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NAME
nfdump - netflow display and analyze program
SYNOPSIS
nfdump [options] [filter]
DESCRIPTION
nfdump is the netflow display and analyzing program of the nfdump tool set. It reads the netflow data
from files stored by nfcapd and processes the flows according to the options given. The filter syntax is
comparable to tcpdump and extended for netflow data. Nfdump can also display many different top N flow
and flow element statistics.
OPTIONS
-r inputfile
Read input data from inputfile. Default is to read from stdin.
-R expr
Read input from a sequence of files in the same directory. expr may be one of:
/any/dir Read recursively all files in directory dir.
/dir/file Read all files beginning with file.
/dir/file1:file2 Read all files from file1 to file2.
When using in combination with a sub hierarchy:
/dir/sub1/sub2/file1:sub3/sub4/file2
Read all files from sub1/sub2/file1 sub3/sub4/file2 iterating over all required hierarchy levels.
Note: files are read in alphabetical order.
-M expr
Read input from multiple directories. expr looks like: /any/path/to/dir1:dir2:dir3 etc. and will be
expanded to the directories: /any/path/to/dir1, /any/path/to/dir2 and /any/path/to/dir3 Any number of
colon separated directories may be given. The files to read are specified by -r or -R and are expected
to exist in all the given directories. The options -r and -R must not contain any directory part when
used in conjunction with -M.
-m deprecated option. Use -O tstart instead.
-O order[:direction]
Set sort order to print raw or aggregated flows. Optionally add an order direction 'a' for ascending
or 'd' for descending. order can be:
by default descending:
flows Sort according to the number of flows
packets Sort according to (in)packets
ipkg Same as packets
opkg Sort according to output packets
bytes Sort according to (in)bytes
ibyte Same as bytes
obyte Sort according to output bytes
pps Sort according to (in)packets per second
ipps Same as ipps
opps Sort according to out packets per second
bps Sort according to (in)bytes per second
ibps Same as bps
obps Sort according to output bytes per second
bpp Sort according to (in)bytes per packet
ibpp Same as bpp
obpp Sort according to output packets
by default ascending:
tstart Sort according to start time of flow - former -m
tend Sort according to end time of flows
-w outputfile
If specified writes binary netflow records to outputfile ready to be processed again with nfdump. The
default output is ASCII on stdout. In combination with options -m, -a, -b, and -B write aggregated
and/or sorted flow cache in binary format to disk.
-f filterfile
Reads the filter syntax from filterfile. Note: Any filter specified directly on the command line takes
precedence over -f.
-t timewin
Process only flows which fall in the time window timewin, where timewin is
YYYY/MM/dd.hh:mm:ss[-YYYY/MM/dd.hh:mm:ss]. Any parts of the time spec may be omitted e.g YYYY/MM/dd
expands to YYYY/MM/dd.00:00:00-infinity and processes all flow from a given day onwards. The time
window may also be specified as +/- n. In this case it is relativ to the beginning or end of all
flows. +10 means the first 10 seconds of all flows, -10 means the last 10 seconds of all flows.
-c num
Limit the number of records to read and process from file(s) to the first num flows.
-a Aggregate netflow data. Aggregation is done at connection level by taking the 5-tuple protocol, srcip,
dstip, srcport and dstport.
-A aggregation
Similar to Flexible Netflow (FNF), netflow records can be aggregated by any number of given v9 fields.
aggregation is a ',' separated list of recognised tags from the following list:
proto IP protocol
srcip Source IP address
dstip Destination IP address
srcip4/net IPv4 source IP address with applied netmask
srcip6/net IPv6 source IP address with applied netmask
dstip4/net IPv4 destination IP address with applied netmask
dstip6/net IPv6 destination IP address with applied netmask
srcnet Apply netmask srcmask in netflow record for source IP
dstnet Apply netmask dstmask in netflow record for dest IP
srcport Source port
dstport Destination port
srcmask Source mask
dstmask Destination mask
srcvlan Source vlan label
dstvlan Destination vlan label
srcas Source AS number
dstas Destination AS number
nextas BGP Next AS
prevas BGP Previous AS
inif SNMP input interface number
outif SNMP output interface number
next IP next hop
bgpnext BGP next hop
insrcmac In source MAC address
outdstmac out destination MAC address
indstmac In destintation MAC address
outsrcmac Out source MAC address
tos Source type of service
srctos Source type of Service
dsttos Destination type of Service
mpls1 MPLS label 1
mpls2 MPLS label 2
mpls3 MPLS label 3
mpls4 MPLS label 4
mpls5 MPLS label 5
mpls6 MPLS label 6
mpls7 MPLS label 7
mpls8 MPLS label 8
mpls9 MPLS label 9
mpls10 MPLS label 10
router Exporting router's IP
xsrcip X-late source IP address, if compiled with NSEL support
xdstip X-late destination IP address, if compiled with NSEL support
xsrcport X-late source port, if compiled with NSEL support
xdstport X-late destination port, if compiled with NSEL support
nfdump automatically compiles an appropriate output format for the selected aggregation unless an
explicit output format is given. The automatic output format is identical to -o 'fmt:%ts %td <fields>
%pkt %byt %bps %bpp %fl' where <fields> represents the selected aggregation tags.
Example:
-A proto,srcip,dstport
-A srcas,dstas
-b Aggregate netflow records as bidirectional flows. Automatically implies -a. Aggregation is done on
connection level by taking the 5-tuple protocol, srcip, dstip, srcport and dstport, or the reverse
order for the corresponding connection flow. Input and output packets/bytes are counted and reported
separately. Both flows are merged into a single record. An appropriate output format is selected
automatically, which may be overwritten by any -o format option.
-B Like -b but automagically swaps flows if src port is < dst port for TCP and UDP flows and src port <
1024 and dst port > 1024. as some exporters do not care sending the flows in proper order. Other
flows are not affected. It's considered to be a conveniency option.
-I Print flow statistics from file specified by -r, or timeslot specified by -R/-M.
-D dns
Set dns as nameserver to look up hostnames.
-s statistic[:p][/orderby[:direction]]
Generate the Top N flow or flow element statistic. statistic can be:
record Statistic about aggregated netflow records.
srcip Statistic about source IP addresses
dstip Statistic about destination IP addresses
ip Statistic about any (source or destination) IP addresses
nhip Statistic about next hop IP addresses
nhbip Statistic about BGP next hop IP addresses
router Statistic about exporting router IP address
srcport Statistic about source ports
dstport Statistic about destination ports
port Statistic about any (source or destination) ports
tos Statistic about type of service - default src
srctos Statistic about src type of service
dsttos Statistic about dst type of service
dir Statistic about flow directions ingress/egress
srcas Statistic about source AS numbers
dstas Statistic about destination AS numbers
as Statistic about any (source or destination) AS numbers
inif Statistic about input interface
outif Statistic about output interface
if Statistic about any interface
srcmask Statistic about src mask
dstmask Statistic about dst mask
srcvlan Statistic about src vlan label
dstvlan Statistic about dst vlan label
vlan Statistic about any vlan label
insrcmac Statistic about input src MAC address
outdstmac Statistic about output dst MAC address
indstmac Statistic about input dst MAC address
outsrcmac Statistic about output src MAC address
srcmac Statistic about any src MAC address
dstmac Statistic about any dst MAC address
inmac Statistic about any input MAC address
outmac Statistic about any output MAC address
mask Statistic about any mask
proto Statistic about IP protocols
mpls1 Statistic about MPLS label 1
mpls2 Statistic about MPLS label 2
mpls3 Statistic about MPLS label 3
mpls4 Statistic about MPLS label 4
mpls5 Statistic about MPLS label 5
mpls6 Statistic about MPLS label 6
mpls7 Statistic about MPLS label 7
mpls8 Statistic about MPLS label 8
mpls9 Statistic about MPLS label 9
mpls10 Statistic about MPLS label 10
sysid Internal SysID of exporter
NSEL/ASA statistics
event NSEL/ASA event
xevent NSEL/ASA extended event
xsrcip NSEL/ASA translated src IP address
xsrcport NSEL/ASA translated src port
xdstip NSEL/ASA translated dst IP address
xdstport NSEL/ASA translated dst port
iacl NSEL/ASA ingress ACL
iace NSEL/ASA ingress ACE
ixace NSEL/ASA ingress xACE
eacl NSEL/ASA egress ACL
eace NSEL/ASA egress ACE
exace NSEL/ASA egress xACE
NAT statistics
nevent NAT event
vrf/ivrf NAT ingress vrf
evrf NAT egress vrf
nsrcip NAT src IP address
nsrcport NAT src port
ndstip NAT dst IP address
ndstport NAT dst port
By adding :p to the statistic name, the resulting statistic is split up into transport layer
protocols. Default is transport protocol independent statistics.
orderby is optional and specifies the order by which the statistics are ordered and can be flows,
packets, bytes, pps, bps or bpp. You may specify more than one orderby which results in the same
statistic but ordered differently. If no orderby is given, statistics are ordered by flows.
Optionally to the order you add a :direction ':a' for ascending or ':d' for descending. By default
all -s statitics are printed in descending order. You can specify as many -s flow element statistics
as needed on the command line for the same run.
Example:
-s srcip -s ip/flows -s dstport/pps/packets/bytes -s record/bytes
-l [+/-]packet_num
Limit statistics output to those records above or below the packet_num limit. packet_num accepts
positive or negative numbers followed by 'K' , 'M' or 'G' 10E3, 10E6 or 10E9 flows respectively. See
also note at -L
-L [+/-]byte_num
Limit statistics output to those records above or below the byte_num limit. byte_num accepts positive
or negative numbers followed by 'K' , 'M' or 'G' 10E3, 10E6 or 10E9 bytes respectively. Note: These
limits only apply to the statistics and aggregated outputs generated with -a -s. To filter netflow
records by packets and bytes, use the filter syntax 'packets' and 'bytes' described below.
-n num
For record statistics (-s .. ): Define the number for the Top N. Defaults to 10. Use -n 0 to list all
records.
For record sorting and aggregation (-a .. -O ..): Limit the records to the first top num sorted
records. if not specified or -n 0 is given, all records are listed.
-o format
Selects the output format to print flows or flow record statistics (-s record). The following formats
are available:
raw Print full flow record on multiple lines.
line Print each flow on one line. Default format.
long Print each flow on one line with more details
biline Same as line, but for bidir flows
bilong Same as long, but for bidir flows
extended Print each flow on one line with even more details.
nsel Print each NSEL event on one line. Default if NSEL/NAT
nel Print each NAT event on one line.
csv Comma separated output for machine readable processing.
json Print full record as separate json object.
pipe Legacy machine readable format: fields are '|' separated.
fmt:format User defined output format.
For each defined output format except -o fmt:<format> an IPv6 long output format exists. line6, long6
and extended6. See output formats below for more information.
-q Be quiet. Suppress the header line and the statistics at the bottom.
-N Print plain numbers in output. Easier for post-parsing.
-i ident
Change ident label in file, specified by -r to ident
-v file
Verify file. Print data file version, number of blocks and compression status.
-E file
Print exporter/sampler list found in file. In case of a nfcapd collector file, additional statistics
per exporter are printed with number of flows, packets and sequence errors.
-x file
Scan and print extension maps located in file file
-j Compress flows. Use bz2 compression in output file. Space efficient method
-y Compress flows. Use LZ4 compression in output file. Time efficient method
-z Compress flows. Use fast LZO1X-1 compression in output file. Time efficient method
-J num
Change compression for file(s) given by -r <file> or -R <dir> num: 0 uncompress, 1: LZO1X-1, 2: bz2,
3: LZ4 compression
-Z Check filter syntax and exit. Sets the return value accordingly.
-X Compiles the filer syntax and dumps the filter engine table to stdout. This is for debugging purpose
only.
-V Print nfdump version and exit.
-h Print help text on stdout with all options and exit.
RETURN VALUE
Returns
0 No error.
255 Initialization failed.
254 Error in filter syntax.
250 Internal error.
OUTPUT FORMATS
The output format raw prints each flow record on multiple lines, including all information available in
the record. This is the most detailed view on a flow.
Other output formats print each flow on a single line. Predefined output formats are line, long and
extended The output format line is the default output format when no format is specified. It limits the
imformation to the connection details as well as number of packets, bytes and flows.
The output format long is identical to the format line, and includes additional information such as TCP
flags and Type of Service.
The output format extended is identical to the format long, and includes additional computed information
such as pps, bps and bpp.
Fields:
Date flow start: Start time the flow was first seen. ISO 8601 format including milliseconds.
Duration: Duration of the flow in seconds and milliseconds. If flows are aggregated, duration is the
time span over the entire period of time from first seen to last seen.
Proto: Protocol used in the connection.
Src IP Addr:Port: Source IP address and source port.
Dst IP Addr:Port: Destination IP address and destination port. In case of ICMP, port is decoded as
type.code.
Flags: TCP flags OR-ed of the connection.
Tos: Type of service.
Packets: The number of packets in this flow. If flows are aggregated, the packets are summed up.
Bytes: The number of bytes in this flow. If flows are aggregated, the bytes are summed up.
pps: The calculated packets per second: number of packets / duration. If flows are aggregated this
results in the average pps during this period of time.
bps: The calculated bits per second: 8 * number of bytes / duration. If flows are aggregated this
results in the average bps during this period of time.
Bpp: The calculated bytes per packet: number of bytes / number of packets. If flows are aggregated
this results in the average bpp during this period of time.
Flows: Number of flows. If flows are listed only, this number is always 1. If flows are aggregated,
this shows the number of flows aggregated in this one record.
Numbers larger than 1'000'000 (1000*1000), are scaled to 4 digits and one decimal digit including the
scaling factor M, G or T for cleaner output, e.g. 923.4 M
To make the output more readable, IPv6 addresses are shrinked down to 16 characters. The seven leftmost
and seven rightmost digits connected with two dots '..' are displayed in any normal output formats. To
display the full IPv6 address, use the appropriate long format, which is the format name followed by a 6.
Example: -o line displays an IPv6 address as 2001:23..80:d01e where the format -o line6 displays the IPv6
address in full length 2001:234:aabb::211:24ff:fe80:d01e. The combination of -o line -6 is equivalent to
-o line6.
The output format fmt:<format> allows you to define your own output format. A format description format
consists of a single line containing arbitrary strings and format specifier as described below
%<format> Inserts the predefined format at this position. e.g. %line
%ff flow record flags in hex.
%nfv Netflow/Sflow/Event record version.
%ts Start Time - first seen
%tsr Start Time, but in fractional seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01)
%te End Time - last seen
%ter End Time, in fractional seconds
%tr Time the flow was received by the collector
%trr Time the flow was received, in fractional seconds
%td Duration
%pr Protocol
%exp Exporter ID
%eng Engine Type/ID
%lbl Flowlabel
%sa Source Address
%da Destination Address
%sap Source Address:Port
%dap Destination Address:Port
%sp Source Port
%dp Destination Port
%sn Source Network, mask applied
%dn Destination Network, mask applied
%nh Next-hop IP Address
%nhb BGP Next-hop IP Address
%ra Router IP Address
%sas Source AS
%das Destination AS
%nas Next AS
%pas Previous AS
%in Input Interface num
%out Output Interface num
%pkt Packets - default input
%ipkt Input Packets
%opkt Output Packets
%byt Bytes - default input
%ibyt Input Bytes
%obyt Output Bytes
%fl Flows
%flg TCP Flags
%tos Tos - default src
%stos Src Tos
%dtos Dst Tos
%dir Direction: ingress, egress
%smk Src mask
%dmk Dst mask
%fwd Forwarding Status
%bfd BiFlow Direction
%svln Src vlan label
%dvln Dst vlan label
%ismc Input Src Mac Addr
%odmc Output Dst Mac Addr
%idmc Input Dst Mac Addr
%osmc Output Src Mac Addr
%mpls1 MPLS label 1
%mpls2 MPLS label 2
%mpls3 MPLS label 3
%mpls4 MPLS label 4
%mpls5 MPLS label 5
%mpls6 MPLS label 6
%mpls7 MPLS label 7
%mpls8 MPLS label 8
%mpls9 MPLS label 9
%mpls10 MPLS label 10
%mpls MPLS labels 1-10
%bps bps - bits per second
%pps pps - packets per second
%bpp bps - Bytes per package
NSEL specific formats
%nfc NSEL connection ID
%evt NSEL event
%xevt NSEL extended event
%sgt NSEL Source security group tag
%msec NSEL event time in msec
%iacl NSEL ingress ACL
%eacl NSEL egress ACL
%xsa NSEL XLATE src IP address
%xda NSEL XLATE dst IP address
%xsp NSEL XLATE src port
%xdp NSEL SLATE dst port
%xsap Xlate Source Address:Port
%xdap Xlate Destination Address:Port
%uname NSEL user name
NEL/NAT specific formats
%nevt NAT event - same as %evt
%ivrf NAT ingress VRF ID
%evrf NAT egress VRF ID
%nsa NAT src IP address
%nda NAT dst IP address
%nsp NAT src port
%ndp NAT dst port
%pbstart NAT pool block start
%pbend NAT pool block end
%pbstep NAT pool block step
%pbsize NAT pool block size
Nprobe formats
%cl Client latency
%sl Server latency
%al Application latency
The "flow flags" format (%ff) prints the internal record flags as a single hexadecimal number, consisting
of any of these flag values OR-ed together:
1 Record contains IPv6 addresses
2 Packet counters are 64-bit
4 Byte counters are 64-bit
8 IP next hop is an IPv6 address
16 BGP next hop is an IPv6 address
32 Exporting router is an IPv6 address
64 Record is an EVENT record
128 Record is sampled
Example: the standard output format long can be created as
-o "fmt:%ts %td %pr %sap -> %dap %flg %tos %pkt %byt %fl"
You may also define your own output format and have it compiled into nfdump. See nfdump.c section Output
Formats for more details.
The csv output format is intended to be read by another program for further processing. As an example,
see the parse_csv.pl Perl program. The csv output format consists of one or more output blocks and one
summary block. Each output block starts with a csv index line followed by the csv record lines. The index
lines describes the order, how each following record is composed.
Example:
Index line: ts,te,td,sa,da,sp,dp,pr,...
Record line: 2004-07-11 10:30:00,2004-07-11 10:30:10,10.010,...
All records are in ASCII readable form. Numbers are not scaled, so each line can be easily parsed.
Indices used in nfdump 1.6:
ts,te,td time records: t-start, t-end, duration
sa,da src dst address sp,dp src, dst port
pr protocol PF_INET or PF_INET6
flg TCP Flags:
000001 FIN.
000010 SYN
000100 RESET
001000 PUSH
010000 ACK
100000 URGENT
e.g. 6 => SYN + RESET
fwd forwarding status
stos src tos
ipkt,ibyt input packets/bytes
opkt,obyt output packets, bytes
in,out input/output interface SNMP index number
sas,das src, dst AS
smk,dmk src, dst mask
dtos dst tos
dir direction
nh,nhb next hop IP address, bgp next hop IP
svln,dvln src, dst vlan id
ismc,odmc input src, output dst MAC
idmc,osmc input dst, output src MAC
mpls1,mpls2 MPLS label 1-10
mpls3,mpls4
mpls5,mpls6
mpls7,mpls8
mpls9,mpls10
ra router IP
eng router engine type/id
See parse_csv.pl for more details.
FILTER
The filter syntax is similar to the well known pcap library used by tcpdump. The filter can be either
specified on the command line after all options or in a separate file. It can span several lines.
Anything after a '#' is treated as a comment and ignored to the end of the line. There is virtually no
limit in the length of the filter expression. All keywords are case insensitive.
Any filter consists of one or more expressions expr. Any number of expr can be linked together:
expr and expr, expr or expr, not expr and ( expr ).
Expr can be one of the following filter primitives:
include
@include <file>
include the content of <file> into filter.
ip version
inet or ipv4 for IPv4
inet6 or ipv6 for IPv6
protocol
proto <protocol>
proto <number>
where <protocol> is known protocol such as tcp, udp, icmp, icmp6, gre, esp, ah, etc. or a valid
protocol number: 6, 17 etc.
IP address
[src|dst] ip <ipaddr>
[src|dst] host <ipaddr>
with <ipaddr> as any valid IPv4, IPv6 address, or a fully qualified hostname. In case of a hostname,
the IP address is looked up in DNS. If more than a single IP address is found, all IP addresses are
chained together. (ip1 or ip2 or ip3 ... )
To check if an IP address is in a known IP list, use
[src|dst] ip in [ <iplist> ]
[src|dst] host in [ <iplist> ]
<iplist> is a space or comma separated list of individual <ipaddr> or fully qualified hostnames,
which are looked up in DNS. If more than a single IP address is found, all IP addresses are put into
the list.
[src|dst]
IP addresses, networks, ports, AS numbers etc. can be specifically selected by using a direction
qualifier, such as src or dst. They can also be used in combination with and and or. such as src
and dst ip ...
network
[src|dst] net a.b.c.d m.n.r.s
Select the IPv4 network a.b.c.d with netmask m.n.r.s.
[src|dst] net <net>/<num>
with <net> as a valid IPv4 or IPv6 network and <num> as mask bits. The number of mask bits must
match the appropriate address family in IPv4 or IPv6. Networks may be abbreviated such as 172.16/16
if they are unambiguous.
Port
[src|dst] port [comp] <num>
with <num> as any valid port number. If comp is omitted,
'=' is assumed. comp is explained in more details below.
[src|dst] port in [ <portlist> ]
A port can be compared against a know list, where <portlist> is a space separated list of individual
port numbers.
ICMP
icmp-type <num>
icmp-code <num>
with <num> as a valid icmp type/code. This automatically implies proto icmp.
Router ID
engine-type <num>
engine-id <num>
sysid <num>
with <num> as a valid router engine type/id or exporter ID(0..255).
Netflow version
nfversion [comp] <num>
netflow version exported.
Interface
[in|out] if <num>
Select input or output or either interface ID, with num as the SNMP interface number.
Example: in if 3
AS numbers
[src|dst|prev|next] as [comp] <num>
Selects source, destination, previous, next or any AS number with <num> as any valid as number.
32-bit AS numbers are supported. If comp is omitted, '=' is assumed. comp is explained in more
details below.
[src|dst|prev|next] as in [ <ASlist> ]
An AS number can be compared against a know list, where <ASlist> is a space or comma separated list
of individual AS numbers.
Prefix mask bits
[src|dst] mask <bits>
with <bits> as any valid prefix mask bit value.
Vlan labels
[src|dst] vlan <num>
with <num> as any valid vlan label.
Flags
flags <tcpflags>
with <tcpflags> as a combination of:
A ACK.
S SYN.
F FIN.
R Reset.
P Push.
U Urgent.
X All flags on.
The ordering of the flags is not relevant. Flags not mentioned are treated as don't care. In order to
get those flows with only the SYN flag set, use the syntax 'flags S and not flags AFRPU'.
Next hop IP
next ip <ipaddr>
with <ipaddr> as IPv4/IPv6 IP address of next hop router.
Next-hop router's IP in the BGP domain
bgpnext ip <ipaddr>
with <ipaddr> as IPv4/IPv6 next-hop router's IP in the BGP domain. ( v9 #18 )
Router IP
router ip <ipaddr>
Filter the flows according the IP address of the exporting router.
MAC addresses
[InOutSrcDst] mac <addr>
With <addr> any valid MAC address. mac can be made more specific by using any combination of a
direction specifier as defined by CISCO v9. in src, in dst, out src, out dst.
MPLS labels
mpls label<n> [comp] <num>
With <n> as any mpls label number 1..10. Filters exactly specified label<n>.
mpls eos [comp] <num>
Filters End of Stack label for a given value <num>.
mpls exp<n> [comp] <bits>
Filters experimental bits of label <n> with <bits> 0..7.
Packets
packets [comp] <num> [scale]
To filter for netflow records with a specific packet count.
Example: packets > 1k
Bytes
bytes [comp] <num> [scale]
To filter for netflow records with a specific byte count.
Example: bytes 46 filters all empty IPv4 packets
Aggregated flows
flows [comp] <num> [scale]
To filter for netflow records with a specific number of aggregated flows.
Type of Service (TOS)
[SourceDestination] tos <num>
With <num> 0..255. For compatibility with nfdump 1.5.x: tos <num> is equivalent with src tos <num>
Packets per second: Calculated value.
pps [comp] num [scale]
To filter for flows with specific packets per second.
Duration: Calculated value
duration [comp] num
To filter for flows with specific duration in milliseconds.
Bits per second: Calculated value.
bps [comp] num [scale]
To filter for flows with specific bytes per second.
Bytes per packet: Calculated value.
bpp [comp] num [scale]
To filter for flows with specific bytes per packet.
scale scaling factor. Maybe k m g. Factor is 1000
comp The following comparators are supported:
=, ==, >, <, >=, <=, EQ, LT, GT, LE, GE . If comp is omitted, '=' is assumed.
NSEL/ASA specific filters:
NSEL/ASA Event
asa event <ignore|create|term|delete|deny>
asa event [comp] <number>
select NSEL/ASA event by name or number. If given as number it can be compared with a number
NSEL/ASA denied reason
asa event denied <ingress|egress|interface|nosyn>
Select a NSEL/ASA denied event by type
NSEL/ASA extended events
asa xevent [comp] <num>
Select an extended NSEL ASA event by number, or optionally compared by a number.
X-late IP addresses and ports
[src|dst] xip <ip>
Select the translated IP address - identical to nip
[src|dst] xnet <net>/<num>
with <net> as a valid translated IPv4 or IPv6 network and <num> as mask bits. The number of mask
bits must match the appropriate address family in IPv4 or IPv6. Networks may be abbreviated such as
172.16/16 if they are unambiguous.
[src|dst] xport <port>
Select the translated port
NSEL/ASA ingress/egress
ingress <ACL|ACE|XACE> [comp] number
Select/compare an ingress ACL
egress ACL [comp] <number>
Select/compare an egress ACL
NEL specific NAT filters:
NAT Event
nat event <add|delete>
nat event [comp] <number>
select NEL NAT event by name or number. If given as number it can be compared with a number
NEL NAT ip addresses and ports
[src|dst] nip <ip>
Match NAT IP address
[src|dst] nip in [ <iplist> ]
Match NAT IP from list <iplist> - see ip in [ <iplist> ] for syntax.
[src|dst] nport <port>
Match NAT port
NEL NAT vrf
ingress vrf <num>
Select the vrf
Flowlabel
One or more specific filter expressions can be assigned a flowlabel in order to identify the flow in the
output according to the label. A flowlabel has the form %LabelName and is appended or prepended to a
filter expression in braces. It may have up to 16 characters. Example: (ip 8.8.8.8) %GoogleDNS. If a
filter matches, with a labeled expressions, and that expression is in the matching filter path, the label
can be printed in the output, using the %%lbl format token. See OUTPUT FORMATS. Example: Add flowlabel
to end of 'line' format:
./nfdump -r <file> -o 'fmt:%line %lbl" ..
Note: A filter may have multiple matching paths - for example proto tcp or ip 8.8.8.8 The shortest path
which evaluates successfully wins. Other paths are skipped, which means that flowlabels are not printed
in not evaluated filter paths. A filter may contain multiple flowlabels. The flowlabel of the last
matching expression in the winning path is printed. Flowlabels are most useful in large and complex
filters stored in one or multiple files, to better read the flow output list.
Example: (ip in [172.16.1.0/24]) %ISP_1 or (ip in [172.16.16.0/24]) %IPS_2 or %GoogleDNS((proto udp or
proto tcp) and ip 8.8.8.8)
EXAMPLES
nfdump -r /and/dir/nfcapd.201107110845 -c 100 'proto tcp and ( src ip 172.16.17.18 or dst ip 172.16.17.19
)' Dumps the first 100 netflow records which match the given filter:
nfdump -r /and/dir/nfcapd.201107110845 -B Map matching flows as bi-directional single flow.
nfdump -R /and/dir/nfcapd.201107110845:nfcapd.200407110945 'host 192.168.1.2' Dumps all netflow records
of host 192.168.1.2 from July 11 08:45 - 09:45
nfdump -M /to/and/dir1:dir2 -R nfcapd.200407110845:nfcapd.200407110945 -s record -n 20 Generates the Top
20 statistics from 08:45 to 09:45 from 3 sources
nfdump -r /and/dir/nfcapd.201107110845 -s record -n 20 -o extended Generates the Top 20 statistics,
extended output format
nfdump -r /and/dir/nfcapd.201107110845 -s record -n 20 'in if 5 and bps > 10k' Generates the Top 20
statistics from flows coming from interface with SNMP index of 5
nfdump -r /and/dir/nfcapd.201107110845 'inet6 and proto tcp and ( src port > 1024 and dst port 80 ) Dumps
all port 80 IPv6 connections to any web server.
NOTES
Generating the statistics for data files of a few hundred MB is no problem. However, be careful if you
want to create statistics of several GB of data. This may consume a lot of memory and can take a while.
Flow anonymization has moved into nfanon.
SEE ALSO
nfcapd(1), nfanon(1), nfprofile(1), nfreplay(1)
BUGS
There is still the famous last bug. Please report them - all the last bugs - back to me.
2009-09-09 nfdump(1)