Hi Thomas,

I ack the fact pmacct is not handling any post* field types for bytes
and packets count. Can we follow-up privately on this; i would need
two things: 1) a trace of the NetFlow packets (including templates)
so to be able to replay it in lab; 2) a better explanation of what to
do with the post* fields values - i'd assume you want to pick those
instead of the regular packets and bytes fields.

Cheers,
Paolo

On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 02:53:49PM -0300, Thomas M Steenholdt wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I have set up a nfacctd collector, to receive flow info from FortiGate
> devices (and Cisco as well) in our network.
> 
> The NetFlow numbers we get from the FortiGate appear strange though.
> Having processed everything with Fortinet support, it looks like nfacctd
> only picks up "octets" and "packets" but misses info from "postOctets"
> and "postPackets".
> 
> With Fortinet support, we established a controlled session (isolated
> file download) and dumped netflow traffic (analyzed by Fortinet) for the
> entire session. Comparing numbers from the dump and the info that
> nfacctd stores in the database, the "octets" and "packets" matches
> exactly. But without getting the "post*" numbers with us, the total
> traffic does not reflect reality.
> 
> sFlow with sfacctd works perfectly, but I need NetFlow for all devices.
> 
> Is this a known problem or am I missing an important part of the
> configuration for this to work? Configuration looks like this:
> 
> -----
> ! nfacctd configuration
> !
> !
> !
> daemonize: true
> syslog: daemon
> !debug: true
> pidfile: /var/run/nfacctd.pid
> 
> !
> ! interested in in- and outbound traffic
> aggregate[netflow1m]: peer_src_ip,src_host,dst_host
> aggregate[netflow1h]: peer_src_ip,src_host,dst_host
> 
> ! interested only in normal traffic
> aggregate_filter[netflow1m]: net 10.0.0.0/8 or net 172.16.0.0/12 or net
> 192.168.0.0/16
> aggregate_filter[netflow1h]: net 10.0.0.0/8 or net 172.16.0.0/12 or net
> 192.168.0.0/16
> 
> ! on this interface
> interface: eth0
> nfacctd_ip: 10.10.10.10
> nfacctd_port: 2055
> nfacctd_time_new: true
> !nfacctd_renormalize: true
> 
> !
> ! storage methods
> plugins: mysql[netflow1m], mysql[netflow1h]
> 
> !sql_host: localhost
> !sql_passwd:
> 
> ! reduce the size of the insert/update clause
> sql_optimize_clauses: true
> 
> ! ip addresses as integers
> sql_num_hosts: true
> 
> ! locking style
> sql_locking_style: row
> 
> sql_table[netflow1m]: netflow1m
> sql_table[netflow1h]: netflow1h
> 
> ! refresh the db every 5 minutes
> sql_refresh_time[netflow1m]: 60
> sql_refresh_time[netflow1h]: 300
> 
> ! accumulate values in each row for up to an hour
> sql_history[netflow1m]: 1m
> sql_history[netflow1h]: 1h
> 
> ! try updates?
> sql_dont_try_update[netflow1m]: true
> sql_dont_try_update[netflow1h]: false
> 
> ! create new rows on the minute, hour, day boundaries
> sql_history_roundoff[netflow1m]: m
> sql_history_roundoff[netflow1h]: h
> 
> !
> ! in case of emergency, log to this file
> ! DISABLED since it's not supported with BGP primitives (peer_src_ip)
> aggregate
> !sql_recovery_logfile: /var/lib/pmacct/recovery_nf_log
> !
> -----
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> /Thomas
> 
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