Connecting Optional External Collectors

External collector integration structure

If you already collect flow data into a collector, you can optionally add an external flow collector to the ThousandEyes flow process. This allows you to send your flows to another flow collector for ingestion into additional network flow analysis tools while simultaneously ingesting them into ThousandEyes.

Add External Flow Collector

External Collector Management panel

To add an external flow collector:

1. Go to Traffic Insights > Settings.

2. Select the Forwarders tab.

3. Click External Collector Management in the top right.

4. In the panel, click + Add New External Collector.

5. Enter the collector's name, IP address and port.

   

   Create External Collector panel
6. Click Save.

Enable Collector on Forwarder

Edit Forwarder panel

To enable an external collector on a forwarder and/or modify listening ports:

1. Go to Traffic Insights > Settings.

2. Select the Forwarders tab.

3. On your chosen forwarder, click the ellipsis (...) and select Edit.

4. In the panel, change the TCP or UDP listening ports, and/or...

5. Enable an external collector by sliding the toggle to Enabled.

6. Select the external collector from the subsequent dropdown.

7. Click Save.