Configuration

CaptAgent 6: Configuration

This section provides guidance to configure Captagent and its core modules on your system.

Basic Configuration

Understanding of CaptAgent 6 configuration Paths and Structure is key.

The configuration files are by default stored in /usr/local/etc/captagent on the target system, unless otherwise specified during configuration.

Configuration tree

The default directory should contains the following using default settings:

captagent.xml
captureplans/
protocol_rtcp.xml
protocol_sip.xml
socket_pcap.xml
socket_raw.xml
socket_rtcpxr.xml
transport_hep.xml
transport_json.xml

Main Configuration

To begin, edit and validate the configuration and the module paths in /usr/local/etc/captagent/captagent.xml to match your actual paths:

<configuration name="core.conf" description="CORE Settings" serial="2014024212">
            <settings>
                <param name="debug" value="3"/>
                <param name="version" value="2"/>
                <param name="serial" value="2014056501"/>
                <param name="uuid" value="00781a4a-5b69-11e4-9522-bb79a8fcf0f3"/>
                <param name="daemon" value="false"/>
                <param name="syslog" value="false"/>
                <param name="pid_file" value="/var/run/captagent.pid"/>
                <param name="module_path" value="/usr/local/lib/captagent/modules"/>
                <param name="config_path" value="/usr/local/etc/captagent"/>
                <param name="capture_plans_path" value="/usr/local/etc/captagent/captureplans"/>
                <param name="backup" value="/usr/local/etc/captagent/backup"/>
                <param name="chroot" value="/var/lib/captagent"/>
            </settings>
        </configuration>