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Visualise Bandwidth utilization in Grafana using SNMP, Telegraf, InfluxDB
Grafana, InfluxDB, and Telegraf are popular open-source tools used for time-series data analysis and visualization. Grafana: Grafana is a popular platform for creating and visualizing time-series data. It provides a web interface for creating and customizing dashboard...

Detect telnet credentials from CISCO XE router captured packets
Telnet is not considered a secure protocol because it sends data, including passwords, in plain text over the network. This means that if an attacker were to intercept the data being sent over a Telnet connection, they would be able to see sensitive information,...

Using Python3 and SMTP to Send Attachments to Multiple Email Recipients, Including Gmail
Sending automated emails with attachments can be important for several reasons: Efficiency: Automated emailing saves time and effort by eliminating the need for manual sending of emails, and it ensures that emails are sent consistently and on time. Accuracy: Automated...

SNMP for Monitoring
SNMP for NMS, is this technology still enough?

Telnet based command execution on Cisco/Huawei devices
The telnetlib library in Python is a library that provides support for Telnet protocols. It allows you to write scripts that can interact with remote devices using Telnet protocols, and automate tasks that would otherwise require manual intervention. The library...

Setup nodes to send logs to Ubuntu server
In this blog post, we'll explore the basic commands used to configure syslog on switch routers. Enabling Syslog The first step in configuring syslog on switch routers is to enable the service. This is done using the following command: Router# configure terminal...

Syslog configure to collect logs from nodes like Cisco, Huawei Switch Router
After installing Syslog in the server, we can configure it to receive log from UDP or TCP port and perform some filtering before sending it to our destination (pgsql database). Versions used in this article: Syslog-ng: 3.30 PostgreSQL: 9.5 Server: ubuntu 16.04 Default...

Install syslog-ng in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
We will discuss on SYSLOG-NG, installation of syslog-ng 3.30 using release key instead of compiling source code. Our aim is to setup syslog-ng, configure switch, routers to send log to server, store log in database and visualise log in a web tool or database client software like DBeaver.
Many large businesses are embracing automation in the networking sector, yet a lot of companies still rely on manual human efforts to fix most network issues on a daily basis. With modern Network Management Systems (NMS), management personnel can prioritize their workload and focus on more important tasks instead of handling various customer complaints. Telemetry, a stream-based technology, is becoming increasingly popular and replacing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Additionally, various technology stacks such as TIG (Telegraf, Influxdb, Graphana) provide more comprehensive data and real-time notifications through multiple channels in case of any network occurrence. This blog will cover a broad range of networking automation technologies.
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Zaman finds great joy in writing about many topics related to automation and monitoring tools, and sharing the knowledge and assisting others solving similar problems.