Running ntopng

[guest15389]

I went through and was going with setting up ntopng via installing the packages via the freebsd package site and all works very well actually.

I hit one minor issue with running as the ntopng user that my files are getting created with super odd permissions:

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./0:
total 32
drwx------  8 ntopng  ntopng   512 Aug 10 11:55 .
drwxr-xr-x  8 ntopng  ntopng   512 Aug 10 11:54 ..
drwx------  2 ntopng  ntopng   512 Aug 10 11:54 alerts
d--x------  3 root    ntopng   512 Aug 10 11:55 asnstats
d--x------  9 root    ntopng   512 Aug 10 11:55 countrystats
drwx------  5 ntopng  ntopng  1024 Aug 10 11:55 rrd
d--x------  4 ntopng  ntopng   512 Aug 10 11:53 subnetstats
drwx------  2 ntopng  ntopng   512 Aug 10 11:55 top_talkers

./0/alerts:
total 180
drwx------  2 ntopng  ntopng     512 Aug 10 11:54 .
drwx------  8 ntopng  ntopng     512 Aug 10 11:55 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 ntopng  ntopng  176128 Aug 10 11:55 alerts_v7.db

./0/asnstats:
total 12
d--x------  3 root    ntopng  512 Aug 10 11:55 .
drwx------  8 ntopng  ntopng  512 Aug 10 11:55 ..
d--x------  2 root    ntopng  512 Aug 10 11:55 0

I listed a few examples of what I was seeing as I fixed the issue by running as root but that wasn't really how I wanted it to work.

High level steps:

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http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/redis-4.0.10_1.txz
echo redis_enable=YES >> /etc/rc.conf

service redis start


pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/json-c-0.13.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/libsodium-1.0.16.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/norm-1.5r6.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/openpgm-5.2.122_3.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/libzmq4-4.2.3.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/mysql56-client-5.6.40.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/ndpi-2.2.2.d20180406_1,1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/ntopng-3.4.d20180604,1.txz

ntopng-geoipupdate.sh

echo "ntopng_enable=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf
echo "ntopng_flags=/usr/local/etc/ntopng.conf" >> /etc/rc.conf

I configured my /usr/local/etc/ntopng.conf with my settings and overall it works like I'd expect it.

[mimugmail]

18.7.1 will deliver a stable pkg

[guest15389]

Oh nice.

Would be super if you add in the ability to add in a custom proto file as well :)

In my example:
--ndpi-protocols /usr/local/etc/protos.conf

cat protos.conf
tcp:32400@Plex

[mimugmail]

I'll build a plugin around it

[franco]

ntopng is working now on 18.7... that's a very recent addition. given a bit more time we'll make this even more useful :)

[jkemp]

Hello,

How can one install the ntopng package?

Is it done at the terminal prompt as if only using FreeBSD as an operating environment?

I take it there is no way to install from the GUI?

Once installed from the terminal it can be accessed from the router address and port?

When will there be a ntopng package to install from the GUI?

Once it's available it will make OPNsense a stronger platform, IMO.

Keep up the good work guys,

James

[mimugmail]

I already pulled a plugin. Will be in stable with 18.7.3 I'd guess.

[jkemp]

Excellent!

Can you tell me whether it will use redis database and nginx server?

Than k you for your responses

[fabian]

Can you tell me whether it will use redis database and nginx server?

It very likely uses the redis plugin if installed - I don't know if it is required.
On the nginx side, I have not gotten any information / requests from Michael for any includes.

[mimugmail]

It uses Redis and has it's own webserver. You can for sure use nginx plugin as a reverse proxy to access ntopng UI.

[jljb66]

Any chance of re-configuring the plugin to add a link in the reporting section of the dashboard?

[fabian]

From a technical perspective it would be possible.