Akvorado
Self-hosted flow collector, enricher and visualizer for NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow traffic data.
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About Akvorado
Akvorado receives flow records exported by routers and switches over NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow, enriches them with extra information and stores them so you can explore traffic in a web console. It shows where traffic is going and which interfaces, networks and peers carry it.
It is written in Go and is set up with the Docker files in the repository. It is aimed at network operators who run their own routers and want a self-hosted view of traffic flows, rather than home users.
Strengths
- Supports NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow
- Enriches flows before storing them
- Web console for exploring traffic
- Actively developed, with thousands of commits
Limitations
- Needs routers or switches that export flow data
- Several components to deploy and maintain
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to run yourself, with the source published on GitHub.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- The Akvorado contributors
- Platforms
- Linux, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Network operators who want a self-hosted view of traffic flows from their routers
- Categories
- System monitoring, Network tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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pmacct
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