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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Why does my logger keep crashing? Can someone please help me with this. I have provided some system information below:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am running bro version 2.6.3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">Output of broctl status. The logger is crashed but the manager, proxy and workers are still running.
<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal">broctl status<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Name Type Host Status Pid Started<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red">logger logger localhost crashed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">manager manager localhost running 17356 09 Sep 15:42:24<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">proxy-1 proxy localhost running 17401 09 Sep 15:42:25<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-1 worker localhost running 17573 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-2 worker localhost running 17569 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-3 worker localhost running 17572 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-4 worker localhost running 17587 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-5 worker localhost running 17619 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-6 worker localhost running 17614 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-7 worker localhost running 17625 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-8 worker localhost running 17646 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-9 worker localhost running 17671 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-10 worker localhost running 17663 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-11 worker localhost running 17679 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-12 worker localhost running 17685 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-13 worker localhost running 17698 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-14 worker localhost running 17703 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-15 worker localhost running 17710 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-16 worker localhost running 17717 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-17 worker localhost running 17720 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-18 worker localhost running 17727 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-19 worker localhost running 17728 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-20 worker localhost running 17731 09 Sep 15:42:27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">Here’s my node.cfg settings<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal">[logger]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">type=logger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">host=localhost<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[manager]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">type=manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">host=localhost<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[proxy-1]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">type=proxy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">host=localhost<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[worker-1]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">type=worker<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">host=localhost<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">interface=af_packet::ens2f0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">lb_method=custom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">#lb_method=pf_ring<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">lb_procs=20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">pin_cpus=6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">af_packet_fanout_id=25<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">af_packet_fanout_mode=AF_Packet::FANOUT_HASH<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">Heres more information on my CPU. 32 CPUs, model name – AMD, CPU max MHz is 2800.0000<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal">Architecture: x86_64<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Byte Order: Little Endian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CPU(s): 32<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On-line CPU(s) list: 0-31<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thread(s) per core: 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Core(s) per socket: 8<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Socket(s): 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NUMA node(s): 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CPU family: 21<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Model: 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Model name: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6386 SE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stepping: 0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CPU MHz: 1960.000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CPU max MHz: 2800.0000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CPU min MHz: 1400.0000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BogoMIPS: 5585.93<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Virtualization: AMD-V<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">L1d cache: 16K<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">L1i cache: 64K<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">L2 cache: 2048K<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">L3 cache: 6144K<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NUMA node1 CPU(s): 16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NUMA node2 CPU(s): 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NUMA node3 CPU(s): 17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">Would also like to know how I can reduce my packet loss. Below is the output of broctl netstats<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal">broctl netstats<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-1: 1568908277.861813 recvd=12248845422 dropped=5171188999 link=17420313882<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-2: 1568908298.313954 recvd=8636707266 dropped=971489 link=8637678939<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-3: 1568908278.425888 recvd=11684808853 dropped=5617381647 link=17302473791<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-4: 1568908285.731130 recvd=12567242226 dropped=4339688288 link=16907212802<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-5: 1568908298.363911 recvd=8620499351 dropped=24595149 link=8645095758<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-6: 1568908298.372892 recvd=8710565757 dropped=1731022 link=8712297432<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-7: 1568908298.266010 recvd=9065207444 dropped=53523232 link=9118737229<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-8: 1568908286.935607 recvd=11377790124 dropped=3680887247 link=15058934491<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-9: 1568908298.419657 recvd=8931903322 dropped=39696184 link=8971604219<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-10: 1568908298.478576 recvd=8842874030 dropped=2501252 link=8845376352<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-11: 1568908298.506649 recvd=8692769329 dropped=2253413 link=8695025626<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-12: 1568908298.520830 recvd=8749977028 dropped=2314733 link=8752293714<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-13: 1568908298.544573 recvd=9101243757 dropped=1779460 link=9103025399<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-14: 1568908291.370011 recvd=10876925726 dropped=775722632 link=11652810353<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-15: 1568908298.579721 recvd=8503097394 dropped=1420699 link=8504520066<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-16: 1568908298.594942 recvd=8515164266 dropped=1840977 link=8517006779<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-17: 1568908298.646966 recvd=10666567717 dropped=466489754 link=11133059283<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-18: 1568908298.671246 recvd=9023603573 dropped=2037607 link=9025642263<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-19: 1568908298.704675 recvd=8907784186 dropped=1164594 link=8908950238<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">worker-1-20: 1568908298.718084 recvd=9140525444 dropped=2028593 link=9142555259<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p>
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