Agenda: exercises-smokeping.txt

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1Smokeping Exercises
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3Network Monitoring and Management
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5Smokeping
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7
8Notes:
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10* Commands preceded with "$" imply that you should execute the command as
11  a general user - not as root.
12* Commands preceded with "#" imply that you should be working as root.
13* Commands with more specific command lines (e.g. "RTR-GW>" or "mysql>")
14  imply that you are executing commands on remote equipment, or within
15  another program.
16
17Exercises
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19
200. Log in to your PC or open a terminal window as the sysadmn user.
21
22Once you are logged in you can continue with these exercises.
23
241. Install Smokeping
25
26    $ sudo apt-get install smokeping
27
282. Initial Configuration
29
30    $ cd /etc/smokeping/config.d
31    $ ls -l
32
33    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  578 2010-02-26 01:55 Alerts
34    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  237 2010-02-26 01:55 Database
35    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  413 2010-02-26 05:40 General
36    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  271 2010-02-26 01:55 pathnames
37    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  859 2010-02-26 01:55 Presentation
38    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  116 2010-02-26 01:55 Probes
39    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  155 2010-02-26 01:55 Slaves
40    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8990 2010-02-26 06:30 Targets
41 
42    $ sudo vi General
43
44        Change the following lines:
45
46        owner    = NOC
47        contact  = sysadm@localhost
48        cgiurl   = http://localhost/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi
49        mailhost = localhost
50
51        Save the file and exit. Now let's restart the
52        Smokeping service to verify that no mistakes have been made
53        before going any further:
54
55        $ sudo service smokeping restart
56
572. Configure monitoring of devices
58
59        The majority of your time and work configuring Smokeping
60        will be done in the file /etc/smokeping/config.d/Targets.
61       
62        For this class please do the following:
63
64        Use the default FPing probe to check:
65
66      - all the PCs in your group
67      - classroom NOC
68      - switches
69      - routers
70     
71    You can use the classroom Network Diagram on the classroom wiki to
72    figure out addresses for each item, etc.
73
74    Create some hierarchy to the Smokeping menu for your
75    checks. Such as:
76
77        +Local
78
79        menu = Network Monitoring and Management
80        title = NOC Server for Network Monitoring Class
81
82        ++LocalMachine
83
84        menu = The NOC@NetManage
85        title = The NOC@NetManage
86        host = localhost
87
88    #
89    # Classroom PCs
90    #
91
92        ++PCs
93
94    +++pc1
95    menu = pc1
96    title = pc1
97    host = pc1
98
99    +++pc2
100    menu = pc2
101    title = pc2
102    host = pc2
103       
104    Save the file and restart Smokeping:
105
106        $ sudo service smokeping restart
107
108    Go to your browser and check the Smokeping page:
109
110        http://pcN.ws.nsrc.org/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi
111
112    If everything is looking OK, continue adding:
113
114        ++Routers
115
116        +++rtr
117        menu = rtr
118        title = Gateway Router
119        host = rtr
120
121        +++rtr1
122        menu = rtr1
123        title = Router 1, Group 1
124        host = rtr1
125
126    ++Switch
127
128    ++sw
129    menu = sw
130    title = Backbone Switch
131    host = sw
132   
133        ...
134
135    Save the file, restart smokeping, and check
136    your browser again.
137
1383. Add new probes
139
140    The current entry in Probes is fine, but if you wish to
141    use additional Smokeping checks you can add them in here
142    and you can specify their default behavior. You can do
143    this, as well, in the Targets file if you wish.
144
145    Here is an example of a Probes file that would specify
146    what to use to check for HTTP and DNS latency as well as
147    the FPing probe that is used for ping latency:
148
149       $ sudo vi Probes
150
151        *** Probes ***
152
153        + FPing
154
155        binary = /usr/bin/fping
156
157        + EchoPingHttp
158
159        + DNS
160        binary = /usr/bin/dig
161        pings = 5
162        step = 180
163        lookup = www.nsrc.org
164
165        Save the file.
166
1674. Add HTTP latency checks
168
169    Now edit your Targets again:
170
171        $ sudo vi Targets
172       
173    Add a check for HTTP latency for all the classroom PCs.
174    This will mean adding another category, such as:
175
176    ++HTTP Servers
177        probe = EchoPingHttp
178        menu = HTTP Response
179    title = HTTP Response Student PCs
180
181        +++pc1
182        menu = pc1
183        title = PC1 HTTP Response Time
184        host = pc1
185
186        +++pc1
187        host = pc2
188        title = PC2 HTTP Response Time
189        host = pc2
190       
191        ...
192
193    If you have time, consider checking some machines that are
194    external to our classroom and the conference (your organization's
195    website, a popular web page, etc...)
196
1975. Add DNS Latency Checks
198
199    You can check either or both internal or external names using
200    the DNS latency probe.
201
202    Add a menu hierarchy for DNS Latency. Check an external address
203    (nsrc.org) and an internal address (noc). This will look something
204    like this (in Targets):
205
206        +DNS
207        probe = DNS
208        menu = External DNS Check
209        title = DNS Latency
210
211        ++nsrc
212        host = nsrc.org
213
214        ++noc
215        host = noc.mgmt
216
217    Exit and save your changes to the file Targets.
218
219    Restart Smokeping to see the changes:
220
221    $ sudo service smokeping restart
222
223    Look at additional Smokeping probes and consider implementing
224    some of them:
225
226        http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/probe/index.en.html
227
228    As trying to explain all syntactical details of how the file
229    /etc/smokeping/config.d/Targets is used would require several
230    pages we will go through some examples in class, and you can
231    refer to the Smokeping configuration files that are in use on
232    the classroom NOC box by going to:
233
234        http://noc/configs/etc/smokeping
235        http://noc/configs/etc/smokeping/config.d
236