sFlow on Ubiquiti

Using sFlow to monitor your Ubiquiti devices is easy, and only requires a few configuration lines. A good working configuration would look like the following, under System > Flow-Accounting > sFlow:

agent-address auto
sampling-rate 500
server 192.168.88.194 {
    port 6343
}

Use the following commands to set the same configuration as above, substituting your collector's IP and port number:

set system flow-accounting sflow agent-address auto
set system flow-accounting sflow sampling-rate 500
set system flow-accounting sflow server 192.168.88.194 port 6343

If you wanted to set a specific IP address for the sFlow Agent you can simply use the IP instead of "auto". Adjust the sample rate based on your flow volume and the level of granularity and flow retention requirements.

Tyler Hart

Tyler Hart is a networking and security professional who started working in technology in 2002 with the US DoD and moved to the private sector in 2010. He holds a Business degree in IT Management, as well as the CISSP certification and others from Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco, (ISC)2, Tenable Network Security, and more. For over 15 years he has worked and consulted with large and small organizations including hospitals and clinics, ISPs and WISPs, U.S. Defense organizations, and state and county governments.

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