How To Install nfdump on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfdump
on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nfdump.
Install nfdump on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install nfdump
using yum
by running the following command:
Install nfdump on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install nfdump
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall nfdump on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the nfdump
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfdump
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.