Flowview configuration

[DutchSamurai]

Hi,

Any usable information on how to get netflow data displayed in the flowviewer plugin?

tcpdump is showing data on port 2055 but nothing is showing up in flowview, no device either. I'm sure some kind of configuration is required but in pure Cacti style there is zero documentation (who needs that huh??).

Cacti tells me to come and whine here so here I am.
http://docs.cacti.net/plugin:flowview

[gsandorx]

I installed my server yesterday using the following:

-- http://www.scribd.com/doc/184161618/flo ... cti#scribd

and

-- http://networkmemos.blogspot.ca/2014/07 ... cacti.html

Few notes:

-- I used Ubuntu 14.04 LST
-- In flowview.sql, I had to change line TYPE=MEMORY to ENGINE=MEMORY. Otherwise, the command "mysql -u root -p cacti < /path/to/flowview.sql" wouldn't work
-- In ubuntu, Cacti plugins are located in /usr/shared/cacti/sites/plugins .. there is a README file in there and asked me to change the path to /usr/local/share.... using some commands there. I did it .
-- don't configure anything directly in the standard config file for flow-tools (/etc/flow-capture/flow-capture.conf). Instead use the one provided with the FlowView pluggin and put it in /etc/init.d/ as explained in the first guide
-- Once you can see the plugin in Cacti, go to Flows > Listeners and configure a listener for each router you want to receive net flows from.. You'll have to specify a folder for the device in the listener configuration. Don't include the base path for your flows. E.g. You configure flow-tools to store the flows in /var/flows. Now you have a device called "ROUTER-01". The full path for that device would be /var/flows/ROUTER-01, right? well, in the listener config for it, just use ROUTER-01 for the path.

I think that was it. Let me know you things go on your end.

Sandor