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Installation

Getting started with Trisul IPDR

The steps for getting from zero to a working install of Trisul IPDR are

  • Get a VM or a physical server ready for IPDR. See System Requirements
  • Sign up and Download the Trisul Network Analytics packages for your platform. 📥 Get Started Page
  • You need to install the three core packages only for IPDR.
    • trisul-hub
    • trisul-probe
    • webtrisul

👏 Congrats ! You are halfway there. Follow the steps outlined in the rest of this document.

Package Install​

only 3 packages

For IPDR mode, you only require trisul-hub trisul-probe webtrisul You do not require the trisul-geo and trisul-badfellas

After downloading the packages, logon to the server as root


# for ubuntu
dpkg -i trisul-hub-xxx.deb trisul-probe-xxx.deb  webtrisul-xxx.deb

# for RHEL/CentOS/Oracle
rpm -Uvh trisul-hub-xxx.rpm trisul-probe-xxx.rpm  webtrisul-xxx.rpm

For more details refer to the 📝 Installation section in the Trisul User Guide

Mode Wizard at First Login​

First Login

After install go to Trisul IPDR webpage at http://x.y.z.z:3000 and enter admin/admin - On first login you will be asked to switch to IPDR mode.

1. Select the IPDR mode​

On the very first admin login you will be prompted to switch into the desired mode of Trisul Netflow Analytics. The selection box will look like this. Select the IPDR Compliance option and press Next.

select IPDR mode Figure: Select IPDR Compliance Mode

2. Select the Interface​

Next you need to select the network interface on which you will be receiving the NetFlow and/or SYSLOG traffic.

select network interface Figure: Select interface on which data will arrive

3. Start the Trisul IPDR Servers​

Navigation

👉 Go to Context:default → Start/Stop Tasks → Stop the Probe and then start it again.

4. Request a Trial License​

The built in license only works for 7-days. We strongly recommend you contact us for an extended 15-day Trial License via https://www.trisul.org/support/get-extended-license/

Configure Network for IPDR​

Now the IPDR Server is ready. Next you need to get the network to send data to it.

Configure to send NetFlow/IPFIX to the Trisul IPDR server. You need to do this on the Gateway routers only.