Information about LibreNMS and installation method
​Continuing the topic of monitoring tools, we smoothly came to a tool called LibreNMS. And today we will look at what LibreNMS is capable of, what advantages it has, how to install it into your system. Read about everything a little below!
What is LibreNMS?
LibreNMS is an open source PHP-based network monitoring system and it uses the SNMP protocol. This tool supports a large number of operating systems including Linux, FreeBSD and various network devices such as Cisco, Juniper and others. The advantages of this tool include ease of training and use, MySQL is used as a database and SNMP itself is used to detect remote clients.
What are the advantages?
- Automatic network detection
Uses various protocols to detect - User-friendly interface
Very user-friendly web interface - Very flexible notification system
Allows you to configure the notification method from mail to message in Slack - API Support
Using the API, you can manage the system, build graphs, and so on. - Various login methods
There are various ways to log in starting from MySQL and ending with Active Directory - Unix agent support
This list does not include all the advantages of this tool. Although it is outdated and has many analogues that are similar to it, but it is still popular precisely because of the advantages that it provides.
Price
This tool has an open source code that makes it completely free and you can verify this on the developer's website.
How to install on the server?
We made a video that shows exactly how to install this monitoring system on your server. You can view this video on our YouTube channel