Objective: use MRTG to generate web traffic for a router
Environment: CentOS 4 and cisco 2501 router
Steps:
1. Enable SNMP server for cisco router and set the bandwidth for the serial interface
ssh/telnlet into the router with pasword
en>
conf t
snmp-server community public ro
interface serial 0/0
#bandwidth 2048
wr
2. Make sure the udp 161 port is not blocked on cisco router
3. Install MRTG (either through rpm or manual install)
# yum install mrtg
4. Go to MRTG website documention - unix guide at
http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/mrtg-unix-guide.en.html
use the first example command to generate mrtg.cfg
cfgmaker --global "WorkDir: /home/tobi" \
--global "Options[_]: growright,bits" \
--ifref=ip \
public@router.place.xyz > mrtg.cfg
note: replace workdir, remove --ifref=ip line.
You might use this command:
/usr/bin/cfgmaker --global 'WorkDir: /var/www/html/mrtg' --global 'Options[_]: bits,growright' --output /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg public@10.0.0.1
5. setup cronjob (if you install MRTG through rpm , no need, because there's a file under /etc/cron.d/mrtg already, run rpm -qil mrtg to check which are the files installed by rpm)
6. Access the serial port MRTG graphic
http://10.0.0.1/mrtg/10.0.0.1_2.html
note: DO NOT configure cronjob for mrtg again if you install mrtg through yum install rpm command, otherwise, it will conflict, you will always receive warning email saying 'cannot rename ....' or ' cannot find primary log file...' etc
Environment: CentOS 4 and cisco 2501 router
Steps:
1. Enable SNMP server for cisco router and set the bandwidth for the serial interface
ssh/telnlet into the router with pasword
en>
conf t
snmp-server community public ro
interface serial 0/0
#bandwidth 2048
wr
2. Make sure the udp 161 port is not blocked on cisco router
3. Install MRTG (either through rpm or manual install)
# yum install mrtg
4. Go to MRTG website documention - unix guide at
http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/mrtg-unix-guide.en.html
use the first example command to generate mrtg.cfg
cfgmaker --global "WorkDir: /home/tobi" \
--global "Options[_]: growright,bits" \
--ifref=ip \
public@router.place.xyz > mrtg.cfg
note: replace workdir, remove --ifref=ip line.
You might use this command:
/usr/bin/cfgmaker --global 'WorkDir: /var/www/html/mrtg' --global 'Options[_]: bits,growright' --output /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg public@10.0.0.1
5. setup cronjob (if you install MRTG through rpm , no need, because there's a file under /etc/cron.d/mrtg already, run rpm -qil mrtg to check which are the files installed by rpm)
6. Access the serial port MRTG graphic
http://10.0.0.1/mrtg/10.0.0.1_2.html
note: DO NOT configure cronjob for mrtg again if you install mrtg through yum install rpm command, otherwise, it will conflict, you will always receive warning email saying 'cannot rename ....' or ' cannot find primary log file...' etc