54.1. ACNT resource

54.1. ACNT resource
	Chapter 54. ACNT - Accounting resource

The Accounting Agent resource of the Abilis CPX is responsible of transmitting, through a TCP/IP network, accounting information to a remote host. A software application, named Collector provides data collecting, reports generating and presenting to the end user.

For further information refer to Section 54.3, “Appendix”.

54.1.1. Activating the ACNT resource

Add the resource to the Abilis system with the command:

[11:01:39] ABILIS_CPX:a res:acnt

RES:ACNT ALREADY EXISTS

The ACNT resource may already exist in the system, but may not yet be active: set it active with the command:

[11:01:48] ABILIS_CPX:s act res:acnt

COMMAND EXECUTED

	Caution
	After adding or setting the ACNT active, you must restart the Abilis to make the resource running (use the command warm start to reboot the Abilis).

[11:01:39] ABILIS_CPX:s p acnt act:yes

COMMAND EXECUTED

[11:01:39] ABILIS_CPX:d p acnt

RES:Acnt - Not Saved (SAVE CONF), Not Refreshed (INIT) ------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Run    DESCR:Accounting_Service
       LOG:NO        ACT:YES  locport:2060   tcpses:3       FILTER:ALL
       - Collector ------------------------------------------------------------
       IPADD:#                               CR:AUTO        CRKEY:DFT
       - Additional collector(s) ----------------------------------------------
       ADD-IPLIST:*                          ADD-CR:AUTO    ADD-CRKEY:DFT

	Caution
	Execute the initialization command init res:acnt to activate the changes made on the upper case parameters; changes made on the lowercase parameters require a save conf and an Abilis restart (i.e. with warm start command).

Set the parameter ACT to YES to allow the connection from the Collector program.

The configuration above allows the connection from at maximum 3 Collector from any IP address; to enable the connection form specific IP addresses, it is needed to set the IPADD and ADD-IPLIST parameters.

54.1.2. ACNT resource parameters

Use the following command to display the parameters of the resource. The d p acnt ? command shows the meaning of parameters.

[11:01:39] ABILIS_CPX:d p acnt

RES:Acnt ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Run    DESCR:Accounting_Service
       LOG:NO        ACT:YES  locport:2060   tcpses:3       FILTER:ALL
       - Collector ------------------------------------------------------------
       IPADD:#                               CR:AUTO        CRKEY:DFT
       - Additional collector(s) ----------------------------------------------
       ADD-IPLIST:*                          ADD-CR:AUTO    ADD-CRKEY:DFT

Below are descriptions of the most important parameters:

ACT: Runtime activation/deactivation.
locport: Local TCP port for incoming connections; by default is 2060.
tcpses: Number of TCP sessions.
FILTER: It defines a filter to be applied on the Accounting information to be collected [ALL: any accounting event is collected; CONNECTED: only information related to successful connections are collected; FAILED: only information related to failed connections are collected].
IPADD: Main collector IP address. If it is set to #, the resource accept connections from any IP address.
CR: Additional Encryption/Decryption activation.
CRKEY: Additional Encryption/Decryption key index.

The following command allows the administrator to change the configuration of the resource:

s p acnt parameter:value...

	Caution
	To activate the changes made on the upper case parameters, execute the initialization command init res:acnt; while to set act the changes made on the lowercase parameters a save conf and an Abilis restart are required (i.e. with warm start command).


Chapter 54. ACNT - Accounting resource		54.2. ACNT diagnostics and statistics