Installing InterMapper Flows
You must follow several steps before you can begin analyzing your Flows data.
- Download InterMapper Flows onto the same machine as your InterMapper server.
- Run the InterMapper Flows installer. The process of installing InterMapper Flows automatically configures InterMapper to talk with InterMapper Flows.
- Be sure to remove any firewalls on the selected UDP ports for NetFlow (default is 2055).
- Note: The InterMapper Flows service/daemon may not start up if another program is using port 2055 (or whatever port you have designated for netflow packets). You should stop/uninstall any other netflow packages on the system.
- You must also configure one or more Flows exporters to send data to the InterMapper Flows server. InterMapper Flows automatically detects the exporters and begins collecting their data. Many switches and routers can be configured to export Flows data. There are also several software-based Flows exporters available, including nProbe, SoftFlowd, and ProQueSys.