From 62131133e30c4c6521b729d420a9bee9fc45c20b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rebortg Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 16:32:25 +0200 Subject: add clear command to troubleshooting.rst --- docs/troubleshooting.rst | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.rst b/docs/troubleshooting.rst index 71345074..a012cd20 100644 --- a/docs/troubleshooting.rst +++ b/docs/troubleshooting.rst @@ -161,6 +161,50 @@ The `unlimited` keyword is used to specify that an unlimited number of packets can be captured (by default, 1,000 packets are captured and you're returned to the VyOS command prompt). +Clear Command +------------- + +Sometimes you need to clear counters or statistics to troubleshoot better. + +To do this use the ``clear`` command in Operational mode. + +to clear the console output + +.. code-block:: sh + + vyos@vyos:~$ clear console + +to clear interface counters + +.. code-block:: sh + + # clear all interfaces + vyos@vyos:~$ clear interface ethernet counters + # clear specific interface + vyos@vyos:~$ clear interface ehternet eth0 counters + +The command follow the same logic as the ``set`` command in configuration mode. + +.. code-block:: sh + + # clear all counters of a interface type + vyos@vyos:~$ clear interface counters + # clear counter of a interface in interface_type + vyos@vyos:~$ clear interface counters + + +to clear counters on firewall rulesets or single rules + +.. code-block:: sh + + vyos@vyos:~$ clear firewall name counters + vyos@vyos:~$ clear firewall name rule counters + + vyos@vyos:~$ clear firewall ipv6-name counters + vyos@vyos:~$ clear firewall ipv6-name rule counters + + + .. _mtr: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ .. _tshark: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html .. _`PCAP filter expressions`: http://www.tcpdump.org/manpages/pcap-filter.7.html -- cgit v1.2.3