We covered Fortinet's regular NetFlow and Syslog configuration in a different blog post some time ago. For some Fortigates, there isn't a NetFlow option. Instead, there are only Sflow configuration options on the machines.

In the beginning, we need to configure the global options

Sonicwall is one of the leaders in the cybersecurity and next-generation firewalls market. Also, this is one of the first companies that recognized a need for networked cybersecurity and observability on-prem and in the cloud. Their products can be physical, aimed at a wide range of customers from SMBs to Large enterprises, as well as virtual firewalls. Today we will configure virtual NsV 270

VMware is a ubiquitous name in the virtualization world. It includes ESXi, VMware Workstation, Tanzu and many other products. These products are the first thing that comes up when people talk about virtual machines and other items dependent on them. In this post, we focus on ESXi, VMware's bare-metal hypervisor, and vCenter, VMware's multi-system management software.

The OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system that targets embedded devices. Instead of static firmware images, OpenWrt provides a filesystem with a package manager, similar to regular Linux systems. OpenWrt now supports numerous architectures, so you can install it on pretty much anything, even on hypervisors.

For the NetFlow configuration, we will use

Sophos Firewall Operating System (SFOS) is a purpose-built OS that is the core of Sophos XG firewall. The architecture has multiple options for mitigating the latest threats and modern-day features like SD-WAN, cloud application traffic, etc. Sophos has a great GUI that makes the configuration quite easy, and you would rarely need to dive into CLI.

NetFlow