Re: Help configuring nProbe with ntopng

Srijan Nandi <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:32:51 +0530
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Thank you, Simone.

On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 15:19, Simone Mainardi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Srijan,
>
> You can use nProbe to dump to text files (see options -P <path> and -D t)=
.
> nProbe will generate text files with as many columns as the elements
> specified in the template option -T. Then use FileBeat to read those text
> files and do the necessary downstream processing.
>
> Alternatively, you can directly push to ElasticSearch straight from
> nProbe. In this case you will need the nProbe export plugin and use
> option --elastic.
>
> Simone
>
>
>
> On 10 Sep 2019, at 19:35, Srijan Nandi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello Alfredo,
>
> Let me explain my setup and then you can suggest the best way out.
>
> I have a debian 9 with accolade NIC cards without an IP address. These
> cards are a tap to the GTP traffic. So they get to see all  the GTP-C
> traffic.
>
> What I want to achieve:
>
> 1. Be able to read the entire GTP-C flow.
> 2. Dump this entire flow to a local disk. I need to read the entire
> content of the packet. Including IP Address, MSISDN number, LAC etc.
> 3. Use Filebeat to export this to Logstash and dump it to an elasticsearc=
h
> database.
>
> Now, what I read was I still would require ntopng to read the GTP parse
> data from nProbe and then log them to a disk and export it to logstash an=
d
> elasticsearch.
>
> -=3DSrijan Nandi
>
> On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 at 22:56, Alfredo Cardigliano <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> you should not use the accolade adapter for exporting flow data to
>> ntopng, that=E2=80=99s for
>> capturing raw packets only, you should use the management interface (or
>> other standard interfaces) for that.
>>
>> Alfredo
>>
>> > On 10 Sep 2019, at 19:22, Srijan Nandi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello Everyone,
>> >
>> > I require some assistance with the following.
>> >
>> > I have already configured nProbe to list to accolade NIC card. Now I
>> need help in configuring ntopng so that it reads from nprobe.
>> >
>> > The problem, my accolade cards do not have an IP address as this entir=
e
>> setup is in Layer 2 mode. So I am not able to figure out how to use zmq =
in
>> the nprobe config file and utilise the same in the ntopng config file.
>> >
>> > --
>> > -=3DSrijan Nandi
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thank you, Simone.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 15:19, Simone Mai=
nardi &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wr=
ote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px=
 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(=
204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;line-brea=
k:after-white-space"><div>Srijan,</div><div><br></div><div>You can use nPro=
be to dump to text files (see options -P &lt;path&gt; and -D t). nProbe wil=
l generate text files with as many columns as the elements specified in the=
 template option -T. Then use FileBeat to read those text files and do the =
necessary downstream processing.</div><div><br></div><div>Alternatively, yo=
u can directly push to ElasticSearch straight from nProbe. In this case you=
 will need the nProbe export plugin and use option=C2=A0--elastic.</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Simone</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><blockquote t=
ype=3D"cite"><div>On 10 Sep 2019, at 19:35, Srijan Nandi &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt=
; wrote:</div><br class=3D"gmail-m_7821696919704481891Apple-interchange-new=
line"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hello Alfredo,<div><br></div><div>Let me explai=
n my setup and then you can suggest the best way out.</div><div><br></div><=
div>I have a debian 9 with accolade NIC cards without an IP address. These =
cards are a tap to the GTP traffic. So they get to see all =C2=A0the GTP-C =
traffic.</div><div><br></div><div>What I want to achieve:</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>1. Be able to read the entire GTP-C flow.</div><div>2. Dump this en=
tire flow to a local disk. I need to read the entire content of the packet.=
 Including IP Address, MSISDN number, LAC etc.</div><div>3. Use Filebeat to=
 export this to Logstash and dump it to an elasticsearch database.</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Now, what I read was I still would require ntopng to read =
the GTP parse data from nProbe and then log them to a disk and export it to=
 logstash and elasticsearch.</div><div><br></div><div>-=3DSrijan Nandi</div=
></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"=
>On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 at 22:56, Alfredo Cardigliano &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ca=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<b=
r></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex=
;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,20=
4,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi<br>
you should not use the accolade adapter for exporting flow data to ntopng, =
that=E2=80=99s for<br>
capturing raw packets only, you should use the management interface (or oth=
er standard interfaces) for that.<br>
<br>
Alfredo<br>
<br>
&gt; On 10 Sep 2019, at 19:22, Srijan Nandi &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:srijan.na=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Hello Everyone,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I require some assistance with the following.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I have already configured nProbe to list to accolade NIC card. Now I n=
eed help in configuring ntopng so that it reads from nprobe. <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; The problem, my accolade cards do not have an IP address as this entir=
e setup is in Layer 2 mode. So I am not able to figure out how to use zmq i=
n the nprobe config file and utilise the same in the ntopng config file.<br=
>
&gt; <br>
&gt; -- <br>
&gt; -=3DSrijan Nandi<br>
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