A customer with a NetEye installation to which I had added the NeDi module asked me if I could integrate the saved configuration files of “discovered” network devices with NeDi. NeDi, for those who are not yet familiar with it, is a Network Discovery tool based on many different network protocols. The first action NeDi…
Read MoreIn this article I’ll show you how to use information from NeDi to build network maps using draw.io. Getting Data from NeDi NeDi is an open source software tool which discovers, maps and inventories your network devices and tracks connected end nodes. In the NeDI database there are three tables that provide the data needed…
Read MoreAutomating the monitoring process in Enterprise environments is a challenge that led Icinga to create features such as their REST API and the Icinga Director module. In both new NetEye4 projects and those being migrated from NetEye3 to NetEye4, this challenge is one of the aspects that I highlight the most and is certainly one…
Read MoreOn the 23rd of this month, the NetEye and EriZone User Group in its German version took place on in the historic tramway depot “St. Peter” in Nuremberg. The event has been hosted by NetEye customer N-ERGIE Aktiengesellschaft. Participants had the opportunity to exchange information and experiences with other customers and got insights to the latest…
Read MoreThere are a number of solutions promising simple switch provisioning. However, in reality a tool is either complicated, unreliable or even both… Of course, the device can be configured prior physical installation, but this can get complicated in an enterprise network with many remote sites. Even more so, if a contractor without network skills is…
Read MoreThe network discovery tool NeDi does not only work as discovery tool for network devices like switches, routers and VOIP phones, it is also an excellent backup manager for switches.
Read MoreOnly a few more days and the CeBIT 2015 will open its doors. As already announced, also this year we will be present at the Open Source Park. Together with Luca Deri from ntop and Remo Rickli from NeDi, we’ve prepared an exciting program! On Monday, 16th we will start with an interesting speech about…
Read MoreNetEye 3.5 will permit you the automatic recognition and administration of all your network devices. Through the implementation of an interface between the two existing modules GLPI (asset management solution within NetEye) and NeDi (network discovery) we were able to facilitate the overall asset management. This interface was realized as a standard GLPI Plugin. So…
Read MoreThe NetEye NeDi package has been updated with this changes: – Added patch for ssh-keyscan multiple algorithm scan – Added patch for finding nedi log files in /var/log/neteye/nedi instead of /tmp – Updated to upstream version 1.0.8-116
Read MoreThe NetEye NeDi packages has been updated with this fix: – Fix nedi.pl to run as nedi from web
Read MoreA small bugfix/feature release has been released with this changes: – A username now can contain also chars .-_ – Added integration for managing NeDi users over neteye-configtool
Read MoreThis has been done: – Added some more sysobj files – Small bugfix for nedi rc script
Read MoreThe Open Source System Management Conference 2013 will be held on April 18th in Bolzano. After the success obtained over the years, the conference aims also in 2013 to present news, updates and trends on the Open Source software by addressing IT Managers, System Administrators and developers. Particularly significant will be the presence of Al…
Read MoreAnother NetEye NeDi package update this fixes have been applied: – Fixed logfile path (received from Marco Pamio and Paolo Vicario University of Udine Italy) – Fixed RC script to not fail on start if crontab exists
Read MoreThe NetEye NeDi packages have been updated this fixes have been applied: – Added dependecy for perl-IO-Tty otherwise ssh does not work – Fixed permissions of sysobj directory Update to this release if you had problems to connect to devices in SSH protocol.
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