enable ipfix1.service
systemctl start ipfix1.service
systemctl daemon-reload

Check status:

systemctl status ipfix1.service -l

check service start after reboot

1. how can I get version?
   Use:
   

   ipfixreceiver -v

   yum info ipfixreceiver

2. can I send IPFIX streams fom differ DPI deveces to one port?
   Yes, for UDP. Ipfixreceiver will write it to the same output files.
3. How can I learn that utility is working?
   a) check port is lissening, example 1500:

   netstat -nlp | grep 1500

   b) check utility log for errors
   c) chech that data is writing to temporary file, example for 9996 port (dump directory - /var/dump/dpiui/ipfixurl):

   tail -f /var/dump/dpiui/ipfixurl/9996.url.dump

4. all checked, but no data is received?
   a) check iptables rules.
   b) check ipfixreceiver configuration for IP server address.
5. DPI sends more then 2 mln session per second, in DEBUG level I see that counter in saver is slower then counter in receiver. How can I tune performance ?
   a) remove decoder date to string, it'll lower processing time and reduce file size
   b) remove decodeipv4, it'll also a little lower processing
   c) check buffer_size for more 30 000 session per sec
   d) upgrade processor for more frequency