ntop / ntop/nProbe

Cache Templates on Disk

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enhancement
Dominant language
Lua
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Description

As templates are not written permanently to disk, upon nProbe restart they are lost and nProbe is not operational until they ae received again. This is to request to dump them to disk and re-read them at restart in order to minimize startup time.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating the template storage and startup initialization paths, then determine the on-disk format and reload behavior; done means templates survive an nProbe restart and startup no longer waits for them to be received again.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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