PFLOWCTL(8)

🦋 pflowctl(8) — control pflow data export 🦋

okay so bestie, this is the pflowctl(8) page from the System Manager's Manual, and it's literally all about controlling pflow data export. no cap, it's giving network-admin main character energy. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

pflowctl — control pflow data export ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pflowctl [-v] [-lc] [-d id] [-s id ...]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The pflowctl utility creates, configures and deletes netflow accounting data export using the pflow(4) subsystem. highkey iconic behavior.

The pflowctl utility provides several commands. The options are as follows:

• -v — produce verbose output. yes bestie, tell me everything. 🗣️
• -c — create a new pflow(4) exporter. new exporter, who dis? 👑
• -d id — remove an existing pflow(4) exporter. The id may be either numeric or the full pflowX name. bye-bye, exporter 🫶
• -l — list all existing pflow(4) exporters. let's see the lineup, periodt. 💖
• -s id ... — configure an existing pflow(4) exporter. This takes the following keywords:
  • src — set the source IP address (and optionally port). 📍
  • dst — set the destination IP address (and optionally port). 🎯
  • proto — set the protocol version. Valid values are 5 and 10. 🔥
  • domain — set the observation domain. 🌐

Multiple keywords may be passed in the same command invocation. stack 'em, bestie. 🧚

For example, the following command sets 10.0.0.1 as the source and 10.0.0.2:1234 as destination:

# pflowctl -s pflow0 src 10.0.0.1 dst 10.0.0.2:1234

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

go check out netintro(4), pf(4), pflow(4), udp(4), and pf.conf(5) — iykyk. 🦋

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

The pflowctl command first appeared in FreeBSD 15.0. and that's the origin story, slay. ⭐

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💖 cute sign-off: this page comes from Debian, dated January 25, 2024, for PFLOWCTL(8). mwah! 💋