Chapter 2. Installation

2.1. Installation requirements

Apart from the Minimum System Requirements set out above, there are a number of things to check so as to ensure the best performance from Caligare Flow Inspector:

  • Caligare Flow Inspector should run on a dedicated Server. The software is processor-intensive and a busy processor can result in problems in collecting NetFlow data.
  • We recommend the latest version of MySQL database server and client (libmysqlclient version 16 at minimum).
  • Apache 2 web server with PHP support (ideally PHP5.3).
  • Installed PHP extensions php5-gd, php5-mysql and php5-snmp.
  • System networking utilities: ping, traceroute, whois.
  • We recommend to use 64bit version (amd64) on a server with more then 4GB RAM.
[Caution]Caution
Before installation of NetFlow monitoring package, please, check if all required components are installed.