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conntrack-tools

conntrack-tools — connection tracking userspace tools for netfilter

conntrack-tools

conntrack-tools — connection tracking userspace tools for netfilter

1.4.9 · aarch64-linux

Runtime lifecycle

conntrackd reloads a validated configuration in place while its socket and log paths remain systemd-managed.

Operation modes

Choose a local statistics/cache mode or declare a complete synchronization channel. Buffer, hash, polling, and connection logging controls are validated before reload.

conntrackd

Option	Type	Description
enable	`boolean`	Enable the package-owned connection tracking daemon.
hashLimit	`signed integer`	Maximum number of tracked connections in daemon caches.
hashSize	`signed integer`	Number of daemon cache hash buckets.
logConnections	`boolean`	Log destroyed connections in statistics mode.
mode	`one of ["stats","sync"]`	Run as a local statistics collector or an FTFW state replicator.
netlinkBufferSize	`signed integer`	Initial netlink receive buffer size in bytes.
netlinkBufferSizeMaxGrowth	`signed integer`	Maximum dynamically grown netlink buffer size in bytes.
pollSeconds	`signed integer or null`	Optional kernel conntrack polling interval.
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