Available Commands

The list of commands in the following table contains either standard Linux commands or custom commands which can be used by the flowmon user and can help with the maintenance and troubleshooting of the Flowmon solution. You can execute the commands in the CLI which is accessible over SSH or through the local console. Command arguments that should be provided by the user to perform the required action are marked with < and >.

Command	Description
/home/flowmon/restore_factory_settings.sh	Resets the FMC and FCC to the default configuration, puts back the default SSL certificate, and deletes all collected data, reports, and active devices database. Cleans data of all modules, resets admin GUI password to the default value, deletes logs and GUI cache, and resets network interfaces to default. Without arguments, the command runs in an interactive mode and asks you to confirm individual actions.
/home/flowmon/restore_factory_settings.sh autorun	Executes the above function to reset the appliance to the default configuration but it answers Yes automatically to all questions and it only keeps the network configuration intact.
/home/flowmon/sysconfig	Opens an interactive menu to set up IP addresses of the management interfaces, gateway, DNS servers, hostname, date and time options, and password for SSH access.
/usr/bin/php /var/www/shtml/index.php Cli:AddUser -login="<username>" -pass="<password>" -name="<name>" -surname="<surname>" -email="<email>" -role="<role>"	Creates new Flowmon users from the CLI with the selected parameters.
/usr/bin/php /var/www/shtml/index.php Cli:DeleteUser -login="<username>"	Deletes a Flowmon user specified by <username>.
/usr/bin/php /var/www/shtml/index.php Cli:ChangePassword -login="<username>" -pass="<password>"	Sets <password> as the password for the existing Flowmon user <username>.
/usr/bin/php /var/www/shtml/index.php Cli:GetConfigurationXML > /home/flowmon/config.xml	Retrieves the full system configuration and stores it in the /home/flowmon/config.xml file. Using parameters, it is possible to retrieve only a particular section of the configuration. To get all the sections, check the command above.
/usr/bin/php /var/www/shtml/index.php Cli:SetConfigurationXML -method="delete" -xml="/home/flowmon/config.xml"	Restores system configuration with all available details from /home/flowmon/config.xml. Using the delete method replaces all existing configurations with the one stored in the provided XML file. The other option is to use the method “add” which is the equivalent of Add and Modify import from the UI.
/usr/bin/php /var/www/shtml/index.php Cli:InstallPackage -package=<package_name>	Initiates installation of the Flowmon OS package specified in the parameter <package_name>. The package must be in the /tmp directory. It only returns a successful message or an error.
cat /etc/flowmon/pkg_versions.txt	Displays versions of installed packages.
check_license -i	Prints Platform-ID and HW-ID needed for the license.
sudo /data/components/apps/bin/gather-logs.sh	Generates an archive with appliance logs for Flowmon Support. The created file named “logs-DATE-TIME.tar.gz.gpg” is stored in /home/flowmon. Its content is already compressed and encrypted using PGP. It is normal for this command to run for a couple of minutes. The produced file may have hundreds of MBs depending on the log size.
sudo systemctl restart httpd	Restarts the HTTP daemon (Apache).
sudo systemctl restart postgresql	Restarts the PostgreSQL database.
systemctl status postgresql	Shows the status of the PostgreSQL database.
sudo shutdown	Shuts down the appliance.
/usr/bin/php /var/www/shtml/index.php Cli:fmcController -a=[start|stop]	Starts or stops the collector daemon. This command emulates the collector start/stop trigger from the user interface. The collector remains stopped until it is manually started with the same command.
ethtool <interface>	Gets the status and supported modes of the interface specified by the interface.
ip route	Shows the appliance's routing table. For more details, check the manual page.
man <command>	Shows the manual page for certain commands or system functions.
less /var/log/{cron,daemon,messages,secure}	Check log files in the /var/log directory.
ip address	Provides a list of IP addresses assigned to all interfaces of the appliance.
sudo /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/racadm raid get pdisks -o -p status,state	Checks the status of disks in the RAID. This is only applicable for hardware appliances.
sudo /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/racadm raid get vdisks -o -p layout,status	Checks the status of a virtual disk. This is only applicable for hardware appliances.
sudo /usr/bin/disk_tools.sh reboot_and_check	Reboots the appliance and starts the disk consistency check.
sudo /data/components/flowmonexp/scripts/flowmonexp_manager.py -a <start|stop|status|restart|reload|reset> -i <interface>	Manage the flow exporting process (exporter). If the -i parameter is not present, the selected action is performed on all monitoring ports. You can specify the -i parameter multiple times.
/usr/bin/nfdump -r /data/flows/<source>/2025/11/05/fsfile.202511051215	Checks a specific file containing the received flow data related to a specific flow source. Run nfdump --help to get more information about the usage.
sudo backup -i	Not supported in Flowmon 13 Beta. Shows the status of Disaster Recovery backups. For details, refer to the following section: Backup for Disaster Recovery.
sudo backup -l	Not supported in Flowmon 13 Beta. Lists available Disaster Recovery backups. For details, refer to the following section: Backup for Disaster Recovery. Introduced in Flowmon version 11.0.5.
sudo backup -c	Not supported in Flowmon 13 Beta. Applies changes from the backup.yml configuration file. For details, refer to the following section: Backup for Disaster Recovery.
sudo backup -b	Not supported in Flowmon 13 Beta. Creates a Disaster Recovery backup of the appliance. For details, refer to the following section: Backup for Disaster Recovery.
sudo backup -r <backup_name>	Not supported in Flowmon 13 Beta. Recovers the appliance state from the selected Disaster Recovery backup. For details, refer to the following section: Backup for Disaster Recovery.
fqa <start|startd|stop> [udp_port] [collection_time] [max_used_disk_space_mb]	Not supported in Flowmon 13 Beta. Starts, starts detached, or stops the flow quality analysis for a specific UDP listening port on the collector. Returns results in either plain text format or a more detailed JSON file for automated processing. The analysis stops after the specified time or when the maximum used disk space is reached - whichever comes first.
/data/components/apps/bin/ipsec-nat.sh -a SOURCE:DESTINATION	Creates a new SNAT rule for SOURCE:DESTINATION.
/data/components/apps/bin/ipsec-nat.sh -d SOURCE:DESTINATION	Deletes a SNAT rule for SOURCE:DESTINATION.
/data/components/apps/bin/ipsec-nat.sh -l	Lists all SNAT rules.
/data/components/apps/bin/ipsec-nat.sh -c	Removes all SNAT rules.