How to install ntop on CentOS
Follow the following steps
1- Install rpmforge repository:
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge
Choose your CentOS vesion and install rpmforge repository
2- # yum install ntop
3- There is a bug in the /etc/init.d/ntop startscript we need to fix.
# nano /etc/init.d/ntop
change the line at start function from:
daemon $prog -d -L @/etc/ntop.conf TO daemon $prog @/etc/ntop.conf -d -L
4- Set the admin password for the ntop
# ntop @/etc/ntop.conf
5- Start ntop services
# service ntop start
6- Configure the ntop service to start at boot time
# chkconfig –levels 35 ntop on
7- Open a web browser point to the ntop server on port 3000
http://192.168.1.10:3000
Note :- by default ntop capture all information from eth0