Using Nagios Network Analyzer and NSTI to Monitor Your Environment

Luke Groschen

sales@nagios.com

Introduction

Luke GroschenDeveloperRecent Work:NSTI

Nagios XI

Nagios Reactor

Agenda

What do you use to monitor your network?

Do you monitor hard state changes?(since you're at a Nagios conference)

Nagios Network Analyzer

Nagios SNMP Trap Interface

Benefits and Integration

Getting Started

How do you Monitor Your Network?

Software, Hardware..

Manpower

Monitor Hard State Changes?

Let's Create a Hypothetical Network Scenario..

How do you Monitor Your Network?

Network ScenarioA, B and C are being monitored for state changes. Computer B overheats because of a fan malfunction

Computer C is compromised by a security threat

Monitor State Changes on A, B and C

A

B

C

What Is Nagios Network Analyzer?

Simply, a view of all the traffic in your network infrastructure

Nagios Network Analyzer

See Whats Really Happening on Your NetworkMonitor network traffic & bandwidth

Detect bandwidth usage and security threats

In-depth analysis of data

Advanced reporting

Use Cases..

How It Works?

sFlow

NetFlow

User

Collect Flow Data

Analyze Flow Data

Report, Alert and Display Data

User has control!

What is NetFlow?

NetFlow/ sFlow Reveals DataThe collection of traffic data from a specific destination or source IP address

Flow Caching, Flow Collector, Data Analyzer

Data through any port or device

Sends the who, what, when, where, how of network traffic

Examples:Cisco Router uses NetFlowJuniper Router uses sFlow

Nagios Network Analyzer - UI

Nagios Network Analyzer- Dashboard

Nagios Network Analyzer Views

Views Save, Edit... Control your View!

Nagios Network Analyzer - Reports

Reports Recreate your data

Nagios Network Analyzer - Queries

Queries Drill down to the data you want

Nagios Network Analyzer - Alerting

Alerting Find out what is important!

Nagios Network Analyzer Users

User Management

Integrate With Nagios XI

Integrate with XI Centralized monitoring of all of your network metrics

Summary, Why is it useful?

Challenges?

How to Get Started?

Nagios Network Analyzer: 60-Day Free TrialFully functional, no limitation

Quickstarts & JumpStart Sessions

Nagios.com/products/nagios-network-analyzer

Nagios SNMP Trap Interface

What is Nagios SNMP Trap Interface?Simple Network Management ProtocolWhy did Nagios Develop it?- Manage SNMP Traps- Archive Trap Data- Organize, Query, Filter

What Is Nagios SNMP Trap Interface?

SNMP

Understanding SNMPSimple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Management Information base (MIB)

In-depth analysis

SNMP traps/ trap management

SNMP resource: Net-SNMP

Nagios SNMP Trap Interface

See What Your SNMP Traps Are Telling YouMonitor SNMP traps from sources on your network

Detect hardware and software issues

In-depth analysis

SNMP trap management

How can we take advantage of trap data?

Nagios SNMP Trap Interface

Using the Trap InterfaceTrap Table

Filters, Query, Search

Using the backend API

Data Visualizer

Trap Interface

Trap Filtering

p

Create filters that you will need to use regularly

Edit filters once they are created

Filters saved in the database with traps

Trap Details

Or the details of all the traps you receive

Get details on a single trap...

Nagios SNMP Trap Interface

Works in Conjunction With Network AnalyzerPaint A Picture of Your Network Status

Get Physical Data from SNMP and Network Data from NetFlow

A Complete Picture

Next?.. Integrate!

Integrate Nagios SNMP Trap Interface and Nagios Network Analyzer

SNMP Trap Alerts

Example Monitoring Solution

Nagios XI Components

How to Get Started?

Nagios SNMP Trap InterfaceOpen Source!

nagios.com/products/nsti

Development:github.com/nagiosenterprises/nsti

Questions?

Thank You!

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