In giving back to the wealth of tools the open source community has provided, I have created a number of pages describing how I have assembled a set of open source based network monitoring tools.
The set of tools is in two sections. The first step has to do with the installation of the Debian distribution:
Once the base is in place. Make it easy on your self to log in to the server to carry out various command line tasks:
Here are some entries for maintaining and upgrades of the distribution:
The next section has to do with the add-on tools:
There are a few optional tools, not fully integrated into the overall plan yet:
The next portion of the plan includes developing a database for maintaining circuit, patch panel, and floor diagram layout information. This will integrate with an IP
Address management scheme I've come up with, and should work with Cricket and NetDisco to provide a fully integrated visual troubleshooting guide to an organization's
network.