Platform Administration

The Platform Admin section is the operational and administrative control center for NetFlow Optimizer. It covers everything needed to keep NFO running, secure, and properly configured — from day-to-day monitoring and SNMP device management to user access, clustering, and system tuning.

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Operations

Tools and references for administrators managing NFO day-to-day.

📄️ Status

Real-time visibility into system health, data pipeline throughput, SNMP polling activity, active flow exporters, and live system logs.

📄️ SNMP Management

Full reference for SNMP credentials, auto-discovery, device classification, MIB management, trap handling, and polling tuning.

📄️ Performance Tuning

Environment variables and configuration options for optimizing NFO throughput in high-volume or high-latency environments.

📄️ Tracing & Configuration

Enable diagnostic tracing, set server-level environment variables, and restart NFO services.

📄️ Original Flow Data

Configure NetFlow Recorder to capture and store raw flow data for forensic replay and compliance.

📄️ Output Dictionary

View and customize the field names and mappings used in NFO output events across all connected platforms.

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Administration

Configuration for access control, infrastructure, and system setup.

📄️ NFO Central

Configure distributed deployments — define node roles, connect Peers, set up load balancing pools, and monitor cluster health.

📄️ EDFN Admin

Manage the External Data Feeder — cloud telemetry ingestion, enrichment service configuration, identity integration, and agent security.

📄️ Security & SSL

Replace self-signed certificates with CA-signed certificates, manage HTTPS port settings, and secure the management interface.

📄️ User Management

Define local Administrative and Read-Only roles, and integrate with LDAP, Active Directory, or Okta for centralized identity management.

📄️ System Settings

Apply license keys, tune server parameters, manage the server.cfg file, and perform backup and restore operations.