FastNetMon Advanced configuration options

In this document, we could offer detailed description of all available configuration options in all configuration namespaces

Main configuration options

af_packet

Name	Type	Default value	Description
mirror_afpacket	bool	false	Enable capture from mirror port using AF_PACKET capture engine
interfaces	string_list	[ ]	Interfaces list for traffic capture
af_packet_extract_tunnel_traffic	bool	false	Enables for af_packet code which strips external level for GRE tunnels
mirror_af_packet_sampling	bool	true	Enables sampling for mirror mode offloaded on kernel / driver level
mirror_af_external_packet_sampling	bool	false	Enables external sampling for mirror mode when router or switch does sampling
mirror_af_packet_socket_stats	bool	true	Enables capture socket performance statistics
mirror_af_packet_disable_multithreading	bool	true	Disables multi thread processing and handles all traffic using single thread
mirror_af_packet_fanout_mode	string	“cpu”	Fanout mode. Algorithm to spread load over threads
mirror_af_packet_sampling_rate	positive_integer_with_zero	100	Sampling rate for AF_PACKET
mirror_external_af_packet_sampling_rate	positive_integer_with_zero	100	External sampling rate for AF_PACKET
mirror_af_packet_workers_number_override	bool	false	Enables logic to explicitly override number of worker processes
mirror_af_packet_workers_number	positive_integer_with_zero	1	Specifies how many worker processes we need for each interface
afpacket_strict_cpu_affinity	bool	false	Enables strict CPU affinity and binds traffic capture threads to fixed logical CPUs
af_packet_read_packet_length_from_ip_header	bool	false	By default, FastNetMon reads packet length from the wire. But it can use information from IP header when you enable this option

api

Name	Type	Default value	Description
enable_api	bool	true	Enable internal FastNetMon API. It’s mandatory for fcli and public web API
api_host	string	“127.0.0.1”	Internal API host for listening
api_port	numeric_ipv4_port	50052	Internal API port for listening

app_packet_sr

Name	Type	Default value	Description
app_packet_sr	bool	false	Enable App Packet SR capture for Nokia SR UDP Shim encoding
app_packet_sr_local_addresses	string_list	[ ]	App Packet SR collector addresses to bind on in format: protocol://host:port as protocol you can use udp only
app_packet_sr_tunnel_traffic	bool	false	Enables code which strips external level for GRE tunnels for App Packet SR
app_packet_sr_read_packet_length_from_ip_header	bool	false	By default, FastNetMon reads packet length from the wire. But it can use information from IP header when you enable this option

ban_management

Name	Type	Default value	Description
enable_ban	bool	false	Completely enable or disable all ban actions
enable_ban_hostgroup	bool	false	Completely enable or disable all ban for total traffic per hostgroup
enable_ban_remote_outgoing	bool	false	Enable blocking for remote hosts in outgoing direction
enable_ban_remote_incoming	bool	false	Enable blocking for remote hosts in incoming direction
do_not_ban_incoming	bool	false	Completely disables ban for incoming traffic
do_not_ban_outgoing	bool	false	Completely disables ban for outgoing traffic
per_direction_hostgroup_thresholds	bool	true	Changes hostgroup thresholds to be per direction. Default becomes incoming
flexible_thresholds	bool	false	Enables flexible thresholds logic
flexible_thresholds_disable_multi_alerts	bool	false	Enables compatibility mode for flexible threshold which triggers attack only using single threshold and only in single direction
keep_flow_spec_announces_during_restart	bool	false	Saves list of flow spec announces on shutdown and restores it on startup
keep_blocked_hosts_during_restart	bool	false	Saves list of blocked hosts on shutdown and restores it on startup
keep_blocked_hostgroups_during_restart	bool	false	Saves list of blocked hostgroups on shutdown and restores it on startup
enable_ban_ipv6	bool	false	Completely enable or disable all ban actions for IPv6 traffic
unban_enabled	bool	true	We will try to unban blocked IPs after this time expires
ban_status_updates	bool	false	FastNetMon will report active attacks every X seconds
ban_status_delay	positive_integer_with_zero	20	How often FastNetMon will update external systems about active attacks
ban_time	positive_integer_with_zero	771	How long we should keep an IP in blocked state. Zero value is prohibited here.
unban_only_if_attack_finished	bool	true	Check if the attack is still active, before triggering an unblock callback with this option. If the attack is still active, check each run of the unblock watchdog
gobgp_flow_spec_announces	bool	false	Announce flow spec rules to block only malicious traffic. Use only if you have BGP Flowspec capable routers
gobgp_flow_spec_v6_announces	bool	false	Announce flow spec IPv6 rules to block only malicious traffic. Use only if you have BGP Flowspec capable routers
flow_spec_unban_enabled	bool	true	We will try to withdraw flow spec rule when blocking time expires
flow_spec_per_hostgroup_management	bool	false	Enables logic which enables flow spec mitigations only when they explicitly enabled for hostgroup
flow_spec_ban_time	positive_integer_with_zero	1900	How long we should flow spec keep rule in announces. Zero value is prohibited here.
collect_attack_pcap_dumps	bool	false	This option enables pcap collection for attack’s traffic dump. Works only for mirror and sFlow modes
collect_simple_attack_dumps	bool	true	Collect simple attack dumps which include information from attack’s sample. Works for all capture engines
ban_details_records_count	positive_integer_with_zero	25	How many packets will be collected from attack’s traffic. Please decrease this value if you are using sampled capture protocols
threshold_specific_ban_details	bool	false	In this mode FastNetMon will collect only traffic relevant to direction and type of threshold
do_not_cap_ban_details_records_count	bool	false	Disables logic which automatically reduces ban_details_records_count when it exceeds 100 for sFlow and Netflow
unban_total_hostgroup_enabled	bool	true	We will try to unban blocked hostgroup after specified amount of time
ban_time_total_hostgroup	positive_integer_with_zero	675	How long we should keep hostgroup in blocked state. Zero value is prohibited here.
bucket_traffic_collection_timeout	positive_integer_with_zero	60	How long we should wait for bucket to collect traffic after threshold was crossed

bgp

Name	Type	Default value	Description
gobgp	bool	false	Enable BGP daemon integration
gobgp_api_host	string	“localhost”	IP address or host to connect to GoBGP
gobgp_api_port	numeric_ipv4_port	50051	Port to connect to GoBGP
gobgp_bgp_listen_port	numeric_ipv4_port	179	BGP listen port
gobgp_router_id	string	“”	Router ID to override default configuration
gobgp_next_hop	numeric_ipv4_host	“0.0.0.0”	Next hop value for BGP unicast host and subnet IPv4 announces
gobgp_next_hop_host_ipv4	numeric_ipv4_host	“0.0.0.0”	Next hop value for BGP unicast IPv4 host announces
gobgp_next_hop_subnet_ipv4	numeric_ipv4_host	“0.0.0.0”	Next hop value for BGP unicast IPv4 subnet announces
gobgp_next_hop_remote_host	numeric_ipv4_host	“0.0.0.0”	Next hop value for BGP unicast remote host IPv4 announces
gobgp_do_not_manage_daemon	bool	false	Disables automatic start / restart operations for BGP daemon
gobgp_announce_host	bool	true	Announce /32 host itself with BGP
gobgp_announce_whole_subnet	bool	false	Announce origin subnet of IP address
gobgp_announce_whole_subnet_force_custom_prefix_length	bool	false	Enables override for subnet announce
gobgp_announce_whole_subnet_custom_prefix_length	positive_integer_with_zero	24	Prefix length to override default one
gobgp_announce_whole_subnet_force_custom_ipv6_prefix_length	bool	false	Enables override for IPv6 subnet announce
gobgp_announce_whole_subnet_custom_ipv6_prefix_length	positive_integer_with_zero	48	IPv6 prefix length to override default one
gobgp_announce_remote_host	bool	false	Announce remote /32 host itself with BGP
gobgp_community_host	string	“65001:668”	BGP community for outgoing host announces. Here you can add community string for the host announce. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_communities_host_ipv4	string_list	[ ]	BGP communities for outgoing host announces. Here you can add communities strings for the host announces. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_communities_host_ipv6	string_list	[ ]	BGP communities for outgoing host announces. Here you can add communities strings for the host announces. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_community_subnet	string	“65001:667”	BGP community for outgoing subnet announces. Here you can add community string for the prefix subnet announce. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_communities_subnet_ipv4	string_list	[ ]	BGP communities for outgoing subnet announces. Here you can add communities strings for the prefix subnet announce. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_communities_subnet_ipv6	string_list	[ ]	BGP communities for outgoing subnet announces. Here you can add communities strings for the prefix subnet announce. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_community_remote_host	string	“65001:669”	BGP community for outgoing remote host announces. Here you can add community string for the host announce. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_ipv6	bool	false	Enable BGP actions for IPv6 traffic
gobgp_next_hop_ipv6	string	“100::1”	Next hop value for BGP unicast IPv6 announces
gobgp_announce_host_ipv6	bool	true	Announce /128 host itself with BGP
gobgp_announce_whole_subnet_ipv6	bool	false	IPv6 prefix subnet, that will be announced
gobgp_community_host_ipv6	string	“65001:668”	BGP community for outgoing host announces for IPv6 protocol. Here you can add community string for the host announce. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_community_subnet_ipv6	string	“65001:667”	BGP community for outgoing subnet announces for IPv6 protocol. Here you can add community string for the prefix subnet announce. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_flow_spec_default_action	string	“discard”	Default action for flow spec rules. You could specify accept, discard or rate-limit here
gobgp_flow_spec_next_hop_ipv4	string_list	[ ]	List of IPv4 next hops
gobgp_flow_spec_next_hop_ipv6	string_list	[ ]	List of IPv6 next hops
gobgp_flow_spec_v6_default_action	string	“discard”	Default action for flow spec rules. You could specify accept, discard or rate-limit here
gobgp_flow_spec_v6_rate_limit_value	positive_integer_with_zero	1024	For rate-limit action you could specify rate
gobgp_flow_spec_rate_limit_value	positive_integer_with_zero	1024	For rate-limit action you could specify rate
flow_spec_tcp_options_use_match_bit	bool	false	Enables force match bit in outgoing BGP Flow Spec announces about TCP flags
flow_spec_fragmentation_options_use_match_bit	bool	false	Enables force match bit in outgoing BGP Flow Spec announces about fragmentation
flow_spec_do_not_process_length_field	bool	false	Disables processing for length field completely. Use it if your device produces incorrect information about packet’s length
flow_spec_do_not_process_tcp_flags_field	bool	false	Disables processing for TCP flags field completely. You may need it if your router does not support all TCP flags in flow spec rules
flow_spec_do_not_process_ip_fragmentation_flags_field	bool	false	Disables processing for IP fragmentation field completely. You may need it if your router does not support all IP fragmentations flags in flow spec rules
flow_spec_ignore_do_not_fragment_flag	bool	false	Disables processing for do not fragment field completely. It’s useful on Arista and Extreme
flow_spec_do_not_process_source_address_field	bool	false	Disables processing for source address field completely. Use it if you experience attacks from big number of IP addresses
flow_spec_execute_validation	bool	true	With this option we check that source and destination addresses in flow spec rule specified from fcli or web API belongs to our ranges
do_not_withdraw_unicast_announces_on_restart	bool	false	Disables automatic withdrawal of BGP Unicast announces
do_not_withdraw_flow_spec_announces_on_restart	bool	false	Disables automatic withdrawal of BGP Flow Spec announces
gobgp_announce_hostgroup_networks	bool	false	Enable BGP announces for any network from specific hostgroup when per hostgroup aka total thresholds in use
gobgp_announce_hostgroup_networks_ipv4	bool	false	Enable BGP announces for all IPv4 networks from specific hostgroup when per hostgroup aka total thresholds in use
gobgp_announce_hostgroup_networks_ipv6	bool	false	Enable BGP announces for all IPv6 networks from specific hostgroup when per hostgroup aka total thresholds in use
gobgp_next_hop_hostgroup_networks_ipv4	string	“0.0.0.0”	Next hop for IPv4 per hostgroup network announces
gobgp_next_hop_hostgroup_networks_ipv6	string	“100::1”	Next hop for IPv6 per hostgroup network announces
gobgp_communities_hostgroup_networks_ipv4	string_list	[ ]	BGP communities for IPv4 hostgroup network announces. Here you can add communities strings for the host announces. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).
gobgp_communities_hostgroup_networks_ipv6	string_list	[ ]	BGP communities for IPv6 hostgroup network announces. Here you can add communities strings for the host announces. Usage ASN:Community. ASN and community should be from 1 to 65535).

clickhouse_metrics

Name	Type	Default value	Description
clickhouse_metrics	bool	false	Export traffic speed metrics to ClickHouse
clickhouse_metrics_database	string	“fastnetmon”	Database for ClickHouse traffic metrics
clickhouse_metrics_username	string	“default”	Username for ClickHouse metrics
clickhouse_metrics_password	string	“”	Password for ClickHouse metrics
clickhouse_metrics_host	string	“127.0.0.1”	Server address for ClickHouse server to export metrics. IPv4, IPv6 address or hostname
clickhouse_metrics_port	numeric_ipv4_port	9000	ClickHouse server port
clickhouse_metrics_push_period	positive_integer_with_zero	1	Delay for run ClickHouse push thread
clickhouse_metrics_export_top_hosts	bool	true	Enables export of only top talker hosts for IPv4 and IPv6 into separate table

email_notification

Name	Type	Default value	Description
email_notifications_enabled	bool	false	Enable email notifications
email_notifications_disable_certificate_checks	bool	false	Disables TLS certificate validation completely
email_notifications_host	string	“smtp.gmail.com”	Hostname of SMTP server
email_notifications_port	numeric_ipv4_port	587	Port of SMTP server used for email notifications
email_notifications_tls	bool	true	Enable TLS for your SMTP server
email_notifications_auth	bool	true	Enable auth for your SMTP server
email_notifications_auth_method	string	“”	Auth method for SMTP authorization. Used only when auth enabled
email_notifications_username	string	“fastnetmon@yourdomain.com”	Username for SMTP authorization
email_notifications_password	string	“super-secret-password”	Password for SMTP authorization
email_notifications_from	string	“fastnetmon@yourdomain.com”	Email address for FROM field
email_notifications_recipients	string_list	[ ]	Email notification recipients
email_notifications_hide_flow_spec_rules	bool	false	Hide flow spec rules from email
email_notifications_add_simple_packet_dump	bool	true	Add simple packet dump to email
email_subject_blackhole_block	string	“FastNetMon blocked host {{ ip }}”	Subject template for email notification about blocked host
email_subject_blackhole_unblock	string	“FastNetMon unblocked host {{ ip }}”	Subject template for email notification about unblocked host
email_subject_partial_block	string	“FastNetMon partially blocked traffic for host {{ ip }}”	Subject template for email notification about partially blocked host
email_subject_partial_unblock	string	“FastNetMon partially unblocked traffic for host {{ ip }}”	Subject template for email notification about partially unblocked host
slack_notifications_add_simple_packet_dump	bool	true	Add simple packet dump to Slack alerts

filter_xdp

Name	Type	Default value	Description
filter_xdp	bool	false	Enable capability to generate and inject filtering rules for XDP
filter_xdp_mode	string	“skb”	Sets XDP mode: skb, driver, hardware
interfaces_filter_xdp	string_list	[ ]	Interfaces list to load XDP microcode

graphite

Name	Type	Default value	Description
graphite	bool	false	Enabled metrics export to Graphite
graphite_host	numeric_ipv4_host	“127.0.0.1”	Graphite server address
graphite_port	numeric_ipv4_port	2003	Graphite server port
graphite_prefix	string	“fastnetmon”	Default prefix for Graphite metrics
graphite_push_period	positive_integer_with_zero	1	Delay for run Graphite push thread

influxdb

Name	Type	Default value	Description
influxdb_kafka	bool	false	Enables traffic metrics export to Influxdb over Kafka
influxdb_kafka_brokers	string_list	[ ]	Kafka brokers for InfluxDB export
influxdb_kafka_topic	string	“fastnetmon”	Topic name for Kafka InfluxDB instance
influxdb_kafka_partitioner	string	“consistent”	Partitioner between available partitions
influxdb	bool	false	Enabled traffic metrics export to Influxdb
influxdb_database	string	“fastnetmon”	Database for InfluxDB data
influxdb_host	string	“127.0.0.1”	InfluxDB server address (IPv4, IPv6 address or domain name)
influxdb_port	numeric_ipv4_port	8086	InfluxDB server port
influxdb_custom_tags	bool	false	Adds custom tag to InfluxDB export data
influxdb_tag_name	string	“node”	Custom tag name
influxdb_tag_value	string	“master”	Custom tag value
influxdb_tags_table	string_string_map		Custom tags in key / value format
influxdb_skip_host_counters	bool	false	Skip export for host counters to reduce load on InfluxDB server
influxdb_push_host_ipv6_counters	bool	true	Enable pushing per host IPv6 counters to InfluxDB
influxdb_push_host_ipv4_flexible_counters	bool	true	Enables export of flexible per host IPv4 counters to InfluxDB
influxdb_push_host_ipv6_flexible_counters	bool	true	Enables export of flexible per host IPv6 counters to InfluxDB
influxdb_user	string	“fastnetmon”	Username for InfluxDB
influxdb_password	string	“fastnetmon”	Password for InfluxDB
influxdb_auth	bool	false	Enable authorization for InfluxDB
influxdb_attack_notification	bool	false	Enables attack notifications in Grafana
influxdb_push_period	positive_integer_with_zero	1	Delay for run InfluxDB push thread

logging

Name	Type	Default value	Description
logging_level	string	“info”	Configures logging level
logging_local_syslog_logging	bool	false	Enable this option if you want to send logs to local syslog facility
logging_remote_syslog_logging	bool	false	Enable this option if you want to send logs to a remote syslog server using UDP protocol
logging_remote_syslog_server	numeric_ipv4_host	“10.10.10.10”	This is the IPv4 address of your syslog server. You can specify the address you need
logging_remote_syslog_port	numeric_ipv4_port	514	Remote syslog server port

mikrotik

Name	Type	Default value	Description
mikrotik_announce_host	bool	false	Enable Mikrotik integration
mikrotik_announce_host_blackhole	bool	true	Enable blackhole flag for per host Mikrotik announce
mikrotik_rest_api_urls	string_list	[ ]	Mikrotik API URLs

mongo

Name	Type	Default value	Description
mongo_store_attack_information	bool	false	Enables attacks export to MongoDB

netflow

Name	Type	Default value	Description
netflow	bool	false	Enable Netflow capture. We support Netflow v5, v9 and IPFIX (10)
netflow_count_packets_per_device	bool	false	Enable logic to count number of packets from each router
netflow_multi_thread_processing	bool	false	Enables multi thread processing for each Netflow port
netflow_threads_per_port	positive_integer_with_zero	1	Number of threads per Netflow port
netflow_multi_thread_mode	string	“”	Mode used to distribute traffic between threads
netflow_ports	numeric_ipv4_port_list	[ ]	Netflow collector port. It’s possible to specify multiple ports here
netflow_host	string	“0.0.0.0”	Netflow collector host. To bind on all interfaces for IPv4 and IPv6 use ::. To bind only on IPv4 use 0.0.0.0. To bind on localhost for IPv4 and IPv6 use ::1. To bind only on IPv4 use 127.0.0.1
netflow_socket_read_mode	string	“recvfrom”	Switches logic used to read data from socket: recvfrom or recvmsg
netflow_rx_queue_overflow_monitoring	bool	false	Switches on logic to monitor drops on socket
netflow_ignore_sampling_rate_from_device	bool	false	Ignores sampling rate announces from device. For Netflow v9 and IPFIX only
netflow_ignore_long_duration_flow_enable	bool	false	FastNetMon will ignore flows which exceed duration specified in configuration
netflow_long_duration_flow_limit	positive_integer_with_zero	1	FastNetMon will ignore flows which exceed duration specified in this option
netflow_v5_per_router_sampling_rate	string_positive_integer_with_zero_map		Custom Netflow v5 sampling rate on router basis
netflow_v9_per_router_sampling_rate	string_positive_integer_with_zero_map		Custom Netflow v9 sampling rate on router basis
netflow_v9_read_sampling_rate_in_data_section	bool	false	Enables logic which can retrieve sampling rate when it was passed in data section. Mikrotik uses this approach
netflow_v9_extract_tunnel_traffic	bool	false	Enables logic for Netflow v9 code which strips external level for GRE tunnels. It works only when packet header information is present
ipfix_per_router_sampling_rate	string_positive_integer_with_zero_map		Custom IPFIX sampling rate on router basis
ipfix_extract_tunnel_traffic	bool	false	Enables logic for IPFIX code which strips external level for GRE tunnels. It works only when packet header information is present
netflow_sampling_ratio	positive_integer_with_zero	1	Netflow 9 or IPFIX sampling rate used at agent side. Netflow v9 and IPFIX agents use different and very complex approaches for notifying about sample ratio. Here you could specify a sampling ratio for all this agents. For Netflow v5 we extract sampling ratio from packets directly and this option not used.
netflow_v5_custom_sampling_ratio_enable	bool	false	This option will override netflow v5 sampling rate from packets by specified value
netflow_v5_sampling_ratio	positive_integer_with_zero	1	It will be used when netflow_v5_custom_sampling_ratio_enable set to enable
netflow_templates_cache	bool	true	Cache Netflow v9 or IPFIX data templates on disk
netflow_sampling_cache	bool	true	Cache Netflow v9 and IPFIX sampling rates on disk
netflow_process_only_flows_with_dropped_packets	bool	false	We will process only Netflow v9 or IPFIX with forwarding status set to dropped
netflow_mark_zero_next_hop_and_zero_output_as_dropped	bool	false	With this option all traffic with zero IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in next hop and zero output interface will be marked as dropped

network_management

Name	Type	Default value	Description
networks_list	cidr_networks_list	[ ]	Please specify all IPv4 and IPv6 networks which belong to you
networks_whitelist	cidr_networks_list	[ ]	All ban actions will be disabled for your hosts in these networks. Use with attention!
networks_whitelist_remote	cidr_networks_list	[ ]	We will skip traffic to/from these remote networks completely from processing
monitor_local_ip_addresses	bool	false	Add local IP addresses and aliases to networks_list

notify_script

Name	Type	Default value	Description
notify_script_hostgroup_enabled	bool	false	Enable script call in case of blocking for hostgroup total thresholds
notify_script_hostgroup_path	file	“/etc/fastnetmon/scripts/notify_about_attack.sh”	Path to notify script for hostgroup level blocks
notify_script_enabled	bool	false	Enable script call in case of blocking, unban and attack_details actions
notify_script_attack_status_updates	bool	false	Enables logic to report all active attacks and their performance to callback script every ban_status_delay seconds
notify_script_path	file	“/etc/fastnetmon/scripts/notify_about_attack.sh”	Path to notify script. This script executed for ban, unban and attack detail collection
notify_script_format	string	“text”	Specifies format used for notify script: text or JSON

prometheus

Name	Type	Default value	Description
prometheus	bool	false	Enable Prometheus metrics endpoint
prometheus_host	numeric_ipv4_host	“127.0.0.1”	Prometheus metrics address
prometheus_port	numeric_ipv4_port	9209	Prometheus metrics port
prometheus_export_host_ipv4_counters	bool	false	Enables logic to export IPv4 host counters via endpoint
prometheus_export_host_ipv6_counters	bool	false	Enables logic to export IPv6 host counters via endpoint
prometheus_export_network_ipv4_counters	bool	true	Enables logic to export IPv4 network counters via endpoint
prometheus_export_network_ipv6_counters	bool	true	Enables logic to export IPv6 network counters via endpoint

redis

Name	Type	Default value	Description
redis_enabled	bool	false	Enables attack’s export to Redis
redis_host	numeric_ipv4_host	“127.0.0.1”	Redis server host
redis_port	numeric_ipv4_port	6379	Redis server port
redis_prefix	string	“fastnetmon”	Prefix for all Redis keys

sflow

Name	Type	Default value	Description
sflow	bool	false	Enables sFlow capture engine. We support only sFlow v5
sflow_extract_tunnel_traffic	bool	false	Enables for sFlow code which strips external level for GRE tunnels
sflow_count_packets_per_device	bool	false	Enable logic to count number of sFlow packets from each device
sflow_ports	numeric_ipv4_port_list	[ ]	Ports list for sFlow collector. It’s possible to specify multiple ports here
sflow_host	string	“0.0.0.0”	sFlow collector default host. Here you can specify the IP address of the listen interface. If default is used, all interfaces will be listen.
sflow_read_packet_length_from_ip_header	bool	false	Some vendors may lie about full packet length in sFlow packet. To avoid this issue we can switch to using IP packet length from parsed header
sflow_track_sampling_rate	bool	false	Enables tracking for sFlow sampling rate for all exporting entities (devices, line cards)

slack_notification

Name	Type	Default value	Description
slack_notifications_enabled	bool	false	Enable Slack notifications
slack_notifications_url	string	“https://hooks.slack.com/services/TXXXXXXXX/BXXXXXXXXX/LXXXXXXXXX”	Slack notification URL

system

Name	Type	Default value	Description
cache_path	file	“/var/cache/fastnetmon”	Path to folder used for cache
asn_lookup	bool	true	Enable ASN mapping database to execute ASN lookup for IP. You could use it to lookup ASN for particular IP
country_lookup	bool	false	Enable country lookup logic
force_asn_lookup	bool	false	Overwrite ASN received from device by result of lookup by our ASN database
pid_path	file	“/var/run/fastnetmon.pid”	Path to pid file for checking case if another copy of tool is running, it’s useful when you run multiple instances of tool
api_host_counters_max_hosts_in_response	positive_integer_with_zero	100	Max number of hosts in show host_counters output
system_user	string	“fastnetmon”	Run FastNetMon daemon from particular system user
system_group	string	“fastnetmon”	Run FastNetMon daemon from particular system group
drop_root_permissions	bool	false	Try to run from non-root user. Not supported for mirror capture
license_use_port_443	bool	true	Use port 443 instead for license server connections

telegram_notification

Name	Type	Default value	Description
telegram_notifications_enabled	bool	false	Enable Telegram notifications
telegram_notifications_bot_token	string	“xxx:xxx”	Telegram bot token
telegram_notifications_recipients	string_list	[ ]	Telegram notification recipients, can be user ids or public chat ids
telegram_notifications_add_simple_packet_dump	bool	true	Add simple packet dump to Telegram alert

tera_flow

Name	Type	Default value	Description
tera_flow	bool	false	Receive information in Tera Flow format from the network
tera_flow_ports	numeric_ipv4_port_list	[ ]	Tera Flow collector port. It’s possible to specify multiple ports here
tera_flow_host	string	“0.0.0.0”	Tera Flow collector host. To bind to all interfaces for all protocols: not possible yet. To bind to all interfaces for a specific protocol: :: or 0.0.0.0. To bind to localhost for a specific protocol: ::1 or 127.0.0.1.
tera_flow_local_addresses	string_list	[ ]	Tera Flow collector addresses to bind on in format: protocol://host:port as protocol you can use udp or tcp
tera_flow_tls_certificate_path	string	“”	TLS certificate path for FastNetMon Flow server in TLS mode
tera_flow_tls_certificate_chain	bool	false	You need to set it when you specify path to certificate bundle with multiple certificates
tera_flow_tls_private_key_path	string	“”	TLS private key path for FastNetMon Flow server in TLS mode

traffic_calculation_management

Name	Type	Default value	Description
keep_traffic_counters_during_restart	bool	false	Keep all speed counters during restarts
process_incoming_traffic	bool	true	Enables or disables processing for incoming traffic
process_outgoing_traffic	bool	true	Enables or disables processing for outgoing traffic
override_internal_traffic_as_incoming	bool	false	Enables logic to process internal traffic as incoming
override_internal_traffic_as_outgoing	bool	false	Enables logic to process internal traffic as outgoing
process_ipv6_traffic	bool	true	Enables processing for IPv6 traffic
enable_connection_tracking	bool	true	Enable traffic state tracking. If you interested in flow per second rates, please enable it. Be careful, it may increase CPU usage significantly
remote_host_tracking	bool	false	Completely enable or disable bandwidth calculation for remote hosts
connection_tracking_skip_ports	bool	false	Disables port processing for connection tracking
enable_total_hostgroup_counters	bool	true	Enable traffic counters for total per hostgroups traffic
enable_interface_counters	bool	true	Enable interface counters for per interface traffic
enable_asn_counters	bool	true	Enable ASN counters for per ASN traffic
build_total_hostgroups_from_per_host_hostgroups	bool	false	Allows using per-host hostgroups for building total hostgroups
dump_other_traffic	bool	false	Dump all traffic which belongs to other class to log. Only for debugging reasons. It significantly degrades performance
dump_internal_traffic	bool	false	Dump all traffic which belongs to internal class to log. Only for debugging reasons. It significantly degrades performance
dump_all_traffic	bool	false	Dump all traffic to log. Only for debugging reasons. It significantly degrades performance
dump_all_traffic_json	bool	false	Dump all traffic to log in JSON format. Only for debugging reasons. It significantly degrades performance
speed_calculation_delay	positive_integer_with_zero	1	This value control how often we run speed recalculation function. Please do not use this unless support suggested this to you
average_calculation_time	positive_integer_with_zero	5	We use average values for traffic speed to certain IP and calculates average over this time slice
flow_forwarder	bool	false	Flow forwarder allows you to send traffic to remote FastNetMon
flow_forwarder_remote_addresses	string_list	[ ]	Flow forwarder allows you to send traffic to remote FastNetMon: protocol://host:port as protocol you can use udp or tcp
flow_forwarder_sampling_rate	positive_integer_with_zero	512	Sampling rate for mirrored traffic for Flow Forwarder export
ipv6_automatic_data_cleanup	bool	true	Enables logic which removes old entries from IPv6 data counters
ipv6_automatic_data_cleanup_threshold	positive_integer_with_zero	300	We will remove all entries which exceed this age in seconds
ipv6_automatic_data_cleanup_delay	positive_integer_with_zero	300	How often we will run cleanup logic
ipv4_automatic_data_cleanup	bool	true	Enables logic which removes old entries from IPv4 data counters
ipv4_automatic_data_cleanup_threshold	positive_integer_with_zero	300	We will remove all entries which exceed this age in seconds
ipv4_automatic_data_cleanup_delay	positive_integer_with_zero	300	How often we will run cleanup logic
ipv4_remote_automatic_data_cleanup	bool	true	Enables logic which removes old entries from IPv4 remote data counters
ipv4_remote_automatic_data_cleanup_threshold	positive_integer_with_zero	300	We will remove all remove IPv4 entries which exceed this age in seconds
ipv4_remote_automatic_data_cleanup_delay	positive_integer_with_zero	300	How often we will run cleanup logic for remote IPv4 records
traffic_buffer	bool	false	Enables or disables traffic buffer which keeps some amount of previously processed packets
traffic_buffer_size	positive_integer_with_zero	100000	Specifies number of elements in traffic_buffer for 1 second of average calculation time
traffic_buffer_port_mirror	bool	false	Enables or disables traffic buffer for port mirror modes. Do not enable unless sampling is enabled
generate_attack_traffic_samples	bool	false	Enables logic to populate statistical reports about attacks traffic. Only for vendor integrations
generate_attack_traffic_samples_delay	positive_integer_with_zero	60	How often we’re going to produce traffic reports about active attacks
generate_max_talkers_report	bool	false	Enables logic to track max talkers and store them into MongoDB Only for vendor integrations
generate_max_talkers_report_delay	positive_integer_with_zero	300	How often we’re going to produce reports about max talkers
generate_hostgroup_traffic_samples	bool	false	Enables logic to populate statistical reports about hostgroup traffic. Only for vendor integrations
generate_hostgroup_traffic_samples_delay	positive_integer_with_zero	60	How often we’re going to produce traffic reports for hostgroup traffic

traffic_db

Name	Type	Default value	Description
traffic_db	bool	false	Enable traffic export to persistent traffic database
traffic_db_host	string	“127.0.0.1”	Traffic DB server address as IPv4, IPv6 or hostname
traffic_db_port	numeric_ipv4_port	8100	Traffic DB server port
traffic_db_sampling_rate	positive_integer_with_zero	512	Sampling rate for mirrored traffic for traffic_db export

vyos

Name	Type	Default value	Description
vyos_announce_host	bool	false	Enable VyOS integration
vyos_announce_host_blackhole	bool	true	Enable blackhole flag for per host VyOS announce
vyos_api_urls	string_list	[ ]	VyOS API URL

web_api

Name	Type	Default value	Description
web_api_host	string	“127.0.0.1”	Web API host for listening
web_api_port	numeric_ipv4_port	10007	Web API port for listening
web_api_login	string	“admin”	Login for web API
web_api_password	string	“”	Password for web API
web_api_ssl	bool	false	Web API host for listening for ssl API
web_api_trace_queries	bool	false	Trace all queries
web_api_ssl_port	numeric_ipv4_port	10443	Web API port for listening
web_api_ssl_host	string	“127.0.0.1”	Web API host for listening
web_api_ssl_certificate_path	string	“”	Certificate for SSL API
web_api_ssl_private_key_path	string	“”	Private key for SSL API

web_callback

Name	Type	Default value	Description
web_callback_enabled	bool	false	FastNetMon could call external script with http or https protocol and pass attack’s details in JSON format
web_callback_url	string	“http://127.0.0.1:8080/attack/notify”	We could call this script in case of blackhole ban and unban and for partial (flow spec) block action and pass details with JSON inside POST query

xdp

Name	Type	Default value	Description
mirror_xdp	bool	false	Enable capture from mirror port using AF_XDP capture engine
xdp_read_packet_length_from_ip_header	bool	false	By default, FastNetMon reads packet length from the wire. But it can use information from IP header when you enable this option
force_native_mode_xdp	bool	false	Requires native XDP support from driver
zero_copy_xdp	bool	false	Enable zero copy mode for XDP. Requires native support from driver (force_native_mode_xdp)
poll_mode_xdp	bool	false	Use poll system call to process incoming packets
xdp_set_promisc	bool	false	Set promisc flag on interface automatically
xdp_extract_tunnel_traffic	bool	false	Enables code which strips external level for GRE tunnels
interfaces_xdp	string_list	[ ]	Interfaces list for traffic capture using XDP
microcode_xdp_path	string	“/etc/fastnetmon/xdp_kernel.o”	You can specify custom path to microcode

Hostgroups configuration

default

Name	Type	Default value	Description
name	string	“global”	Name of host group
parent_name	string	“”	Parent host group name
description	string	“This is default group for all hosts”	Human-friendly name for this group
calculation_method	string	“per_host”	Traffic calculation method for host group: total or per_host (or empty value)
networks	cidr_networks_list	[ ]	List of networks which belong to this group
enable_ban	bool	false	Enable ban actions for hosts in this group
ban_for_pps	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds packet per second threshold?
ban_for_bandwidth	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds bandwidth threshold?
ban_for_flows	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds flows threshold?
threshold_pps	positive_integer_with_zero	100000	Packet per second traffic to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_mbps	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	Bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_flows	positive_integer_with_zero	3500	Flow per second speed to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_tcp_bandwidth	bool	false	Block hosts in group for TCP bandwidth threshold?
ban_for_udp_bandwidth	bool	false	Block hosts in group for UDP bandwidth threshold?
ban_for_icmp_bandwidth	bool	false	Block hosts in group for ICMP bandwidth threshold?
ban_for_tcp_pps	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds packet per second threshold for TCP?
ban_for_udp_pps	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds packet per second threshold for UDP?
ban_for_icmp_pps	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds packet per second threshold for ICMP?
threshold_tcp_mbps	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	TCP bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_udp_mbps	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	UDP bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_icmp_mbps	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	ICMP bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_tcp_pps	positive_integer_with_zero	100000	TCP packet per second traffic to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_udp_pps	positive_integer_with_zero	100000	UDP packet per second traffic to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_icmp_pps	positive_integer_with_zero	100000	ICMP packet per second traffic to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_tcp_syn_pps	bool	false	Block hosts in group for TCP SYN packets per second threshold
threshold_tcp_syn_pps	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	TCP SYN pps to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_tcp_syn_bandwidth	bool	false	Block hosts in group for TCP SYN packets per second threshold
threshold_tcp_syn_mbps	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	TCP SYN bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_ip_fragments_pps	bool	false	Block hosts in group for fragmented IP packets per second threshold
threshold_ip_fragments_pps	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	Fragmented IP pps to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_ip_fragments_bandwidth	bool	false	Block hosts in group for fragmented IP packets per second threshold
threshold_ip_fragments_mbps	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	fragmented IP bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
enable_ban_incoming	bool	false	Enable ban actions for this group for incoming traffic
enable_ban_outgoing	bool	false	Enable ban actions for this group for incooutgoingming traffic
enable_bgp_flow_spec	bool	false	Enable BGP Flow Spec for this hostgroup
ban_for_pps_outgoing	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds packet per second threshold?
ban_for_bandwidth_outgoing	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds bandwidth threshold?
ban_for_flows_outgoing	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds flows threshold?
threshold_pps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	100000	Packet per second traffic to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_mbps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	Bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_flows_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	3500	Flow per second speed to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_tcp_bandwidth_outgoing	bool	false	Block hosts in group for TCP bandwidth threshold?
ban_for_udp_bandwidth_outgoing	bool	false	Block hosts in group for UDP bandwidth threshold?
ban_for_icmp_bandwidth_outgoing	bool	false	Block hosts in group for ICMP bandwidth threshold?
ban_for_tcp_pps_outgoing	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds packet per second threshold for TCP?
ban_for_udp_pps_outgoing	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds packet per second threshold for UDP?
ban_for_icmp_pps_outgoing	bool	false	Should we block host in this group if it exceeds packet per second threshold for ICMP?
threshold_tcp_mbps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	TCP bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_udp_mbps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	UDP bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_icmp_mbps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	ICMP bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_tcp_pps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	100000	TCP packet per second traffic to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_udp_pps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	100000	UDP packet per second traffic to/from this host should exceed this value
threshold_icmp_pps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	100000	ICMP packet per second traffic to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_tcp_syn_pps_outgoing	bool	false	Block hosts in group for TCP SYN packets per second threshold
threshold_tcp_syn_pps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	TCP SYN pps to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_tcp_syn_bandwidth_outgoing	bool	false	Block hosts in group for TCP SYN packets per second threshold
threshold_tcp_syn_mbps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	TCP SYN bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_ip_fragments_pps_outgoing	bool	false	Block hosts in group for fragmented IP packets per second threshold
threshold_ip_fragments_pps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	Fragmented IP pps to/from this host should exceed this value
ban_for_ip_fragments_bandwidth_outgoing	bool	false	Block hosts in group for fragmented IP packets per second threshold
threshold_ip_fragments_mbps_outgoing	positive_integer_with_zero	1000	fragmented IP bandwidth to/from this host should exceed this value
flexible_thresholds	flexible_thresholds	“{}”	Flexible thresholds

BGP configuration

default

Name	Type	Default value	Description
name	string	“connection_main_router”	System name for this connection
description	string	“Connection to main Router at NOC”	Human-friendly name for this connection
local_asn	positive_integer_with_zero	123456	Local ASN number
local_address	numeric_ipv4_or_ipv6_host	“10.11.22.33”	Local address for BGP connection
remote_asn	positive_integer_with_zero	9002	Remote autonomous system number
remote_address	numeric_ipv4_or_ipv6_host	“10.11.22.1”	Remote IP address of BGP peer
multihop	bool	true	Enable BGP multihop option
md5_auth	bool	false	Enable md5 auth for BGP session
md5_auth_password	string	“”	md5 password for BGP session
ipv4_unicast	bool	true	Enable IPv4 unicast for this peering connection
ipv6_unicast	bool	false	Enable IPv6 unicast for this peering connection
ipv4_flowspec	bool	false	Enable IPv4 Flow Spec / RFC 5575 for this peering connection
ipv6_flowspec	bool	false	Enable IPv6 Flow Spec / RFC 5575 for this peering connection
active	bool	false	You could enable or disable this peer with this option

Traffic rules configuration

default

Name	Type	Default value	Description
name	string	“”	Name for this rule
active	bool	false	You could enable or disable rule using this flag
description	string	“”	Human-friendly name for this rule
source_ports	string_list	[ ]	Source ports
destination_ports	string_list	[ ]	Destination ports
packet_lengths	string_list	[ ]	Packet lengths
protocols	string_list	[ ]	Protocols list
fragmentation_flags	string_list	[ ]	Fragmentation flags list
tcp_flags	string_list	[ ]	TCP flags list

User settings

default

Name	Type	Default value	Description
name	string	“admin”	Name of user
password	string	“secure”	User password
full_name	string	“John Doe”	Full user name
email	string	“admin@company-name.net”	Email of user
role	string	“admin”	Role name of user

Role settings

default

Name	Type	Default value	Description
name	string	“admin”	Role name
description	string	“Full Administrator Role”	Description
permissions	string_list	[ ]	List of permissions allocated for role