Synopsis

Managing and monitoring networks provide visibility, telemetry, and logging to help manage network components, allocate resources and maximise their efficiency, and monitor critical services for unusual behaviour. The objective of this tutorial is to introduce Network Management and Monitoring concepts, techniques, tools, and best practices that can help participants effectively implement solutions catered for their requirements.

Target Audience

This course is targeted to network managers and operators who are interested in Network Management and Monitoring and want to gain an understanding of how to utilise various tools to improve network telemetry.

Pre-requisites

It is assumed that participants have a basic understanding of:

• Network operations, Internet technologies, OSI reference model and TCP/IP
• Basic command line (CLI) skills

We recommend the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:

• Routing Fundamentals: https://academy.apnic.net/en/course/routing-fundamentals-course
• Linux Virtual Lab: https://academy.apnic.net/en/virtual-labs?labId=87395

Course Outline

• Introduction to NMM
• SNMP Fundamentals
• RRD Fundamentals
• Log Management
• LibreNMS demo

Other requirements

• Zoom (or web version of Zoom) to join the online tutorial
• Attendees must have an APNIC Academy login account. If you don’t have one already, you can create an account for free at https://academy.apnic.net/
• Please test the speed of your Internet connection to the servers where the Virtual Machines (VMs) are hosted at the Learn on Demand data centres, using the speed test tool at https://www.learnondemandsystems.com/speedtest/

Notes

• The lab component will be covered in Open Lab – SNMP, LibreNMS and RRD, please register here to join.
• Certificate of Participation and video recording are available upon request, kindly submit your requests to training@apnic.net. Attendance for at least 75% of the total session duration is necessary to meet the qualification criteria.

Synopsis

Open Labs aim to provide supported lab time for participants. Trainers facilitate the session, provide support and help with troubleshooting as participants try to complete the lab exercises.

This Open Lab focuses on understanding SNMP applications, going through the step-by-step installation and setup of LibreNMS, an open source NMM tool.

Target Audience

This course is targeted to network managers and operators who are interested in Network Management and Monitoring and want to gain an understanding of how to utilise various tools to improve network telemetry. Participants are expected to have attended the open tutorial or have prior knowledge of NMM concepts.

Pre-requisites

It is strongly recommended to attend one of the Open Tutorials on Network Management & Monitoring.