BROCTL(8)

NAME
broctl - interactive shell for managing Bro installations

SYNOPSIS
broctl [command]

DESCRIPTION
broctl is an interactive interface for managing either a standalone or a Bro cluster installation. If a broctl command is specified directly on the command-line, then broctl performs the action associated with that command immediately (instead of running the interactive interface). Before actually running broctl you first need to edit the broctl.cfg, node.cfg, and networks.cfg files. In the broctl.cfg file, you should review the broctl options and make sure the options are set correctly for your environment. Next, edit the node.cfg file and specify the nodes that you will be running. Finally, edit the networks.cfg file and list each network that is considered local to the monitored environment (see the examples in the file for the format to use). When running broctl for the first time, you must run the broctl deploy command before running any other commands in order to apply the configuration settings. You must also run broctl deploy each time you change the configuration (including any Bro scripts) or upgrade Bro.

OPTIONS

capstats [<nodes>] [<secs>]
    Report interface statistics with capstats

check [<nodes>]
    Check configuration before installing it

cleanup [--all] [<nodes>]
    Delete working dirs (flush state) on nodes

config
    Print broctl configuration

cron [--no-watch]
    Perform jobs intended to run from cron

cron enable|disable|?
    Enable/disable "cron" jobs

deploy
    Check, install, and restart

df [<nodes>]
    Print nodes' current disk usage

diag [<nodes>]
    Output diagnostics for nodes

exec <shell cmd>
    Execute shell command on all hosts

exit
    Exit from the interactive interface

install
    Update broctl installation/configuration

netstats [<nodes>]
    Print nodes' current packet counters

nodes
    Print node configuration

peerstatus [<nodes>]
    Print status of nodes' remote connections

print <id> [<nodes>]
    Print values of script variable at nodes

process <trace> [<op>] [-- <sc>]
    Run Bro (with options and scripts) on trace

restart [--clean] [<nodes>]
    Stop and then restart processing

scripts [-c] [<nodes>]
    List the Bro scripts the nodes will load

start [<nodes>]
    Start processing

status [<nodes>]
    Summarize node status

stop [<nodes>]
    Stop processing

top [<nodes>]
    Show Bro processes ala top

update [<nodes>]
    Update configuration of nodes on the fly

Commands provided by plugins:

ps.bro [<nodes>]
    Show Bro processes on nodes' systems

AUTHOR
broctl was written by The Bro Project <info@bro.org>.