Network Usage

Network Usage

The Network page under Usage Information shows server-wide network traffic statistics. It replaces the previous Analog-based network reports and uses nftables accounting instead.

Location

Navigation: Server Management → Usage Information → Network

Direct URL:

/sitestats/summaryNetwork

Tabs

The page is divided into two tabs:

Live (since last hourly reset)

This tab displays real-time and snapshot data:

Real-time RX/TX Rates

A live updating chart showing current network throughput
Same data source as the Network Usage widget on the dashboard (swupdate/news)
Fetched via
```
/gui/metrics
```
endpoint (CCEd-API /v2/metrics, key
```
aggnet
```
)

Per-IP Snapshot (Pie Chart + Table)

Shows inbound vs. outbound traffic share since the last hourly reset

Data source:

nft list table inet bxacct

(parsed by

/usr/sausalito/sbin/bxacct_dump.sh

)

Table columns: IP address, Inbound, Outbound, Total
Sorted by total traffic (descending)

Notes:

Loopback addresses (127.0.0.0/8) are omitted from all displays
If no data is shown, wait for
```
log_traffic
```
to run once (hourly cron job)

Last 24 hours

This tab shows historical hourly data:

Bar Graph

Inbound and outbound traffic per hour for the last 24 hours
Y-axis unit: MiB
Data source:
```
/var/log/ipacct
```
This tab is hidden until ipacct contains at least one hour of data

Data Sources

Layer	Source	Description
Real-time rates	/gui/metrics (aggnet)	Live RX/TX deltas from the system
Snapshot per IP	nftables inet bxacct	Counters since last hourly reset
24h history	/var/log/ipacct	Hourly log written by log_traffic

Layer

Source

Description

Real-time rates

/gui/metrics

(aggnet)

Live RX/TX deltas from the system

Snapshot per IP

nftables

inet bxacct

Counters since last hourly reset

24h history

/var/log/ipacct

Hourly log written by

log_traffic

Technical Background

Version: Available since base-sitestats 2.4-14 and later.

Backend Changes:

Replaces the old iptables-based accounting
Uses nftables table
```
inet bxacct
```
with chains
```
acctin
```
and
```
acctout
```
The
```
log_traffic
```
script resets counters hourly and writes to
```
/var/log/ipacct
```
No Analog or Webalizer is involved

Permissions:

Requires
```
adminUser
```
or
```
serverStatsServerNetwork
```
capability

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