Netmond V2. Introduction

This is short overview of Netmond project.


What is 'Netmond'?

Netmond (Network Monitoring Dealer) is an essential and flexible tool for network administrators. Netmond is a daemon providing an interface between low level network stack and a GUI monitoring program or a database.
Netmond accumulates network neighborhood data, periodically polling network objects by several methods and collecting SNMP traps. Gathered information is parsed so that client programs can comfortably request it via unified interface.

Netmond is written in pure C and designed to work in Unix (Linux)-like environment as a system daemon.

Netmond have a modular architecture. Modules work indepependently but use common task scheduler, session multiplexer and topology correlator, variables pool and output channels.

Collected data can be saved by various methods periodically or conditionally. Also, a client program can request the data dynamically via built-in NetState service .

The unique asynchronous polling algorithm does not limit a number of simultaneously controlled objects. No additional equipment or other network resources needed.


Why to use 'Netmond'?

Netmond can provide real-time monitoring of complex network environment including:

  • Routers and switches
  • network interfaces and BGP peers
  • Hosts, servers and services

Using Netmond you can:

  • Track objects states
  • count transmitted via interfaces data
  • collect probes data
  • catch network events and react to it
  • log network activity
  • load raw data to you favorite DB

Netmond can be used as a low-level data collecting and alerting part of Network Operation Center framework.

Netmond canNOT intercept or analyze network traffic.
Netmond canNOT reconfigure any network equipment.


Supported platforms

Netmond designed to work in Unix-like environment. No MS Windows version exists and not planned.

Netmond can be compiled without any additional specific functions or libraries. So it can be build in most of Unix-es.
If POSIX Threads are supported on your OS, it will be used automatically.

Netmond was implemented on BSDI BSD/OS v4.x. Also tested and known to work on FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris.

If you got unstable Netmond behavior try to remake it without POSIX Threads.


Where is Netmond?

Netmond homepage: <http://soft.risp.ru/netmond/>.

Netmond sources are publicly available on FTP: <ftp://ftp.nsk.su/pub/RinetSoft/>.
Also here is contributed software for Netmond.

Public mail address: soft@risp.ru

Friendly bugreports, patches, documents, articles, comments and contributed software are welcome!

Netmond Mailing list: netmon@service.risp.ru
Send e-mail with `subscribe netmon' body for majordomo@service.risp.ru to subscribe.

Netmond mailing list archive: <http://service.risp.ru/netmon/>.


License agreement

Copyright (C) 1998-2002 RINET Software Group. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can use it and/or modify it for you own needs free of charge. You can redistribute software in any form free of charge.

Commercial redistribution is prohibited.

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.


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