How To Install iptables-netflow-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-netflow-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is iptables-netflow-dkms
iptables-netflow-dkms is:
ipt-netflow is an iptables/netfilter target which generates traffic statistics in NetFlow v5 and v9 format as well as in IPFIX format.
It provides high performance and scalability. For highest performance module could be run without conntrack being enabled in kernel. Reported to be able to handle 10Gbit traffic with more than 1500000 pps with negligible server load (on S5500BC).
Package: iptables-netflow-dkms Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.4-2 Priority: optional Section: universe/kernel Source: iptables-netflow Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Axel Beckert [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 282 Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0), libc6-dev, libxtables-dev, pkg-config, libc6 (>= 2.3.4) Recommends: iptables Suggests: irqtop, nfdump Filename: pool/universe/i/iptables-netflow/iptables-netflow-dkms_2.4-2_amd64.deb Size: 69852 MD5sum: 931e96f3078dc8480da806d5e8e76598 SHA1: 697a2a4188b1f3696552ae91d3c19c35232bc5cb SHA256: b01a6579e04d9b7064b4a70bb81f72b65ba10c49b367ca31c9534970322b36b1 Homepage: https://github.com/aabc/ipt-netflow Description-en: iptables target which generates netflows ipt-netflow is an iptables/netfilter target which generates traffic statistics in NetFlow v5 and v9 format as well as in IPFIX format.
It provides high performance and scalability. For highest performance module could be run without conntrack being enabled in kernel. Reported to be able to handle 10Gbit traffic with more than 1500000 pps with negligible server load (on S5500BC).
There are three methods to install iptables-netflow-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iptables-netflow-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iptables-netflow-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iptables-netflow-dkms
Install iptables-netflow-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iptables-netflow-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iptables-netflow-dkms
Install iptables-netflow-dkms Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install iptables-netflow-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iptables-netflow-dkms
How To Uninstall iptables-netflow-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the iptables-netflow-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iptables-netflow-dkms
Uninstall iptables-netflow-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iptables-netflow-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iptables-netflow-dkms
Remove iptables-netflow-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove iptables-netflow-dkms configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iptables-netflow-dkms
Remove iptables-netflow-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iptables-netflow-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iptables-netflow-dkms
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-netflow-dkms package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.