### Install hsflowd on Debian/Ubuntu

Source: https://sflow.net/downloads.php

Installs the hsflowd package, enables the service, and starts it. Configuration is typically done in /etc/hsflowd.conf.

```bash
sudo dpkg -i hsflowd_<version>.amd64.deb
sudo systemctl enable hsflowd
sudo vi /etc/hsflowd.conf
sudo systemctl start hsflowd
```

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### Install hsflowd on Red Hat/CentOS/Alma/RockyLinux

Source: https://sflow.net/downloads.php

Installs the hsflowd package, enables the service, and starts it. Configuration is typically done in /etc/hsflowd.conf.

```bash
sudo dnf install hsflowd-<version>.x86_64.rpm
sudo systemctl enable hsflowd
sudo vi /etc/hsflowd.conf
sudo systemctl start hsflowd
```

--------------------------------

### Configure PSAMPLE Packet Sampling

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Listen for packet samples on PSAMPLE channel 1. This example shows configuration using 'tc' commands.

```bash
psample { group=1 }
```

```bash
DEV=eth0
RATE=1000
GROUP=1

tc qdisc add dev $DEV handle ffff: ingress
tc filter add dev $DEV parent ffff: matchall \
action sample rate $RATE group $GROUP
```

--------------------------------

### Install hsflowd on Cumulus Linux

Source: https://sflow.net/downloads.php

Installs the hsflowd package using apt-get. Further configuration details can be found in the documentation.

```bash
apt-get install hsflowd
```

--------------------------------

### Configure DBUS Agent

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Allows internal hsflowd telemetry counters to be queried via DBUS. Refer to the 'telemetry' script in the repository for examples.

```none
dbus { }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure KVM Hypervisor Integration

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Enables sFlow monitoring for Red Hat KVM Hypervisors by connecting to libvirt libraries to discover and monitor VMs. Can be used with 'ovs {}' or 'pcap { dev=virbr0 }' for traffic monitoring.

```none
kvm { }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure XenServer Integration

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Enables sFlow monitoring on a XenServer DDK domain0 node by connecting to Xen libraries to discover and monitor VMs. Use with 'ovs {}' for Open vSwitch traffic monitoring.

```none
xen { }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure Docker Container Monitoring

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Connects to /var/run/docker.sock to discover and monitor Docker containers. The 'markTraffic=on' setting helps map traffic to containers. Use with 'pcap' for traffic monitoring.

```none
docker { markTraffic=on }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure Containerd Container Monitoring

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Discovers and monitors containers by running a Go program in a child process. Use in conjunction with 'pcap' configurations for traffic monitoring.

```none
containerd { markTraffic=on }
```

--------------------------------

### KVM Hypervisor sFlow with Open vSwitch

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configure sFlow for KVM hypervisors when using Open vSwitch, including sampling rate.

```shell
sflow {
  sampling = 500
  collector { ip = 10.100.12.13 }
  kvm {}
  ovs {}
}
```

--------------------------------

### Configure VPP Agent with Packet Sampling and Drop Monitoring

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Accepts counters, packet samples, and packet drops via netlink from the VPP sFlow plugin. The 'osIndex=on' setting maps VPP interfaces to their Linux equivalents.

```none
psample { group=1 egress=on }
```

```none
dropmon { start=on limit=50 }
```

```none
vpp { osIndex=on }
```

--------------------------------

### Host sFlow with DNS-SD Configuration

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configure Host sFlow to use DNS-SD for discovering collectors.

```shell
sflow {
  dns-sd { domain = .sf.inmon.com }
}
```

--------------------------------

### Configure Open vSwitch Integration

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Enables sharing sFlow sampling, polling, and collector information with the local Open vSwitch virtual switch.

```config
ovs { }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure dent Module for Automatic TC Configuration

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Sets up software sampling and identifies interfaces matching 'enp.*' as switch ports for automatic tc configuration by the dent hsflowd module.

```none
dent { sw=on switchport=enp.* }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure Nvidia NVML GPU Monitoring

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Includes host GPU statistics with the sFlow feed by connecting to the libnvml library. This module requires building from sources as it is not compiled by default.

```none
nvml { }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure PSAMPLE and dent for Egress Sampling

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Enables egress sampling for PSAMPLE channel 1 and configures the dent module for hardware switch sampling, potentially providing transit delay and buffer depth measurements.

```none
psample { group=1 egress=on }
```

```none
dent { sw=off switchport=^swp[0-9]+$ }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure dent Module for Hardware Switch Sampling

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configures the dent module for a hardware switch with ASIC sampling, identifying switch ports using a regular expression.

```none
dent { sw=off switchport=^swp[0-9]+$ }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure DNS-SD for sFlow

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Uses DNS queries to discover sFlow collectors, sampling rates, and polling settings. Changes in DNS are automatically detected.

```config
dns-sd { domain=.mycompany.com }
```

--------------------------------

### Minimal Host sFlow Configuration

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

A basic configuration for Host sFlow, specifying the collector IP address.

```shell
sflow {
  collector { ip = 10.100.12.13 }
}
```

--------------------------------

### Configure Systemd Cgroups Monitoring

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Connects to systemd via DBUS to report on all running services (cgroups). With 'markTraffic=on', packet samples are mapped to their respective services.

```none
systemd { markTraffic=on }
```

--------------------------------

### HPC Host sFlow with Custom Metrics

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configure sFlow for HPC hosts to include custom metrics, web-server monitoring (Apache mod_sflow), and GPU monitoring (Nvidia NVML).

```shell
sflow {
  sampling.http = 50 # for apache mod_sflow
  collector { ip = 10.100.12.13 }
  json { UDPPort = 36343 } # for RTMETRIC
  nvml {} # Nvidia GPU
}
```

--------------------------------

### Host sFlow with Packet Sampling

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Enable packet sampling on all network interfaces for Host sFlow, along with TCP monitoring.

```shell
sflow {
  collector { ip = 10.100.12.13 }
  pcap { speed = 1- }
  tcp {}
}
```

--------------------------------

### Configure JSON Input for Custom Metrics

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Listens for JSON-encoded input on a specified UDP port for custom metrics and transaction samples in sFlow-APPLICATION format.

```config
json { udpport=36343 }
```

--------------------------------

### Build hsflowd for OpenSwitch

Source: https://sflow.net/downloads.php

Builds the hsflowd package specifically for the OpenSwitch environment using a Docker build command.

```bash
./docker_build_on opx
```

--------------------------------

### Configure NFLOG Sampling in iptables

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Sets up iptables rules to send packet samples to an NFLOG group with random probability.

```bash
MOD_STATISTIC="-m statistic --mode random --probability 0.0025"
NFLOG_CONFIG="--nflog-group 5 --nflog-prefix SFLOW"
sudo iptables -I INPUT -j NFLOG $MOD_STATISTIC $NFLOG_CONFIG
sudo iptables -I OUTPUT -j NFLOG $MOD_STATISTIC $NFLOG_CONFIG
```

--------------------------------

### KVM Hypervisor sFlow with Linux Bridge

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configure sFlow for KVM hypervisors when using a Linux bridge, specifying the bridge device.

```shell
sflow {
  collector { ip = 10.100.12.13 }
  pcap { dev = virbr0 }
  kvm {}
}
```

--------------------------------

### Configure TCP Performance Monitoring

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Enables TCP performance monitoring, which requires packet-sampling modules like pcap or nflog. It annotates TCP connections with performance metrics extracted from the Linux kernel.

```none
tcp { }
```

--------------------------------

### Docker Host sFlow with Multiple Collectors

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configure sFlow for a Docker host with multiple collectors, specifying agent CIDR, polling, sampling, and Docker-specific interfaces.

```shell
sflow {
  agent.CIDR = 10.0.0.0/8
  polling = 10
  sampling = 1000
  collector { ip = 10.100.12.13 }
  collector { ip = 10.122.1.2 }
  collector { ip = 10.144.1.2 UDPPort=6344 }
  pcap { dev = docker0 }
  pcap { dev = docker_gwbridge }
  docker {}
}
```

--------------------------------

### Run hsflowd Manually with Debugging

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Command to run hsflowd manually with increased debugging output. Stop the service first.

```bash
sudo hsflowd -ddd
```

--------------------------------

### Configure sFlow Collector

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Defines the IP address and UDP port for an sFlow collector. Multiple collectors can be specified.

```config
collector { ip=10.1.2.3 udport=6343 }
```

--------------------------------

### Configure Packet Drop Monitoring

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Enables packet drop monitoring using the DROPMON Netlink channel, requiring Linux kernel 5.0 or later. This exports dropped packets reported by the switch ASIC or kernel via sFlow v5 extension.

```none
dropmon { limit=50 }
```

--------------------------------

### Agent IP Selection: Specific Interface

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configure the agent to select the IP address associated with a specific network interface.

```shell
agent = eth0
```

--------------------------------

### Set Sampling Rate by Interface Speed

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configures the sampling rate (1-in-N) for interfaces with a specific link speed. Overrides the default calculation.

```config
sampling.10G=10000
```

--------------------------------

### Configure ULOG Packet Sampling

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Listen for packet samples on iptables ULOG channel 2 with a probability of 0.01. This requires configuring iptables with the ULOG module.

```bash
ulog { group=2 probability=0.01 }
```

```bash
MOD_STATISTIC="-m statistic --mode random --probability 0.01"
ULOG_CONFIG="--ulog-nlgroup 2 --ulog-prefix SFLOW --ulog-qthreshold 1"
sudo iptables -I INPUT -j ULOG $MOD_STATISTIC $ULOG_CONFIG
sudo iptables -I OUTPUT -j ULOG $MOD_STATISTIC $ULOG_CONFIG
```

--------------------------------

### Send SIGUSR1 to hsflowd for Stack Backtrace

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Command to send a SIGUSR1 signal to all running hsflowd processes, which forces them to log a stack backtrace.

```bash
killall -USR1 hsflowd
```

--------------------------------

### Configure NFLOG Packet Sampling

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Listens for packet samples on an NFLOG channel with a specified probability, assuming a certain sampling rate.

```config
nflog { group=5 probability=0.0025 }
```

--------------------------------

### Agent IP Selection: Prefer CIDR Range

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configure the agent to prefer an IP address that falls within the specified CIDR range.

```shell
agent.cidr = 10.0.0.0/8
```

--------------------------------

### Configure PCAP Packet Sampling on a Device

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Applies packet sampling to a specified network device using PCAP. Supports BPF sampling on newer kernels and can enable promiscuous mode.

```config
pcap { dev=docker0 }
```

--------------------------------

### Build hsflowd for Arista EOS

Source: https://sflow.net/downloads.php

Builds the hsflowd package for Arista EOS using the make command with specific features enabled.

```bash
make rpm FEATURES="EOS"
```

--------------------------------

### Configure PCAP Packet Sampling per Port

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Sets sampling rates on a per-port basis when using the pcap module. Useful for overriding default sampling behavior.

```config
sampling.bps_ratio=0
pcap { dev=eth0 sampling=1000 }
pcap { dev=eth1 sampling=2000 }
```

--------------------------------

### Set Manual Polling Interval

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Schedules counter-polling with a specified interval in seconds.

```config
polling=30
```

--------------------------------

### Agent IP Selection: Exclude CIDR Range

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configure the agent to prefer an IP address that does NOT fall within the specified CIDR range.

```shell
agent.cidr = !192.168.0.0/16
```

--------------------------------

### Set HTTP Sampling Rate

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Configures the sampling rate for httpd traffic. This setting is propagated to web server modules.

```config
sampling.http=10
```

--------------------------------

### Set Application Transaction Sampling Rate

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Sets the sampling rate for JSON-encoded sFlow-APPLICATION transactions.

```config
sampling.app.myapplication=20
```

--------------------------------

### Set Default Sampling Rate

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Specifies the default sampling rate (1-in-N) for interfaces or applications without specific sampling settings.

```config
sampling=400
```

--------------------------------

### Disable Speed/BPS Ratio Calculation

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Disables the automatic calculation of sampling rate based on link speed and sets a fallback default sampling rate.

```config
sampling.bps_ratio=0
sampling=1000
```

--------------------------------

### Stop hsflowd Service

Source: https://sflow.net/host-sflow-linux-config.php

Command to stop the hsflowd service on a Linux system.

```bash
sudo service hsflowd stop
```

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