NTop is an open source web-based traffic analysis and network monitoring tool. The tool comes with a handy and easy to use GUI that can be accessed via your servers IP. Setup of this is very simple, it only requires a few steps;
Step 1
Installation over all systems is quite simple, the following command will install the tool for you;
sudo apt-get install ntopng -y
Now you will need to start the process with the following command;
sudo /etc/init.d/ntopng start
Step 2
You will now want to open your web browser and navigate to your servers IP with the port 3000. An example of this would be;
127.0.0.1:3000
You will now be presented with a login page, the default login details are;
- Username: admin
- Password: admin
You will now be prompted with a change password screen, make sure that your new password is secure as this page will be accessible by anyone. Once changed you will be presented with the dashboard, like so;
From here you are able to see the breakdown of your network as well as use a large assortment of other tools. We do also suggest that you run any available updates that appear listed on the page to help keep your system safe and secure.