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+.. _ipfix_doc:
+
+IPFIX support
+=============
+
+VPP includes a high-performance IPFIX record exporter. This note
+explains how to use the internal APIs to export IPFIX data, and how to
+configure and send the required IPFIX templates.
+
+As you’ll see, a bit of typing is required.
+
+First: create an ipfix “report”
+-------------------------------
+
+Include the flow report header file, fill out a @ref
+vnet_flow_report_add_del_args_t structure, and call
+vnet_flow_report_add_del.
+
+.. code:: c
+
+ #include <vnet/ipfix-export/flow_report.h>
+ /* Defined in flow_report.h, of interest when constructing reports */
+
+ /* ipfix field definitions for a particular report */
+ typedef struct
+ {
+ u32 info_element;
+ u32 size;
+ } ipfix_report_element_t;
+
+ /* Report add/del argument structure */
+ typedef struct
+ {
+ /* Callback to flush current ipfix packet / frame */
+ vnet_flow_data_callback_t *flow_data_callback;
+
+ /* Callback to build the template packet rewrite string */
+ vnet_flow_rewrite_callback_t *rewrite_callback;
+
+ /* List of ipfix elements in the report */
+ ipfix_report_element_t *report_elements;
+ u32 n_report_elements;
+ /* Kept in flow report, used e.g. by flow classifier */
+ opaque_t opaque;
+ /* Add / delete a report */
+ int is_add;
+ /* Ipfix "domain-ID", see RFC, set as desired */
+ u32 domain_id;
+ /* ipfix packet source port, often set to UDP_DST_PORT_ipfix */
+ u16 src_port;
+ /* Set by ipfix infra, needed to send data packets */
+ u32 *stream_indexp;
+ } vnet_flow_report_add_del_args_t;
+
+ /* Private header file contents */
+
+ /* Report ipfix element definition */
+ #define foreach_simple_report_ipfix_element \
+ _(sourceIPv4Address, 4) \
+ _(destinationIPv4Address, 4) \
+ _(sourceTransportPort, 2) \
+ _(destinationTransportPort, 2) \
+ _(protocolIdentifier, 1) \
+ _(flowStartMicroseconds, 8) \
+ _(flowEndMicroseconds, 8)
+
+ static ipfix_report_element_t simple_report_elements[] = {
+ #define _(a,b) {a,b},
+ foreach_simple_report_ipfix_element
+ #undef _
+ };
+
+ typedef struct
+ {
+ /** Buffers and frames, per thread */
+ vlib_buffer_t **buffers_by_thread;
+ vlib_frame_t **frames_by_thread;
+ u32 *next_record_offset_by_thread;
+
+ /** Template ID's */
+ u16 *template_ids;
+
+ /** Time reference pair */
+ u64 usec_time_0;
+ f64 vlib_time_0;
+
+ /** Stream index */
+ u32 stream_index;
+
+ /* Convenience */
+ flow_report_main_t *flow_report_main;
+ vlib_main_t *vlib_main;
+ vnet_main_t *vnet_main;
+ } my_logging_main_t;
+
+ extern my_logging_main_t my_logging_main;
+
+ ...
+
+ /* Recitations */
+ flow_report_main_t *frm = &flow_report_main;
+ my_logging_main_t *mlm = &my_logging_main;
+ vnet_flow_report_add_del_args_t a;
+ int rv;
+ u16 template_id;
+
+ ...
+
+ /* Init function: set up time reference pair */
+ mlm->vlib_time_0 = vlib_time_now (vm);
+ mlm->milisecond_time_0 = unix_time_now_nsec () * 1e-6;
+
+ ...
+
+ /* Create a report */
+ memset (&a, 0, sizeof (a));
+ a.is_add = 1 /* to enable the report */;
+ a.domain_id = 1 /* pick a domain ID */;
+ a.src_port = UDP_DST_PORT_ipfix /* src port for reports */;
+
+ /* Use the generic template packet rewrite string generator */
+ a.rewrite_callback = vnet_flow_rewrite_generic_callback;
+
+ /* Supply a list of ipfix report elements */
+ a.report_elements = simple_report_elements;
+ a.n_report_elements = ARRAY_LEN (simple_report_elements);
+
+ /* Pointer to the ipfix stream index, set by the report infra */
+ a.stream_indexp = &mlm->stream_index;
+ a.flow_data_callback = my_flow_data_callback;
+
+ /* Create the report */
+ rv = vnet_flow_report_add_del (frm, &a, &template_id);
+ if (rv)
+ oops...
+
+ /* Save the template-ID for later use */
+ mlm->template_id = template_id;
+
+Several things are worth describing in more detail.
+
+vnet_flow_rewrite_generic_callback programming
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This generic callback helps build ipfix template packets. When
+registering an ipfix report, pass an (array, count) of ipfix elements as
+shown above.
+
+my_flow_data_callback
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ipfix flow export infrastructure calls this callback to flush the
+current ipfix packet; to make sure that ipfix data is not retained for
+an unreasonably long period of time.
+
+We typically code it as shown below, to call an application-specific
+function with (uninteresting arguments), and “do_flush = 1”:
+
+.. code:: c
+
+
+ vlib_frame_t *my_flow_data_callback
+ (flow_report_main_t * frm,
+ flow_report_t * fr,
+ vlib_frame_t * f,
+ u32 * to_next, u32 node_index)
+ {
+
+ my_buffer_flow_record (0, ... , 0, 1 /* do_flush */);
+ return f;
+ }
+
+my_flow_data_header
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This function creates the packet header for an ipfix data packet
+
+.. code:: c
+
+
+ static inline void
+ my_flow_report_header (flow_report_main_t * frm,
+ vlib_buffer_t * b0, u32 * offset)
+ {
+ my_logging_main_t *mlm = &my_logging_main;
+ flow_report_stream_t *stream;
+ ip4_ipfix_template_packet_t *tp;
+ ipfix_message_header_t *h = 0;
+
+
+ ipfix_set_header_t *s = 0;
+ ip4_header_t *ip;
+ udp_header_t *udp;
+
+ stream = &frm->streams[mlm->stream_index];
+
+ b0->current_data = 0;
+ b0->current_length = sizeof (*ip) + sizeof (*udp) + sizeof (*h) +
+ sizeof (*s);
+ b0->flags |= (VLIB_BUFFER_TOTAL_LENGTH_VALID | VNET_BUFFER_F_FLOW_REPORT);
+ vnet_buffer (b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_RX] = 0;
+ vnet_buffer (b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX] = frm->fib_index;
+ tp = vlib_buffer_get_current (b0);
+ ip = (ip4_header_t *) & tp->ip4;
+ udp = (udp_header_t *) (ip + 1);
+ h = (ipfix_message_header_t *) (udp + 1);
+ s = (ipfix_set_header_t *) (h + 1);
+
+ ip->ip_version_and_header_length = 0x45;
+ ip->ttl = 254;
+ ip->protocol = IP_PROTOCOL_UDP;
+ ip->flags_and_fragment_offset = 0;
+ ip->src_address.as_u32 = frm->src_address.as_u32;
+ ip->dst_address.as_u32 = frm->ipfix_collector.as_u32;
+ udp->src_port = clib_host_to_net_u16 (stream->src_port);
+ udp->dst_port = clib_host_to_net_u16 (frm->collector_port);
+ udp->checksum = 0;
+
+ h->export_time = clib_host_to_net_u32 ((u32)
+ (((f64) frm->unix_time_0) +
+ (vlib_time_now (frm->vlib_main) -
+ frm->vlib_time_0)));
+ h->sequence_number = clib_host_to_net_u32 (stream->sequence_number++);
+ h->domain_id = clib_host_to_net_u32 (stream->domain_id);
+
+ *offset = (u32) (((u8 *) (s + 1)) - (u8 *) tp);
+ }
+
+### fixup and transmit a flow record
+
+.. code:: c
+
+
+ static inline void
+ my_send_ipfix_pkt (flow_report_main_t * frm,
+ vlib_frame_t * f, vlib_buffer_t * b0, u16 template_id)
+ {
+ ip4_ipfix_template_packet_t *tp;
+ ipfix_message_header_t *h = 0;
+ ipfix_set_header_t *s = 0;
+ ip4_header_t *ip;
+ udp_header_t *udp;
+ vlib_main_t *vm = frm->vlib_main;
+
+ tp = vlib_buffer_get_current (b0);
+ ip = (ip4_header_t *) & tp->ip4;
+ udp = (udp_header_t *) (ip + 1);
+ h = (ipfix_message_header_t *) (udp + 1);
+ s = (ipfix_set_header_t *) (h + 1);
+
+ s->set_id_length = ipfix_set_id_length (template_id,
+ b0->current_length -
+ (sizeof (*ip) + sizeof (*udp) +
+ sizeof (*h)));
+ h->version_length = version_length (b0->current_length -
+ (sizeof (*ip) + sizeof (*udp)));
+
+ ip->length = clib_host_to_net_u16 (b0->current_length);
+ ip->checksum = ip4_header_checksum (ip);
+ udp->length = clib_host_to_net_u16 (b0->current_length - sizeof (*ip));
+
+ if (frm->udp_checksum)
+ {
+ udp->checksum = ip4_tcp_udp_compute_checksum (vm, b0, ip);
+ if (udp->checksum == 0)
+ udp->checksum = 0xffff;
+ }
+
+ ASSERT (ip4_header_checksum_is_valid (ip));
+
+ vlib_put_frame_to_node (vm, ip4_lookup_node.index, f);
+ }
+
+### my_buffer_flow_record
+
+This is the key routine which paints individual flow records into an
+ipfix packet under construction. It’s pretty straightforward (albeit
+stateful) vpp data-plane code. The code shown below is thread-safe by
+construction.
+
+.. code:: c
+
+ static inline void
+ my_buffer_flow_record_internal (my_flow_record_t * rp, int do_flush,
+ u32 thread_index)
+ {
+ vlib_main_t *vm = vlib_mains[thread_index];
+ my_logging_main_t *mlm = &jvp_ipfix_main;
+ flow_report_main_t *frm = &flow_report_main;
+ vlib_frame_t *f;
+ vlib_buffer_t *b0 = 0;
+ u32 bi0 = ~0;
+ u32 offset;
+
+ b0 = mlm->buffers_by_thread[thread_index];
+
+ if (PREDICT_FALSE (b0 == 0))
+ {
+ if (do_flush)
+ return;
+
+ if (vlib_buffer_alloc (vm, &bi0, 1) != 1)
+ {
+ clib_warning ("can't allocate ipfix data buffer");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ b0 = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi0);
+ offset = 0;
+ mlm->buffers_by_thread[thread_index] = b0;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ bi0 = vlib_get_buffer_index (vm, b0);
+ offset = mlm->next_record_offset_by_thread[thread_index];
+ }
+
+ f = mlm->frames_by_thread[thread_index];
+ if (PREDICT_FALSE (f == 0))
+ {
+ u32 *to_next;
+ f = vlib_get_frame_to_node (vm, ip4_lookup_node.index);
+ mlm->frames_by_thread[thread_index] = f;
+ to_next = vlib_frame_vector_args (f);
+ to_next[0] = bi0;
+ f->n_vectors = 1;
+ mlm->frames_by_thread[thread_index] = f;
+ }
+
+ if (PREDICT_FALSE (offset == 0))
+ my_flow_report_header (frm, b0, &offset);
+
+ if (PREDICT_TRUE (do_flush == 0))
+ {
+ /* Paint the new ipfix data record into the buffer */
+ clib_memcpy (b0->data + offset, rp, sizeof (*rp));
+ offset += sizeof (*rp);
+ b0->current_length += sizeof (*rp);
+ }
+
+ if (PREDICT_FALSE (do_flush || (offset + sizeof (*rp)) > frm->path_mtu))
+ {
+ /* Nothing to send? */
+ if (offset == 0)
+ return;
+
+ send_ipfix_pkt (frm, f, b0, mlm->template_ids[0]);
+ mlm->buffers_by_thread[thread_index] = 0;
+ mlm->frames_by_thread[thread_index] = 0;
+ offset = 0;
+ }
+ mlm->next_record_offset_by_thread[thread_index] = offset;
+ }
+
+ static void
+ my_buffer_flow_record (my_flow_record_t * rp, int do_flush)
+ {
+ u32 thread_index = vlib_get_thread_index();
+ my_buffer_flow_record_internal (rp, do_flush, thread_index);
+ }