NTOP web interface?

Question

NTOP is a network monitor.
It has a web interface for viewing statistics.

I installed it via sudo apt-get install ntop on Ubuntu 2012.04, the daemon got started at the end of the install, without me doing anything special.

QUESTION: How to access the web interface?

http://localhost:4242 says Unable to connect.

I tried stopping the daemon and launching it in various ways:

sudo ntop -P /etc/ntop -W4242 -d
sudo ntop -P /var/lib/ntop/ -W4242 -d

But still Unable to connect.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 21 '13 at 08:55

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You can view and configure it through http://hostname:3000/ or http://127.0.0.1:3000/

ntop focuses on :

Traffic measurement
Traffic monitoring
Network optimization and planning
Detection of network security violations

You can also go through the documentation and Man Pages for optimum usage.

edited Aug 21 '13 at 08:55

Kevin Bowen

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answered Jul 19 '12 at 11:02

atenz

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score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 21 '13 at 08:58

There are two ways to access the web-gui for NTOP.

-w --> This uses an unencrypted connection (the default). Port 3000 unless overridden.
-W --> Uses SSL encryption.

Examples:

Default Setup

sudo ntop -d

This would default to an unencrypted ntop service running on port 3000. To connect you would type http://[IP_ADDRESS_OF_SYSTEM]:3000 into the address bar of a web browser.
Encrypted Setup

sudo ntop -W 8080 -d

This results in an encrypted ntop service running on port 8080. To connect you would need to type https://[IP_ADDRESS_OF_SYSTEM]:8080 into the address bar of a web browser.

NTOP web interface?

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