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Version: 2.10.1

Bandwidth Consumption per Application for Palo Alto Networks (10034 / 20034)

Description​

This Module utilizes Palo Alto Networks NetFlow v9 reporting and provides a list of most active applications by traffic. Most active applications are reported by Network Device over a time interval. The number of reported top most active applications (N) and the observation interval (T, sec) are configurable. This information is provided per NetFlow exporter.

Parameters​

Parameter NameDescriptionComments
Data Collection Interval, secModule logic execution intervalmin = 10 sec, max = 600 sec, default = 30 sec
Application id listA list of watched applications. If specified, the traffic is reported by specified applications, and all other traffic is summed up under app=other. If the list is empty, the traffic is reported by all applications.
N - number of reported consumersTop N (number of reported applications)min = 0, max = 100000, default = 50 (0 indicates all hosts are reported)
Report selected applications only (1)Enable/Disable reporting selected apps only (1 - report only apps in the list, 0 - report all apps)default = 0

Inputs​

Palo Alto Networks NetFlow v9.

Syslog/JSON Message Fields​

KeyField DescriptionComments
nfc_idMessage type identifiernfc_id=20034
exp_ipNetFlow exporter IPv4 address<IPv4_address>
appApplication<string>
created_countCreated flows count<number>
bytesBytes total (Traffic)<number>
percent_of_totalPercent of Total (Traffic)<decimal>, e.g. 25.444% is 25.444
t_intObservation time interval, msec<number>