Collecting flow records

For collecting flow data we develop and maintain IPFIXcol framework that consists of:

• a collector for capturing IPFIX and NetFlow data
• input, intermediate and output plugins for the collector
• auxiliary tools

For simplicity, first we will show how to use the collector for basic tasks in non-distributed environment. For this purpose there is a prepared wikipage with [Quick Start Guide](IPFIXcol Quick Start Guide) for IPFIXcol where you can find information about configuration files and the first start with simple example.

After mastering basic tasks we will configure and use the collector in a [distributed environment](IPFIXcol and distributed environment) for distribution and storing of flow records among cluster nodes. Stored flow records can be later used for distributed quering.