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Published inJul 2022
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Rodrigo Juan Hernández
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Rodrigo Juan Hernández

Rodrigo Juan Hernández is an electronic engineer passionate about IoT even before it existed. He has been working on tech for more than 18 years until now. For several years he has been focusing on the IoT ecosystem. He is currently giving consultation about IoT systems to clients around the world. He also produces content online about IoT and related subjects and the content is available on his blog, Youtube channel, and social networks - mainly LinkedIn. He also writes for companies that need good quality content about their products and services. His main objective nowadays is helping others to understand and implement IoT solutions.
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What LibreNMS is and how you can use it

As discussed earlier, LibreNMS is an NMS. The purpose of these systems is to manage network devices, servers, appliances, and any device that can be parsed using SNMP.

You can find the website of the project at the following link:

https://www.librenms.org/

The main features of LibreNMS are the following:

  • Automatic discovery of devices: LibreNMS uses SNMP, CDP, LLDP, OSPF, BGP, FDP, and ARP to find devices in a network.
  • API access: You can interact with LibreNMS using its API to manage, graph, and get data.
  • Alerting: LibreNMS has a very customizable alerting system. You can build your alerts or use the templates provided by default.
  • Automatic updates: LibreNMS has a script to check on updates and run upgrades at midnight.
  • Distributed polling: You can build a large system with distributed small nodes that send data to a central server.
  • Billing system: You can generate bills based on the utilization of specific...
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Published in: Jul 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803236124

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Rodrigo Juan Hernández

Rodrigo Juan Hernández is an electronic engineer passionate about IoT even before it existed. He has been working on tech for more than 18 years until now. For several years he has been focusing on the IoT ecosystem. He is currently giving consultation about IoT systems to clients around the world. He also produces content online about IoT and related subjects and the content is available on his blog, Youtube channel, and social networks - mainly LinkedIn. He also writes for companies that need good quality content about their products and services. His main objective nowadays is helping others to understand and implement IoT solutions.
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