Traffic Exporter — Production Setup

Install dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y libpcap-dev libssl-dev pkg-config build-essential

Build

cargo build --release
# Binary at: ./target/release/traffic-exporter

Install as systemd service

# Copy binary
sudo cp target/release/traffic-exporter /usr/local/bin/

# Install service
sudo cp traffic-exporter.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now traffic-exporter

# View logs
journalctl -u traffic-exporter -f

Endpoints

URL	Description
http://HOST:9100/metrics	Prometheus scrape target
http://HOST:9100/alerts	DDoS alert log (JSON)
http://HOST:9100/stats	Live IP stats (JSON)
http://HOST:9100/health	Health check

Prometheus scrape config

# prometheus.yml
scrape_configs:
  - job_name: traffic-exporter
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:9100']
    scrape_interval: 10s

Environment variables

Variable	Default	Description
EXPORTER_PORT	9100	HTTP listen port
RUST_LOG	info	Log level: error/warn/info/debug
THRESH_SYN_COUNT	500	SYN packets before SYN_FLOOD alert
THRESH_PPS	1000	Packets/sec before HIGH_PPS alert
THRESH_PORTS	100	Unique ports before PORT_SCAN alert
THRESH_MBPS	100	Mbps before BANDWIDTH_FLOOD alert

Grafana

Import grafana-dashboard.json via Grafana → Dashboards → Import. Set datasource to your Prometheus instance.