The integration is carried out by tribe29 or a partner. We treat the ntop integration as an add-on for Checkmk. The aim is that both ntop and Checkmk users get the same look and feel as would be the case with pure ntop use.īut we also want to act as a one face to the customer. It is also planned that special ntop graphics can be built into Checkmk's views.
In addition to providing the network flow in Checkmk, users should also be able to access the ntop data for a relevant host in Checkmk. The main and traffic dashboard from ntop should be available in Checkmk. Checkmk also integrates the collected metrics and traffic data from ntop. According to Alex, it should also be possible for ntop alarms to trigger notifications in Checkmk. This includes the list of detected alarms and the 'Alert Summary'. On the one hand, there is the integration of alarms and events. With Version 2.0, Checkmk offers various integration options for ntop. However, ntop also alerts when threshold values are exceeded or if it detects irregularities, and offers a drill down-option for direct analysis of the triggered event. The network flow data is processed by ntop via a web interface in various diagrams, such as the top talkers, a detailed performance of the network interfaces in real time, or where most of the data traffic goes within the network. In a standard ntop architecture, a collector (nProbe) collects the data from the devices or exporters in the network, and forwards this to the ntopng – ntop's analysis console. There are various protocols and sources for collecting the data – such as sFlow, NetFlow v5/v9, NetFlow Lite, IPFIX, Mirror Port or eBPF. The details are in the flow data of a network. The integration gives users a deeper insight into their network traffic, so that they can identify possible bottlenecks in their infrastructure, or perform in-depth performance monitoring of their network, for example.
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The native integration now allows the transfer of data and dashboards from ntop to Checkmk monitoring.Īt the Checkmk Conference #6, our consultant Alex Wilms and ntops lead engineer Simone Mainardi explained the interaction between the two software solutions. "However, many users want to dive deeper into the problem analysis and take a look at the network flow", explained Alex. It also enables monitoring of the status and speed of network interfaces and threshold values.
At the Checkmk Conference #6, our consultant Alex Wilms and ntop's lead engineer Simone Mainardi explained the integration between the two software solutions.Ĭheckmk already offers network monitoring and provides metrics – such as bandwidth, packet rate, and error rate. The integration of Network Flow Monitoring from ntop also helps us to expand Checkmk's range of functions by one significant point – the in-depth analysis of network traffic. We are therefore pleased that with ntop we have now found a partner who also comes from the open source world and who shares similar values with us. In order to evaluate its potential to help on our daily operations, I have deployed Elastic Search and Kibana (7.7.1 with BASIC license) and created an index template for Ntopng (our monitoring platform).Our Checkmk solution originated from the open source community, so we see it as our duty to maintain and promote this philosophy.
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