NTOP : Installation et configuration d'NTOP (Network TOP)
1 Introduction
This is a tool to collect the network information with simple configurations. Users may use the web browser to access the current network views that include charts and statistics.
2 Installation
ntop is available on most linux distros. Below are the steps tested on Ubuntu 8.10 Linux. I am sure that ntop is available for RPM based distro like CentOS.
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apt-get install ntop /etc/init.d/ntop -i eth0 start |
Replace eth0 with the network interface name. The system will maintain a database of the network information in the /var/lib/ntop directory. Create the default admin user with;
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ntop |
- Enter the admin user password.
- View ntop
The ntop results can be viewed with a web browser pointing to any of the URL address :
- http://localhost:3000
- https://localhost:3001 (this may need to be configured)
The ntop screen should have the following main menus:
- About: What is ntop, credits, documentations and configurations.
- Summary: Traffic, Hosts, Network load, network flows
- All protocols: Traffic, Throughput, Activity
- IP: Summary, Traffic directions, Local
- Utils: Data dump, View log
- Plugins: Lots of plugins to enable or configure
- Admin: Configure, Shutdown
2.1 Startup settings
To change the ntop server startup settings, Select Admin ->Configure ->Startup options in the web interface.
Edit the changes as needed and save.
