Documentation - IPython. Using Net-SNMP and IPython. Introduction Most systems administrators have had some experience with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), or at least have heard of it.
If you are working in a data center, then you probably interact with SNMP, in some way, on a daily basis. There are many impressive, full-scale Network Management Systems (NMS) or Network Monitoring Systems that do notable SNMP monitoring, but this article is not about those systems. This article is about exploring SNMP through the Python™ language and writing the code yourself. Installing Zenoss Network Monitor on a Ubuntu Server. This tutorial shows how to install and configure the Zenoss network monitoring tool on a Ubuntu 6.06 system.
Zenoss is a free open-source tool that allows you to monitor servers, applications, networks, power, etc. regarding their configuration, availability, performance, and so on. It can also alert you by email if it finds inappropriate actions. 1. Install LAMP server from Ubuntu server CD (Dapper+Zenoss min requirements: 150mb+232mb=382mb ram, 2gb disk (1.3gb used, 0.7gb free for data).