Flower Network Flow Analysis Usage

Please see the Installation from Source page for basic build and installation instructions using the provided source code.

To get up and running quickly, download the “flower.tar.gz” package from the Downloads section. This file includes a pre-configured GlassFish v3.0.1 server with both the Visualization and Analysis servers. To use this package, follow the proceeding steps on a Linux/UNIX system with JDK1.6.0+ (not just the JRE, and not OpenJDK) installed and in the search path. Here is the version of Java that I am running right now:

> java -version
java version "1.6.0_20"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 16.3-b01, mixed mode, sharing)

Execute these commands to install and start the Flower Network Flow Analysis system:

> tar xvzf ./flower.tar.gz
> mkdir /flower
> glassfishv3/glassfish/bin/asadmin start-domain flower

Once started, you can begin sending NetFlow data to the system immediately on port 9995/udp. To log in, browse to port 8080/tcp on your server and access /flower/visualization (http://server:8080/flower/visualization) using Firefox, Chrome or Safari. Log in with the username of ‘flower’ and a password of ‘flower’. Enter “http://localhost:8080” in the “Server” field.