Ntop3.2 Installation notes

Ntop3.2 Installation notes-Linux Enterprise Application-Linux server application information. For details, refer to the following section. Install some necessary software packages first. In my system, gd and libpng must be installed first.

Install gd
# Wget
Http://www.boutell.com/gd/http/gd-2.0.33.tar.gz
# Tar zxvf gd-2.0.33.tar.gz
# Cd gd-2.0.33
#./Configure; make install

Install libpng
# Wget
Ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/... ibpng-1.2.8.tar.bz2
# Tar jxvf libpng-1.2.8.tar.bz2
# Cd libpng-1.2.8
# Cp scripts/makefile. linux makefile
# Make; make install

Install ntop
The following rpm packages are available on the website, but I prefer to compile and install it myself.
# Wget
Http://www.mirrors.wiretapped.ne... g/ntop/ntop-3.2.tgz
# Tar-xvf ntop-3.2.tgz
# Cd ntop-3.2
#./Configure -- prefix =/usr/local/ntop -- disable-ipv6
# Make; make install
# Cp packages/RedHat/ntop. conf. sample/etc/ntop. conf
# Cp packages/RedHat/ntop. init/etc/init. d/ntop
# Chkconfig -- add ntop

Edit the self-starting file and change the following lines:
# Vi/etc/init. d/ntop
Prog = "/usr/local/ntop/bin/ntop"
Pids = 'ps axf | grep' \/usr \/local \/ntop \/bin \/ntop '| awk' {printf ("% s", $1 )}; END {print ""}''

An error occurred when using service ntop start to start ntop. Please check docs/1STRUN.txt. Precautions for the first running

For the first run, the "admin password" and other parameters must be added. The running user must be the root user.
# Mkdir/usr/local/share/ntop
#/Usr/local/ntop/bin/ntop-P/usr/local/share/ntop-u root-

Parameter description:
-P db file path
-Run user of u ntop)
-A: Set the admin password.

Create ntop running user ntop
# Useradd-s/sbin/nologin-d/dev/null ntop

Edit configuration file
# Vi/etc/ntop. conf
-- Db-file-path/usr/local/share/ntop

Open the browser and enter
Http:/// ip: 3000