SOFTFLOWCTL(8)

NAME
softflowctl - Remote control program for softflowd

SYNOPSIS
softflowctl [-h] [-c ctl_sock] command

DESCRIPTION
softflowctl is a remote control program used to control a running softflowd(8) daemon.

The command-line options are as follows:

-c ctlsock
    Specify an alternate location for the remote control socket. Default is /var/run/softflowd.ctl

-h  Displays commandline usage information.

COMMANDS

shutdown
    Ask softflowd(8) to gracefully exit. This is equivalent to sending it a SIGTERM or SIGINT.

exit
    Ask softflowd(8) to immediately exit. No flow expiry processing or data export is performed.

expire-all
    Immediately expire all tracked flows.

delete-all
    Immediately delete all tracked flows. No flow expiry processing or data export is performed.

statistics
    Return statistics collected by softflowd(8) on expired flows.

debug+
    Increase the debugging level of softflowd(8)

debug-
    Decrease the debugging level.

stop-gather
    Stops network data collection by softflowd(8).

start-gather
    Resumes network data collection.

dump-flows
    Return information on all tracked flows.

timeouts
    Print information on flow timeout parameters.

AUTHORS
Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>

SEE ALSO
softflowd(8)