Recommendations for Updating to Beta Version, Configuration, and Log Collection

1. Update the service to the beta version using the command:

yum --enablerepo vasexperts-beta update fastdpi

If you are using BNG functionality and FastPCRF is located on a separate server, execute the following command on the FastPCRF server to update:

yum --enablerepo vasexperts-beta update fastpcrf
The current version — 14.2 BETA2.1
Release date 16.02. If the new version is not visible, clear the cache:
yum clean all

2. In the configuration file /etc/dpi/fastdpi.conf, set the following parameter values:

nat_whp_max_viewq=1
nat_dstaddr_cache_size=0
nat_whp_max_viewq - changes the translation view depth

nat_dstaddr_cache_size - disables sending postNATport in IPFIX, optional as it affects NAT translation export

Optionally, if there is a shortage of connection ports
nat_whp_lifetime=10 - sets the short queue time in seconds for NAT translation for TCP SYN, TCP FIN, UDP. This parameter overrides lifetime_flow only for NAT translations. After this time, the port may be reused, but only when the queue for that port on a specific public IP address is reached. Helps reduce port release time.
nat_gcache_slice_k100=150 - changes the port allocation logic, use only if the Private to Public density is low (less than 10:1)

3. Restart SSG. Note that if FastPCRF is on a separate server, restart the fastpcrf service on the FastPCRF server. Restart will interrupt subscriber traffic processing.
Restart SSG in the following order:

service fastdpi stop
service fastpcrf restart
service fastdpi start

4. Collect a flow dump using the command:

mkdir -p /var/log/dpi/$(date +%Y%m%d) && fdpi_cli dump flow cache > /var/log/dpi/$(date +%Y%m%d)/2_flow.txt

5. Backup fastdpi logs using the command:

tar -jcvf /var/log/dpi/BACKUPLOG_$(date +"%Y%m%d").tar.bz2 /var/log/dpi/fastdpi_*.log /var/log/dpi/fastpcrf_*.log

6. Collect statistics for all subscribers with CG-NAT using the command:

fdpi_ctrl list all status --service 11 > /var/log/dpi/$(date +%Y%m%d)/all_nat.txt

7. Collect statistics for subscribers with more than 800 TCP sessions:

fdpi_ctrl list all status --service 11 | grep -E '^[0-9]' | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if($i ~ /active_sess_tcp=/) {split($i,a,"="); if(a[2]+0 > 800) print}}' > /var/log/dpi/$(date +%Y%m%d)/subscriber_with_T800_nat.txt

8. Collect statistics for subscribers with more than 800 UDP sessions:

fdpi_ctrl list all status --service 11 | grep -E '^[0-9]' | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if($i ~ /active_sess_udp=/) {split($i,a,"="); if(a[2]+0 > 800) print}}' > /var/log/dpi/$(date +%Y%m%d)/subscriber_with_U800_nat.txt

9. Record the outputs of the following commands:

ll -h /var/lib/dpi/proto*
ll -h /etc/dpi/as*

10. Notify us so we can download the archive with logs and flow dump from the server. You can also download them yourself and send via any convenient file-sharing service.

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