To configure the transfer of results files

Purpose

You can enable the transfer of result files to a file server in the following formats.

  • NAT

  • IPDR

  • CSV

Note: A minimum 1-Gbyte/s link is required between the NSP Flow Collector and the file server.

Note: SFTP transfers are considerably slower than FTP transfers.

Steps
 
1 

Log in to a station that has access to the NSP system.

2 

Open a console window.

3 

Issue the following RESTCONF API call to configure the extraction of AA correlation data from NFM-P using the XML API:

Note: In order to issue a RESTCONF API call, you require a token; see the My First NSP API Client tutorial on the Network Developer Portal for information.

PATCH https://address:443/restconf/data/flowconf:config/extraction/nfmp/xml-api

where address is the NSP cluster advertised address

The message body is the following:

{

    "xml-api" : [

      {

            "https-port" : "port",

            "request-timeout" : "request timeout",

            "username" : "username"

            "password" : "password",

        }

    ]

}

where

port is the port

request timeout is amount of time after which an unanswered request will expire

username is the username

password is the password

Note: This configuration has only one entry, which is pre-configured with default values. This entry can be updated (PATCH), but cannot be replaced or deleted.

4 

Issue the following RESTCONF API call to configure the transfer of AA correlation data from NFM-P after an extraction:

Note: In order to issue a RESTCONF API call, you require a token; see the My First NSP API Client tutorial on the Network Developer Portal for information.

PATCH https://address:443/restconf/data/flowconf:config/extraction/nfmp/transfer

where address is the NSP cluster advertised address

The message body is the following:

{

    "transfer" : [

      {

            "protocol" : "protocol",

            "port" : "port",

            "username" : "username"

            "password" : "password",

        }

    ]

}

where

port is the file server port

username is the FTP or SFTP username

password is the FTP or SFTP password

protocol is one of the following:

  • FTP

  • SFTP

Note: This configuration has only one entry, which is pre-configured with default values. This entry can be updated (PATCH), but cannot be replaced or deleted.

5 

Close the console window.

End of steps