Create a configuration file that, at a minimum, specifies your Apache Kafka broker:

[kafka-global]
metadata.broker.list = kafka-broker1:9092

You can view the example configuration file conf/fastcapa.conf to learn other useful parameters.

If the capture device is not bound, bind it:

ifdown enp9s0f0
modprobe uio_pci_generic
$DPDK_HOME/sbin/dpdk-devbind --bind=uio_pci_generic "09:00.0"

Run Fastcapa:

fastcapa -c 0x03 --huge-dir /mnt/huge_1GB -- -p 0x01 -t pcap -c /etc/fastcapa.conf

Terminate Fastcapa and clear the queue by usingSIGINT or by typing CTRL-C.

The probe will cleanly shut down all of the workers and allow the backlog of packets to drain.

To terminate the process without clearing the queue, use SIGKILL or enterkillall -9 fastcapa.