How To Install nfdump on Fedora 34

nfdump is NetFlow collecting and processing tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfdump on Fedora 34.

What is nfdump

Nfdump is a set of tools to collect and process NetFlow data. It’s fast and has a powerful filter pcap like syntax. It supports NetFlow versions v1, v5, v7, v9 and IPFIX as well as a limited set of sflow. It includes support for CISCO ASA (NSEL) and CISCO NAT (NEL) devices which export event logging records as v9 flows. Nfdump is fully IPv6 compatible.

We can use yum or dnf to install nfdump on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nfdump.

Install nfdump on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install nfdump using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nfdump

Install nfdump on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install nfdump using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nfdump

How To Uninstall nfdump on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the nfdump package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nfdump

nfdump Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/nfanon
/usr/bin/nfcapd
/usr/bin/nfdump
/usr/bin/nfexpire
/usr/bin/nfpcapd
/usr/bin/nfprofile
/usr/bin/nfreplay
/usr/bin/nftrack
/usr/bin/sfcapd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/ffd891363020966e026c7e2099220184cf658d
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/8483c4c7df741d03382b1f9dafe3e4391dd703
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/6e444f03c55ae65510da098fa9a07bfb5b337e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/0dd2f698f2d8ba69a506827691547852a8bbe6
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/63162471d2db8e5224d53815800a318bdc38ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/227471db5cf89955f320d9e902596beb69ba9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/8abc440aa64ca6cdb339f32f22773d4c7b4454
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/0dc31f4d8e9564db170ef871444beff82765d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/ccac2d2b8b2567dadebf9102b2b13aa80ada10
/usr/share/doc/nfdump
/usr/share/doc/nfdump/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nfdump/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/nfdump/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nfdump
/usr/share/licenses/nfdump/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ft2nfdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfanon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfcapd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfexpire.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfprofile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfreplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sfcapd.1.gz
/usr/bin/nfanon
/usr/bin/nfcapd
/usr/bin/nfdump
/usr/bin/nfexpire
/usr/bin/nfpcapd
/usr/bin/nfprofile
/usr/bin/nfreplay
/usr/bin/nftrack
/usr/bin/sfcapd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/f8cef1903c67987ff389684323e5d63041ae13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/c7f2505dfed019964c2b395bd74b5378358b3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/d84792b3641e2556bcd46a91dfa71ae98a5262
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/dec62972ad89d4c67a764d0fa5554b3f07a8ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/52884c92142641cf09bb6da7d32b5a2f141dd4
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/62a5c7973b043c6a6391c8ca423813557663dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/79c779a00984f90279b863ac24c56876b89c7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/02b1c52db0f5fc2b819bd1ce32952fdf1b5bbd
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/5852cc8c6e679e55ebbf16443f41a50adf44db
/usr/share/doc/nfdump
/usr/share/doc/nfdump/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nfdump/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/nfdump/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nfdump
/usr/share/licenses/nfdump/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ft2nfdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfanon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfcapd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfexpire.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfprofile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfreplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sfcapd.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfdump on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.