Sep 09, 2018 This tutorial explains how to install Tobias Oetiker’s Smokeping into /opt/smokeping on a CentOS 7 box. Features of Smokeping: – Best of breed latency visualisation. A detail step by step guide on how to install and configure smokeping on centos 6. Has anyone successfully installed and configured SMOKEPING On CentOS 6? I am going to show you how to install and configure #Smokeping. #SmokePing keeps track of your #network latency: Best of breed latency visualisation. How to Install Centos 7 in Vmware.
- Install Python On Centos 7
- Centos 7 Install Php
- Centos 7 Install Nginx
- Install Smokeping On Centos 7
- Centos 7 Install Desktop Gui
NOTE: THIS INSTALLATION HAS BEEN TESTED TO BE WORKING WITH CENTOS 5.X – 6.x
Prep your server
- Step 1: Disable SELinux
shell> setenforce 0
shell> yum install http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
- Step 3: Install Required Packages
shell> yum install mod_fcgid httpd httpd-devel rrdtool fping wget curl bind-utils gcc make gcc-c++
- Step 4: Install Perl based packages
shell> yum install perl perl-Net-Telnet perl-Net-DNS perl-LDAP perl-libwww-perl perl-RadiusPerl perl-IO-Socket-SSL perl-Socket6 perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI perl-FCGI perl-RRD-Simple perl-CGI-SpeedCGI perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
Install Apache
- Step 1: Install Apache and ensure it runs on startup
shell> chkconfig httpd on
Install Smokeping
- Step 1: Download latest version of smokeping on website at http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/pub
shell> wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/pub/smokeping-2.6.9.tar.gz
- Step 2: Extract and install smokeping
shell> tar -zxvf smokeping-2.6.9.tar.gz -C /opt/
shell> mkdir /opt/smokeping
shell> cd /opt/smokeping-2.6.9/setup
shell> ./build-perl-modules.sh
shell> cp -r ./thirdparty /opt/smokeping/
shell> cd .
shell> ./configure –prefix=/opt/smokeping
shell> make install
shell> mkdir /opt/smokeping
shell> cd /opt/smokeping-2.6.9/setup
shell> ./build-perl-modules.sh
shell> cp -r ./thirdparty /opt/smokeping/
shell> cd .
shell> ./configure –prefix=/opt/smokeping
shell> make install
- Step 3: Create missing folders needed
shell> mkdir data
- Step 4: Add Smokeping Start/Stop Script
shell> mv smokeping /etc/init.d/smokeping
Configure Smokeping Application
- Step 1: Rename Config Files and set file permissions
shell> cd /opt/smokeping/etc/
shell> for foo in *.dist; do cp $foo `basename $foo .dist`; done
shell> chmod 600 /opt/smokeping/etc/smokeping_secrets.dist
shell> for foo in *.dist; do cp $foo `basename $foo .dist`; done
shell> chmod 600 /opt/smokeping/etc/smokeping_secrets.dist
- Step 2: Change Default Config
Change the values in bold to something that fit your needs
owner = Peter Random
contact = [email protected]
mailhost = my.mail.host
sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
# NOTE: do not put the Image Cache below cgi-bin
# since all files under cgi-bin will be executed … this is not
# good for images.
imgcache = /opt/smokeping/cache
imgurl = cache
datadir = /opt/smokeping/data
piddir = /opt/smokeping/var
cgiurl = http://some.url/smokeping.cgi
smokemail = /opt/smokeping/etc/smokemail.dist
tmail = /opt/smokeping/etc/tmail.dist
contact = [email protected]
mailhost = my.mail.host
sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
# NOTE: do not put the Image Cache below cgi-bin
# since all files under cgi-bin will be executed … this is not
# good for images.
imgcache = /opt/smokeping/cache
imgurl = cache
datadir = /opt/smokeping/data
piddir = /opt/smokeping/var
cgiurl = http://some.url/smokeping.cgi
smokemail = /opt/smokeping/etc/smokemail.dist
tmail = /opt/smokeping/etc/tmail.dist
owner = PingPros.com
contact = [email protected]
mailhost = mail.pingpros.com
sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
# NOTE: do not put the Image Cache below cgi-bin
# since all files under cgi-bin will be executed … this is not
# good for images.
imgcache = /opt/smokeping/cache
imgurl = /cache
datadir = /opt/smokeping/data
piddir = /opt/smokeping/var
cgiurl = http://(IP or Hostname)/cgi-bin/smokeping.fcgi
smokemail = /opt/smokeping/etc/smokemail.dist
tmail = /opt/smokeping/etc/tmail.dist
contact = [email protected]
mailhost = mail.pingpros.com
sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
# NOTE: do not put the Image Cache below cgi-bin
# since all files under cgi-bin will be executed … this is not
# good for images.
imgcache = /opt/smokeping/cache
imgurl = /cache
datadir = /opt/smokeping/data
piddir = /opt/smokeping/var
cgiurl = http://(IP or Hostname)/cgi-bin/smokeping.fcgi
smokemail = /opt/smokeping/etc/smokemail.dist
tmail = /opt/smokeping/etc/tmail.dist
shell> cp -r /opt/smokeping/htdocs/cropper /var/www/cgi-bin/
shell> cp /opt/smokeping/htdocs/smokeping.fcgi.dist /var/www/cgi-bin/smokeping.fcgi
shell> mkdir cache
shell> ln -s /var/www/html/cache /opt/smokeping/cache
shell> /etc/init.d/httpd start
- Step 5: Test Smokeping Link for errors
- Visit the cgi-url you configured above. IE: cgiurl = http://(IP or Hostname)/cgi-bin/smokeping.fcgi
- Step6: Clean Up Smokeping Installation Files
shell> rm -rf /opt/smokeping-2.6.9
- Enable smokeping to start during boot
shell> chkconfig httpd on
Install TCPPing and Change TCPPing/FPing Intervals – Recommended
- Install TCPTraceroute
Remington wingmaster 870 serial numbers. shell> yum install tcptraceroute
- Install TCPPing
shell> cd /usr/bin/
shell> wget http://pingpros.com/pub/tcpping
shell> chmod 755 tcpping
shell> wget http://pingpros.com/pub/tcpping
shell> chmod 755 tcpping
Install Python On Centos 7
- Configure Probe into Smokeping
shell> vim /opt/smokeping/etc/config
Add Below under *** Probes *** (note: I prefer setting it up to ping every 60 second interval in this example…FPING will already be there just add the step = 60 configlet)
+ FPing
binary = /usr/sbin/fping
step = 60
binary = /usr/sbin/fping
step = 60
+ TCPPing
binary = /usr/bin/tcpping
step = 60
binary = /usr/bin/tcpping
step = 60
- Restart smkeping to use new config
shell> /etc/init.d/smokeping restart
Centos 7 Install Php
Configure Smokeping to monitoring your targets
- Step 1: Add your own hosts in the config file
*** Targets ***
menu = Top
remark = Welcome to the SmokePing website of PingPros.
Here you will learn all about the latency of our network.
menu = Network
++ rchicago1
title =Chicago Router 1
++ schicago1
title = Chicago Switch 1
probe = TCPPing
probe = TCPPing
host = 10.1.1.254
Centos 7 Install Nginx
- Restart smkeping to use new config
Install Smokeping On Centos 7
shell> /etc/init.d/smokeping restart
Centos 7 Install Desktop Gui
NOTE ABOVE: rchicago1 is using FPing by default as is configured to be the default, schicago1 is using TCPPING because we specified it. It is recommended to utilize TCPPING whenever possible! It is also best practice to put in the probe parameters for each host!
END OF TUTORIAL
Credits:
TCPPING – http://www.vdberg.org/~richard/tcpping
Smokeping – http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/
TCPPING – http://www.vdberg.org/~richard/tcpping
Smokeping – http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/