# plugin_flowview

**Repository Path**: qdx9391/plugin_flowview

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: plugin_flowview
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
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- **Created**: 2025-06-09
- **Last Updated**: 2025-06-09

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## README

# flowview

This plugin allows you to see reports based off the data in your Netflow flows.

# Features

Fully customizable reports

# Installation

Required:

First, make sure you have the plugin architecture installed.

Then, Install just like any other plugin, just copy it into the plugin directory, and Use Console -> Plugin Mangement to Install and Enable.

Then, you must install flow-tools.  Generally, flow-tools is available through yum, apt-get, emerge, etc.  Locate the path for your flow-tools (typically /usr/bin), and decide on a location for your flow data (in many cases /var/flow, or any other location).

Once you have done all of this, goto Console->Settings->Misc and setup this information in the FlowView section.

Next you have to setup your Cacti server as a FlowView sink from your various sources.  Then, from FlowView -> Listeners, you must add the various listeners for all your flow-capture sources.

Optional:

If you don't already have flows coming to the cacti box and being stored with flow-capture you may follow the steps below to have cacti do this.

Next copy the 'flow-capture' file in the flowview plugin directory to '/etc/init.d/' or the appropriate location.  You have to edit this file to set the cacti base path.  This file also supercedes whatever the operating system installed.

Finally, start the 'flow-capture' process using '/etc/init.d/flow-capture start'.

You may also want to insure that 'flow-capture' is a startup service using your operating systems default process.

Also, remember that when using the Cacti 'flow-capture' init binary, that when you make changes to the various listeners, you must subsequently 'restart' the 'flow-capture' binary.

# Possible Bugs?

If you figure out this problem, goto GitHub and create a pulls request or open an issue.

# Future Changes

Got any ideas or complaints, please see the Cacti forums or GitHub for a resolution.

# Changelog

--- 2.0 ---
* feature: Support for Cacti 1.0
* feature: Support for Ugroup Plugin
* feature: Use either the OS' DNS or Alternate
* feature: Add strip domain capabilities
* issue#5: division by zero in flowview_devices.php
* issue#7: init script not functional
* issue: Not supporting Protocols correctly and Prefix/Suffix
* issue: Some W3C Validation Changes
* issue: Table plugin_flowview_devices wrong engine
* issue: Correcting issues with the flow-capture script

--- 1.1 ---
* issue: FlowView Settings were hidden for some reason
* issue: flow-capture script incomplete

--- 1.0 ---
* compat: Making compatible with 0.8.7g
* feature: Allow sending emails on demand
* feature: Add SaveAs, Delete, Update to UI
* feature: Add a Veiwer Only Permission Level
* feature: Add a Title for Scheduled Reports
* feature; Re-tool many reports into pure HTML
* feature: Add Graphs for Flows, Bytes, and Packets
* feature: Support sortable tables
* feature: Support excluding outliers from report
* issue: Rename 'View' tab to 'Filter'
* issue: Rename 'Devices' to 'Listeners'

--- 0.6 ---
* compat: Now only PA 2.0 compatible
* issue: Fix for IE and saving Queries
* issue: Fix for Error when no devices

--- 0.5 ---
* feature: Add flow-tools replacement startup script to allow launching of multiple processes based upon devices added
* feature: Add Saved Queries
* feature: Change Sort field to be drop downs with column names
* feature: Add ability to schedule and email out Netflow Scans
* issue: Fix issue with start and stop times close to midnight not loading the proper days data

--- 0.4 ---
* issue: Minor fix for when using flow path "/"
* issue: Fix Cacti 0.8.7 Compatibility

--- 0.3 ---
* feature: Add time support for relative times (NOW, -1 HOUR, -2 DAYS, -10 MINTUES) Must leave Date blank for these to work properly
* feature: Add device name to path if present

--- 0.2 ---
* feature: Add DNS Support

--- 0.1 ---
* Initial release