NetFlowVizu 0.6

Network flow visualizer.

What is this vizu?

net_flow_vizu_dia.py converts a YAML formated network flow data into a dia (http://projects.gnome.org/dia/) diagram file.

Prerequisites

• python 2.6+

• python-lxml (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/)

• python-yaml (http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML)

Usage examples

command line:

$ ./net_flow_vizu_dia.py < data_example.yaml > f.dia
$ data_generator | ./net_flow_vizu_dia.py > f.dia

$ dia f.dia

Notes

Items in sections “traffic” and “marks” doesn’t need to be in order by timestamps.

FAQ

Q: net_flow_vizu_dia.py fails with an exception

“yaml.scanner.(Parser|Scanner)Error”.

A: Input data is probably not in a correct YAML format

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML).

Q: net_flow_vizu_dia.py fails with any other exception. A: Your input data has a wrong structure (or net_flow_vizu has a bug :-)

Output example