Course : System and Network monitoring tools and techniques

Practical course - 3d - 21h00 - Ref. SUR
Price : 2370 CHF E.T.

System and Network monitoring tools and techniques






INTER
IN-HOUSE
CUSTOM

In person
Available in English on request

Ref. SUR
  3d - 21h00
2370 CHF E.T.







Course schedule

1
Network and system administration principles

  • What to monitor : Processes, system resources usage, file systems, users.
  • Network traffic and Network equipments.
  • Monitoring tools.
  • Basic system commands, scripts. Log files.
  • Network observers and network scanner.
  • File system audit tools. SNMP tools. Global monitoring tools.
Hands-on work
Define a strategy for the administration.

2
Deploying a TCP/IP Network

  • TCP/IP architecture. Services and protocols.
  • Addressing and routing. Address classes and network masks.
  • Configuring routers. Routing protocols.
  • Configuring servers and services.
  • Setting up FTP, HTTP, and DNS services.
  • Network and application services monitoring.
  • Open Source Software. Smokeping. Munin.
Hands-on work
Network setup. Routers and switches. Configuring Windows and Linux systems. Using network testing basic tools. Smokeping. Configuration. Munin configuration.

3
Network Observers

  • Using network sniffer applications.
  • Adresses and protocols observation.
  • From Tcpdump to Wireshark.
  • How they work. Other tools.
Hands-on work
Using Etherape on Linux. Using Wireshark to analyze network traffic. Creating Capture and/or Display filters with Wireshark.

4
System protection

  • Monitoring network services .
  • The netstat command.
  • Network scanners. Nmap. Nessus.
  • Monitoring files and directories.
  • Application software. Checking file and directory integrity.
  • Intrusion detection tools. AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environnement).
Hands-on work
Using Nmap on Windows. Using AIDE on Linux.

5
Simple Network Management Protocol

  • SNMP operation and messages : get, get-next, set, response. Agents.
  • Management Information Bases.
  • Scalar vs. tabular data.
  • SNMP tools. Net-SNMP Software. MIB Browsers.
Hands-on work
Configuring SNMP agents on WIndows, Linux, and Cisco routers ans switches. Using Net-SNMP commands. Using a MIB Browser.

6
Multiple Router Traffic Grapher

  • MRTG Principles
  • Creating traffic graphs. Publishing graphs on a Web Server.
  • RRDtool. Data storage.
  • Graph creation. Exemple of CACTI.
Hands-on work
Configuring MRTG and CACTI on Linux.

7
Supervision tools

  • Nagios origin. Monitored systems and services. Plugins.
  • Configuration files. Test scheduling.
  • CENTREON. Advanced interface. Graphical configuration.
  • Big Brother. Monitoring principles.
Hands-on work
Configuring and using Nagios on Linux and Big Brother on Windows.


Customer reviews
4,3 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
PASCAL P.
03/11/25
4 / 5

too much linux and programs for linux for my taste. 2/3 of the programs seen during the training will never be useful to me. on the other hand the quality of Mr SAMSAR's work was good.
OMAR HAKIM B.
03/11/25
5 / 5

Hicham provides the best possible assistance to trainees, with a strong teaching approach
SAID JASSEM B.
03/11/25
5 / 5

Very good trainer



Publication date : 08/28/2024