Topic: [ANNOUNCE] NTOP 3.2 howto for SME7

[egerards]

Eric,

I recommend to use yum for rpm installations which should help to find and to resolve dependencies (and keeps a log which rpm was when installed) eg:

yum localinstall ntopxxxxx.rpm --enablerepo=*

This allows all repositories to be searched for dependent rpms.
Michael

Thanks for the tip. This could be a time saver in case of a lot of dependencies.

Though if you have the time to spend, compiling the whole bunch yourself can be a satisfactory and educational activity....  

[Janm]

For Centos

wget http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ntop/ntop-3.2-0.centos4.i386.rpm


yum localinstall ntop-3.2-0.centos4.i386.rpm --enablerepo=*

just tried on 7.0 final to

Fantastic piece of Software i am using it to test a sme server v.6.0.1-02Custom for the moment
janm
ps: Thanks for all the info from all here

[jeroenm]

For Centos

wget http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ntop/ntop-3.2-0.centos4.i386.rpm


yum localinstall ntop-3.2-0.centos4.i386.rpm --enablerepo=*

...

Works like a charm, just installed it on 7.1

[okepc]

Working like a charm here also!
Also with webdot and graphiz for the graphical network overview and rrd stats.
Installed the centos rpm.

Dirk

[eenn62]

it's not working for me

I think the path by the mirrors is changed or something

Here is my log

thanks in advanced



[root@server1 ~]# yum localinstall ntop-3.2-0.centos4.i386.rpm --enablerepo=*
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining ntop-3.2-0.centos4.i386.rpm: ntop - 3.2-0.centos4.i386
Marking ntop-3.2-0.centos4.i386.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package ntop.i386 0:3.2-0.centos4 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Setting up repositories
smetest                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
smedev                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/testing/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: testing
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================
[root@server1 ~]#

[sonoracomm]

I recently did this howto for internal use.  I didn't know there was another or that anyone else was interested...

http://www.sonoracomm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=145

Please let me know of any errors or omissions.

G

[haymann]

I was installing the excellent OpenVPN bridge from the SME Firewall-Services site and noticed that they have ntop rpms in the downloads section of the site that look pretty recent. I didn't see a how-to, so I don't know if they are ready to be used or not though...

I am eager to try sonoracomm's how to. I am just wondering if I can use wget to use the rpms from the SME Firewall-Services folks so I don't have to add another yum repo (even temporarily...).
Ryan

[Daniel B.]

I put the rpms on our web site because I needed to install it for one of our customers. I wrote a small how-to, you can find it here:

http://sme.firewall-services.com/spip.php?article41

[haymann]

I put the rpms on our web site because I needed to install it for one of our customers. I wrote a small how-to, you can find it here:

http://sme.firewall-services.com/spip.php?article41

Excellent! Thanks! There seems to be quite a difference in your how-to and sonoracomm's, is there a way to tell if there is any difference in functionality?

[Daniel B.]

Well, I'm not sure, I just wrote mine quickly a few day before sonoracomm published its own. There're just some little differences, the main one is that by default my how-to configure ntop server to wait for https request instead of http, but it's very easy to configure. I think you can use one or the other without any big difference.

[sonoracomm]

I don't remember, exactly, but I think I had trouble getting the SSL rewrite working.  I gave up   and decided to just use SSH port forwarding to access the data.  I was hoping to have the ntop monitor available via the standard SSL URL with a password...

I'll be checking out your howto!  

G

p.s.  I agree about the resource usage.  I only run ntop when I need it...

[BartManInNZ]

Are there any know issues with this contrib installed at the same time as the sme7admin contrib?

Since installing ntop I find I have no stats in sme7admin anymore, this is on a freshly installed server.

TIA,
Bart

[sonoracomm]

Not that I know of, but if you have SME7ADMIN installed, you probably don't need NTOP.

I decided not to reinstall SME7ADMIN on my particular server and to install NTOP only because it is lighter-weight and has sufficient functionality for my needs.  I think SME7ADMIN is more comprehensive.

The other thing I like about NTOP is that I can only turn it on when I need it.  I don't know if that's possible with SME&ADMIN.

G

[Daniel B.]

No, there's no problem having NTOP and sme7admin on the same server. I have two servers running both. Just check that sme7admind is running:
/etc/init.d/sme7admind restart

[BartManInNZ]

It looks as though my time was set incorrectly when I installed sme7admin and when the time was corrected via NTP this caused issues with rrdtool and the timestamps. It is now all working as the time ahs 'caught up'

Thanks for your help,

Bart