Protocol Statistics Plugin

The protocol statistics plugin exports the following fields per protocol at periodic intervals as defined by its configuration shown below

• protocol - Protocol that applies to the result
• in_packets - Number of incoming packets seen
• out_packets - Number of outgoing packets seen
• in_bytes - Number of incoming bytes seen
• out_bytes - Number of outgoing bytes seen
• count_esrc_ips - Number of unique external source IPs seen
• count_edst_ips - Number of unique external destinations IPs seen
• count_isrc_ips - Number of unique internal source IPs seen
• count_idst_ips - Number of unique internal destination IPs seen
• count_flows - Number of active flows

Configuration example:

protocol_statistics:
  enabled: 1
  # how often to output results in seconds
  output_interval: 60
  metrics:
    - byte_count
    - packet_count
    - flow_count
    - ip_count