Network Monitor
Web-based tool that periodically pings network peers and records results in DB to aid in network monitoring and diagnosis.
Features
Collegiate:
No
One-line Description:
Web-based tool that periodically pings network peers and records results in DB to aid in network monitoring and diagnosis.
Filename:
netmon.zip
Size Compressed:
795MB
Allocated Memory:
128MB
Username:
root
Password:
root
VMware Tools Installed?:
Yes
Operating System:
SuSE 10
Applications:
Apache 2.0.54
MySQL 14.7
Perl 5.8.7
Description:
1. What does the appliance do: the application monitors network clients to do determine all clients that were visible on the network at a given time. The clients to monitor, and the period at which monitoring occurs, is configurable via a web browser. A client is considered visible if it can be pinged. Once a history has been built up, the administrator can use a web browser to view the history for a particular client, or can view all clients that were visible at a particular time in history. This application will help administrators determine the extent a network that may have happened during an overnight hardware failure, or just to see which machines were down at a particular time.
2. How was the appliance built: complete steps were kept simple: install SuSE 10 with KDE, install selection "Simple Web Server with Apache 2", and install selection "Network and Server". The application itself is written in Perl, with an installer and uninstaller written in Bourne shell. The default run level was set to 3 since graphical login is not required and consumes additional memory and CPU resources, but KDE is installed in case convenient system access is needed. In the spirit of open source, all of the source files (Perl scripts, installation script, MySQL templates, etc) /root/netmon/.
3. Detailed instructions to start using: the virtual machine is DHCP over bridged networking. Login as root (or check the DHCP server) to find out the IP address. Then web browse the IP address of the Virtual Machine. In a production environment nothing prevents setting a static IP address; DHCP was chosen for the Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge for simplicity.
4. The names of any licensed operating systems: none. Everything either came from the SuSE distribution or was written by hand.
Technical Specifications
Operating System:
SuSE 10
VMware Tools installed: No
Size: 795MB
Allocated Memory (RAM): 128
Applications Installed:
Apache 2.0.54
MySQL 14.7
Perl 5.8.7
Virtual Appliance Account Information
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