Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i want to read counters defined in nftables, but have not found a solid way to do this
>
> nft list table ip filter
>
> shows me the rules from specific table with all chains, rules and counters, e.g.
>
> chain voip1 {
> counter packets 3226 bytes 780864 accept
> }
>
> chain voip2 {
> counter packets 1640 bytes 119449 accept
> }
>
> this needs to be parsed with grep/sed/awk, so maybe there is an easier way to read the counters. found nothing in manpage or google, so i just ask here. maybe there is a way to show the last x min traffic. i need this to check if connections is "alive"
You could use a named counter and then fetch it via 'nft list counter
inet tablenam countername'.
