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How to install NtopNG on Fedora 34

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To Install ntopNG on Fadora 34

Introduction:

Ntopng is the next generation version of the original ntop, a network traffic probe that monitors network usage. ntopng is based on libpcap and it has been written in a portable way in order to virtually run on every Unix platform, MacOSX and on Windows as well. Ntopng used to High-Speed Web-based Traffic Analysis and Flow Collection.

Installation Procedure :

Step1: Check the OS version by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME=Fedora
VERSION="34 (Workstation Edition)"
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=34
VERSION_CODENAME=""
PLATFORM_ID="platform:f34"

Step 2: Snap can be installed on Fedora from the command line using the below command

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# dnf install snapd
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64                                         1.2 kB/s | 989  B     00:00    
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                                                        13 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00    
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates                                              48 kB/s | 4.7 kB     00:00    
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates                                             610 kB/s | 868 kB     00:01    
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                                                     6.2 kB/s | 5.0 kB     00:00    
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                                                     3.7 MB/s |  15 MB     00:03    
Fedora 34 - x86_64                                                                42 kB/s | 6.0 kB     00:00    
MySQL 8.0 Community Server                                                       4.7 kB/s | 2.6 kB     00:00    
MySQL 8.0 Community Server                                                       6.5 MB/s | 1.0 MB     00:00    
MySQL Connectors Community                                                       6.1 kB/s | 2.6 kB     00:00    
MySQL Connectors Community                                                       684 kB/s |  36 kB     00:00    
MySQL Tools Community                                                            5.9 kB/s | 2.6 kB     00:00    
MySQL Tools Community                                                            3.6 MB/s | 239 kB     00:00    
Upgraded:
  selinux-policy-34.25-1.fc34.noarch                 selinux-policy-targeted-34.25-1.fc34.noarch                
Installed:
  snap-confine-2.54.1-1.fc34.x86_64      snapd-2.54.1-1.fc34.x86_64      snapd-selinux-2.54.1-1.fc34.noarch

Step 3: Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly by using the below command

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# ln -s /var/li/snapd/snap /snap

Step 4: To install ntopng-blake, by using the below command:

[root@linuxhelp ~]# sudo snap install ntopng-blake
2022-02-10T04:22:46+05:30 INFO Waiting for automatic snapd restart...
ntopng-blake dev from Blake Rouse (blake) installed

Step 5: Change the default admin password as shown in the below image. snap2

Step 6: Here we can see the upload and download speed as shown in the below image snap3

Step 7: Here we can see the upload and download size by hosts as shown in the below image snap4

Step 8:Here we can see the upload and download size by ports as shown in the below image snap5

By this the Installation of NtopNG on Fedora 34 have been completed.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

What are the competitive advantages of ntop?

A

ntop is unique as the products are home-grown with no dependencies on third parties. This means fast application development/customization and supports directly from the source.

Q

How will Ntopng data be indexed?

A

Ntopng will populate index and type fields based on its configuration:

Q

How can I have Kibana recognize correct data types from Ntopng?

A

Ntopng automatically pushes a template to specify the proper data type for any field.

Q

What Ntopng can do?

A

Ntopng can do the following:
1. Sort network traffic according to many criteria including IP address, port, L7 protocol, throughput, AS.
2. Show network traffic and IPv4/v6 active hosts.
3. Produce long-term reports about various network metrics such as throughput, application protocols, top X talkers/listeners, top ASs, top L7 applications.
4. For each communication flow report network/application latency/RTT, TCP stats (retransmissions, packets OOO, packet lost), and bytes/packets are stored on disk
persistent traffic statistics in RRD format.

Q

What is Ntopng?

A

A ntopng is the next-generation version of the original ntop, a network traffic probe that monitors network usage. ntopng is based on libpcap and it has been written in a
the portable way in order to virtually run on every Unix platform, MacOSX, and on Windows as well.

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