# mnNOG 7: Network Management and Monitoring Workshop #
* **Date:** 29th September - 2nd October 2025
* **Location:** Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
* **Host:** [MNNOG](https://2025.nog.mn)
* **Venue:** [Ulaanbaatar Hotel](https://www.ubhotel.mn/), B.Altangerel's street-7, Ulaanbaatar
## Workshop ##
* [Detailed Agenda](agenda.html) (includes links to presentations and schedule)
* [Participants](participants.html)
* [Instructors and Organizers](instructors.html)
* [Sponsors](sponsors.html "Workshop Sponsors")
* [Workshop Survey](https://nsrc.org/limesurvey/index.php/596786?lang=en)
* [Photos](https://photos.nsrc.org/index.php?/category/594-mnnog_7_nmm_workshop_oct)
* **References**
* [Reference Materials](references.html)
* [NSRC training videos](https://learn.nsrc.org)
## Topics ##
* Network Monitoring and Management 2.0. Present day practices and how they differ from classical monitoring
* Examples of tools used, traditional and modern, some of the tools we'll discuss and/or demo include:
* Accessing our platform
* Cisco IOS for NMM
* Nagios
* SNMP
* LibreNMS
* SmokePing
* Syslog
* RANCID
* RT^
* NetFlow^
* Working with the Prometheus Stack
* Installation of the collector
* Node exporter configuration on collector, install on node
* Use of PromQL
* Using Grafana with Prometheus
* Using AlertManager with Prometheus
* ElastiFlow for network flows
* Grafana Loki for logging data
^Possible demos
## Target Audience ##
Network system administrators, engineers and technicians from Research Education Networks, Universities, Network Companies and ISPs who are responsible for network maintenance, as well as the network planning and design for security.
## Prerequisites ##
* Reasonable knowledge of the UNIX/Linux command line environment
* Basic knowledge of TCP/IP networking
* Participants are required to bring a laptop
## Objectives ##
**At the end of the workshop, students will be able to:**
* Perform package installation and basic administration tasks via the Linux command line
* Perform basic Cisco IOS configuration tasks
* Configure the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) on both Linux servers and Cisco networking equipment
* Install and configure LibreNMS to perform automated network monitoring and discovery functions
* Install and configure Smokeping to perform latency, round trip time, jitter and packet loss monitoring
* Install and configure Nagios to perform server and service monitoring and alerting
* Demonstrate techniques to deal with log (syslog) management. Collecting logs and monitoring them for patterns
* Install and configure Netdot to perform the appropriate functions with regards Network Documentation and automated configuration generation
* Install and configure Netflow and NfSen to perform traffic analysis and exploration
* Install and configure RANCID to perform network equipment configuration backup, change tracking & automation
* Install and configure RT (Request Tracker) to act as a ticketing system for helpdesk / support
* Integrate Nagios with RT to enable automated ticket generation based on network management events.
