Flowmon Modules
- Last Updated: April 5, 2026
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You can extend the functionality of Flowmon appliances by using several modules for various tasks like our network behavioral analysis system (Flowmon ADS), application performance monitoring (Flowmon APM), and others (refer to https://www.flowmon.com for further details).
The Flowmon device can be monitored using these systems with pre-installed agents. The configuration of these agents is performed under the flowmon user or using the sudo command.
SNMP Daemon
The Flowmon device is delivered with a pre-installed SNMP daemon for easy remote device monitoring. The configuration file snmpd.conf is located in the /etc/snmp directory and can be modified by the flowmon user (locally or using ssh). To apply changes in this file run the following command:
sudo /sbin/service snmpd restart
If your modifications of the snmpd.conf file could influence the client's connection to the Flowmon Probe (especially the SNMP version and community string), you may need to also change the source SNMP connection settings on the target Flowmon Collector (if SNMP is used for retireving the source status information). For more information refer to the following section: Sources.
Zabbix Agent
The Flowmon device is delivered with a pre-installed generation 2 Zabbix Agent. This provides easy remote monitoring using a centralized monitoring system.
The Zabbix Agent generation 2 configuration file is located in /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf.
You can control the agent using the systemctl command:
sudo systemctl start zabbix-agent2.service
sudo systemctl stop zabbix-agent2.service
sudo systemctl restart zabbix-agent2.service
sudo systemctl enable zabbix-agent2.service # start automatically after reboot
sudo systemctl disable zabbix-agent2.service # do not start automatically after reboot
To check the status of the agent, use:
systemctl status zabbix-agent2.service
Flowmon also contains a generation 1 Zabbix Agent, which will be removed in the future. We recommend that you migrate to the generation 2 Zabbix Agent.
To migrate from a generation 1 to generation 2 Zabbix Agent, follow these steps:
- Configure the generation 2 Zabbix Agent in
/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf - Stop the original Zabbix Agent service:
sudo systemctl stop zabbix-agent.service - Disable automatic starting after reboot:
sudo systemctl disable zabbix-agent.service - Start the new Zabbix Agent service:
sudo systemctl start zabbix-agent2.service - Enable automatic starting after reboot:
sudo systemctl enable zabbix-agent2.service