ntopng, InfluxDB and Grafana: A Step-By-Step Guide to Create Dashboards

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Creating Grafana dashboards out of ntopng data basically boils down to: Configuring ntopng to export timeseries data to InfluxDB Configuring the Grafana InfluxDB datasource to extract timeseries data from InfluxDB Adding Grafana Dashboards panels with ntopng data This post aims at covering the topics above to serve as reference for those who want to create […]

Exploiting Arista MetaWatch with n2disk and ntopng: HighRes Timestamping and Analytics

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Precise packet timestamping is a key feature for network traffic analysis and troubleshooting. Traditionally many people use FPGA-based NICs with precise timestamping (e.g. Napatech, Silicom) even though a good precision can be obtained with PTP-based NICs such as many Intel network adapters. A better alternative to this practice is to avoid ad all using specialised […]

Embedding ntop: Nokia Beacon and Ubiquity UniFi Dream Machine

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The latest generation of network devices are pretty powerful and open. This means that such devices ship with a Linux-based distribution such as OpenWRT or UniFI OS. In these devices it is possible to install third party software as the CPU is pretty powerful, there is some storage and memory available for running additional applications. […]

Using ntop tools on VyOS

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VyOS  is a popular open-source router and firewall platform based on Linux, and some of our users asked us to support it natively. This post explains you how to achieve that in a few simple steps. Prerequisites As VyOS is based on Debian Linux, the easiest solution is to install precompiled Debian packages or compile […]