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Configuring a Junos Telemetry Interface Sensor (CLI Procedure)

 

Junos telemetry interface provides for the highly scalable streaming of telemetry information. Unlike previous monitoring systems, such as SNMP, which use the so-called pull model, the Junos telemetry interface uses the push model to collect data. The push model overcomes earlier scaling limits and reduces the processing required by the management station. You can enable monitoring and streaming of data for various system resources, such as physical and logical interfaces and firewall filters. To monitor a specific system resource, you configure a sensor. Each sensor configuration requires three main components:

  • Sensor profile—Enables the system resource to monitor and allows you to set related parameters, such as the destination server to send data.

  • Export profile—Specifies the attributes for the process of exporting collected data, such as the transport protocol to use and the interval at which to collect data.

  • Streaming server profile—Specifies the server for collecting data and related parameters, including the destination IP address and port number.

Note

Junos telemetry interface was introduced in Junos OS Release 15.1F3 on MX Series routers with interfaces configured on MPC1 through MPC6E and on PTX Series routers with interfaces configured on FPC3. Starting in Junos OS Release 15.1F5, Junos telemetry interface is also supported on MPC7E, MPC8E, and MPC9E on MX Series routers.

Starting with Junos OS Release 16.1R3, FPC1 and FPC2 on PTX Series routers are also supported.

Starting with Junos OS Release 17.2R1, QFX10000 and PTX1000 switches are also supported.

Starting with Junos OS Release 17.3R1, EX9200 switches, and the Routing and Control Board (RCB) on PTX3000 routers are also supported.

Starting with Junos OS Release 17.4R1, virtual MX Series (vMX) routers are supported. All sensors are supported except for those for fabric statistics and high queue-scale statistics.

Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R1, MX Series routers operating with MS-MIC and MS-MPC, QFX10002 switches, and PTX10002 routers are also supported.

Best Practice

We recommend that you configure at least one export profile and at least one streaming server before you configure a sensor profile. This way you can associate an export profile and a streaming server with the sensor profile configuration.

Before you begin:

  • Configure a connection from your Juniper Networks device to a server that is using in-band management interfaces.

Configuring an Export Profile

An export profile defines the parameters of the export process of data generated through the Junos telemetry interface. You must configure at least one export profile, but you can configure multiple export profiles. Each export profile can be associated with multiple sensor profiles. However, you can associate only one export profile with a specific sensor profile.

Note

Starting with Junos OS Release 17.3R1 on MX Series routers only, you can specify a packet loss priority for an export profile. As a result, you can apply the appropriate packet loss priority to each sensor. Loss priority settings help determine which packets are dropped from the network during periods of congestion. Previously, you could specify only the forwarding class and the DSCP value in an export profile. The following packet loss priority settings are supported: high, low, medium-high and medium-low. For more information about packet loss priority settings, see Mapping PLP to RED Drop Profiles.

To configure an export profile:

  1. Specify a name for the export profile.

    For example, to specify an export-profile name of export-params:

  2. Specify the source IP address of exported packets.

    For example, to specify a source IP address of 192.0.2.3 for an export profile with the name export-params:

  3. Specify the source port number of exported packets.

    For example, to specify a source port number of 21111 for an export profile with the name export-params:

  4. Specify the interval, in seconds, at which the sensor generates telemetry data.

    For example, to specify an interval of 20 seconds at which any sensor associated with the export-profile with the name export-params generates telemetry data :

  5. Specify the format to define the structure of the exported data. Note

    The only currently supported format is Google protocol buffers (gpb)

    For example, to specify the Google protocol buffers format for exported data for an export-profile with the name export-params:

  6. Specify the transport protocol to carry the telemetry data in the IP packets.

    For example, to specify the UDP as the transport protocol for telemetry data for an export profile with the name export-params:

  7. (Optional) Specify the DiffServ code point (DSCP) value to assign to exported packets.Note

    The default value is 0 (zero).

    Any interface-level DSCP rewrite rules you have configured override the DSCP value you specify for the export profile. You need to specify a DSCP value for the export profile only if you do not configure DSCP rewrite rules on the outgoing interface. For more information, see Configuring Rewrite Rules.

    For example, to specify a DSCP value of 20 for an export profile with the name export-params:

  8. (Optional) Specify a forwarding class to assign to exported packets.Note

    You can specify a forwarding class only for packets exported by Packet Forwarding Engine sensors. The default value is best-effort.

    For example, to specify a forwarding class of assured-forwarding for an export-profile with the name export-params:

  9. (Optional) (MX Series routers only on Junos OS Release 17.3R1 or later) Specify a packet loss priority to assign to exported packets.

    For example, to specify a loss priority of high for an export profile with the name export-params:

Configuring a Streaming Server Profile

A server profile defines the parameters of the server that collects exported telemetry data. You can define more than one server profile. You can also associate the same server profile with more than one sensor profile. Starting in Junos OS Release 15.1F6, you can associate more than one server with a specific sensor.

To define the profile of a streaming server to collect exported telemetry data:

  1. Specify the name of the streaming sever.

    For example, to specify a streaming-server name of telemetry server:

  2. Specify a destination IP address for the exported packets.

    For example, to specify a destination address of 192.0.2.2 for a streaming server with the name telemetry-server:

  3. Specify a destination port number for the exported packets.

    For example, to specify a destination port number of 30000 for a streaming server with the name telemetry-server:

Configuring a Sensor Profile

A sensor profile defines the parameters of the system resource to monitor and stream data. You can enable only one system resource to monitor for each sensor profile. Configure a different sensor profile for each system resource you want to monitor. You can, however, configure more than one sensor to monitor the same system resource. For example, you might want to configure different parameters for exporting data for the same system resource.

To configure a sensor profile:

  1. Specify the name of the sensor.

    For example, to specify a sensor name of interface-1:

  2. Specify the system resource to monitor and stream data.

    For example, to enable monitoring of logical interfaces for sensor interface-1:

    Note

    You must enter the resource string exactly.

  3. (Optional) Specify a regular expression to filter data for the system resource you specified in Step 2. If you do not specify a regular expression, the system resource is monitored globally, that is, systemwide.

    For example, to filter data only for Ethernet logical interfaces for sensor interface-1:

  4. Specify the name of a export profile configured at the [edit export-profile profile-name] hierarchy level to associate with the sensor profile. This export profile defines the parameters for exporting telemetry data.

    For example, to associate an export profile named export-params with a sensor named interface-1:

  5. Specify the name of a streaming server name configured at the [edit services analytics streaming-server server-name] hierarchy level to collect exported data.Note

    Starting in Junos OS Release 15.1F6, you can specify more than one streaming server for a sensor profile. To specify more than one streaming server for a sensor, you must enclose the names in brackets.

    For example, to associate a streaming server name telemetry-server with a sensor named interface-1:

Verifying Junos Telemetry Interface Sensor Configuration

Purpose

Confirm your configuration.

Action

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show services analytics command. If your output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this configuration procedure to correct the configuration.

After you commit the configuration, verify that the sensor is enabled by issuing the show agent sensors operational command.

user@host> show agent sensors
Release History Table
Release
Description
19.1R1
Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R1, MX Series routers operating with MS-MIC and MS-MPC, QFX10002 switches, and PTX10002 routers are also supported.
17.4R1
Starting with Junos OS Release 17.4R1, virtual MX Series (vMX) routers are supported.
17.3R1
Starting with Junos OS Release 17.3R1, EX9200 switches, and the Routing and Control Board (RCB) on PTX3000 routers are also supported.
17.3R1
Starting with Junos OS Release 17.3R1 on MX Series routers only, you can specify a packet loss priority for an export profile.
17.2R1
Starting with Junos OS Release 17.2R1, QFX10000 and PTX1000 switches are also supported.
16.1R3
Starting with Junos OS Release 16.1R3, FPC1 and FPC2 on PTX Series routers are also supported.
15.1F5
Starting in Junos OS Release 15.1F5, Junos telemetry interface is also supported on MPC7E, MPC8E, and MPC9E on MX Series routers.
15.1F3
Junos telemetry interface was introduced in Junos OS Release 15.1F3 on MX Series routers with interfaces configured on MPC1 through MPC6E and on PTX Series routers with interfaces configured on FPC3.