NTOP Installation & Configuration Step by Step

1) NOTE:- Make Sure Selinux Disabled.

2) [root@rk download]# yum install cairo-devel libxml2-devel pango-devel graphviz  libpng-devel freetype perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker libart_lgpl-devel wget gcc make pango freetype-devel -y


3) Now time to install rrdtool

Download latest one,
[root@rk download]# wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.4.7.tar.gz

RRDTOOL:- A useful open source tool for storage and retrieval of time series data


Extract here.

[root@rk downloads]# tar -xvzf rrdtool-1.4.7.tar.gz

[root@rk downloads]# cd rrdtool-1.4.7

[root@rk rrdtool-1.4.7]# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/rrdtool

----------------------------------------------------------------
Config is DONE!

Now run

[root@rk rrdtool-1.4.7]#  make && make install


4) Some more Dep need to install for GeoIP

[root@rk rrdtool-1.4.7]# yum install libpcap libpcap-devel gdbm gdbm-devel

[root@rk rrdtool-1.4.7]# yum install libevent libevent-devel -y

Download PKG.

[root@rk downloads]# wget wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/c/GeoIP-1.4.8.tar.gz

[root@rk downloads]# tar -xvzf GeoIP-1.4.8.tar.gz

[root@rk downloads]# cd GeoIP-1.4.8

[root@rk GeoIP-1.4.8]# ./configure

[root@rk GeoIP-1.4.8]# make && make install



5) Time to Download Latest Stable relase of NTOP.

[root@rk downloads]# wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/ntop/files/ntop/Stable/ntop-5.0.1.tar.gz/download

Extract PKG

[root@rk downloads]# tar xvzf ntop-5.0.1.tar.gz

[root@rk downloads]# cd ntop-5.0.1

[root@rk ntop-5.0.1]# ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local/ntop

[root@rk ntop-5.0.1]# make && make install

Output Like Below

 Testing Required libraries and headers**

checking for required C headers... ok
checking for crypt... ok
checking for dynamic load module... ok

-------------------------------------------------------------------

   **Testing Optional libraries and headers**

checking for Multithreading... ok
checking for openSSL... ok
checking for zlib... ok

Done.



6) Time to Add user + Permission.

[root@rk downloads]# useradd -M -s /sbin/nologin -r ntop

[root@rk downloads]# chown ntop:root /usr/local/ntop
[root@rk downloads]# chown ntop:ntop /usr/local/ntop/share/ntop


7) Time to start & Browse.

[root@rk downloads]#cd /usr/local/ntop/bin/

ntop -A

ntop -d -L -u ntop -P /usr/local/ntop -w 3000 --interface none --skip-version-check yes


(tweak)

cd /usr/local/ntop/
rm ntop_pw.db
cd /usr/local/ntop/bin/
./ntop -u ntop -P /usr/local/ntop -A



Browse NTOP http://10.xx.161.xx:3000



Enjoy.

KEEP IT SIMPLE.