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NetFlow

You may have devices on your network such as firewalls, routers, and switches that are capable of exporting NetFlow records. If you would like to collect these NetFlow records, add the Elastic integration for NetFlow Records and then allow the Netflow traffic through the firewall.

Add the NetFlow Records integration

First, add the Elastic integration for NetFlow Records.

Note

For more information about the NetFlow Records integration, please see https://docs.elastic.co/en/integrations/netflow.

  1. Go to :ref:`elastic-fleet`, click the Agent policies tab, and then click the desired policy (for example so-grid-nodes_general).
  2. Click the Add integration button.
  3. Search for netflow and then click on the NetFlow Records integration.
  4. The Elastic Integration page will show an overview of the NetFlow Integration. Review all information on the page and then click the Add NetFlow Records button.
  5. On the Add NetFlow Records integration screen, go to the UDP host to listen on field and change localhost to 0.0.0.0. Verify the UDP port to listen on field matches what your NetFlow exporter will be sending to. Click the Save and continue button and then click Save and deploy changes.

Allow NetFlow traffic through firewall

Next, allow the traffic from the NetFlow exporter through the firewall to the NetFlow listener port.

Note

The following instructions assume that this is the first firewall change you have made and therefore refer to customhostgroup0 and customportgroup0. If those have already been used, you can select the next available hostgroup and portgroup.

  1. Navigate to :ref:`administration` --> Configuration.
  2. At the top of the page, click the Options menu and then enable the Show advanced settings option.
  3. On the left side, go to firewall, select hostgroups, and click the customhostgroup0 group. On the right side, enter the IP address of the NetFlow exporter and click the checkmark to save.
  4. On the left side, go to firewall, select portgroups, select the customportgroup0 group, and then click udp. On the right side, enter your desired NetFlow listener port (2055 by default) and click the checkmark to save.
  5. On the left side, go to firewall, select role, and then select the node type that will receive the NetFlow records. Then drill into chain --> INPUT --> hostgroups --> customhostgroup0 --> portgroups. On the right side, enter customportgroup0 and click the checkmark to save.
  6. If you would like to apply the rules immediately, click the SYNCHRONIZE GRID button under the Options menu at the top of the page.

NetFlow dashboard

Once all configuration is complete, you should be able to go to :ref:`dashboards` and select the NetFlow dashboard to see your NetFlow records.