Open Source Network Monitoring System

Introduction

If you like webmin to manage your unix/linux server, than you will love NetDirector much more. The concept is a centralized management. So you can manage any server in any location from single web based administration.

Here is the main features of NetDirector i got from EmuSoftware website, which is the company that provide commercial support for NetDirector:

• Role-based Access Controls
• Configure multiple servers - physical or virtual - at once.
• Open Source (Licensed under the NetDirector Public License)
• Form-based configuration of popular open source services (Apache, BIND, DHCP, LDAP, Postfix, Samba, Kerberos, Sendmail, VSFTP, etc.)
• Add Users and Groups across multiple servers at once
• Stop and restart services remotely
• Rollback and histories of Server Configurations
• Schedule changes to occur when you choose
• Freely downloadable from SourceForge
• Server configuration cloning, very good for disaster recovery or qucik trouble shooting

NetDirector is designed as Client Server Application. It is build based on Java servlet using Tomcat Application Server. It will use MySQL or PostgreSQL to store all the server data/configuration. At the client side, you only need java enabled browser.

And as of version 3.0, NetDirector support for third party plugins. That means, you can enhance NetDirector as far as you want. If you have your own service in the server, you can integrate it with NetDirector using your custom plugins. The latest NetDirector version is 3.2.

Quick Howto

1. Download the NetDirector Server Manager and NetDirector Server Agent
2. Install NetDirector Server Manager in dedicated server for it
3. Install NetDirector Server Agent in the Server you want to manage
4. Use NetDirector Installer for easy going installation. Manual installation is possible
5. Read the Administration Guide and Basic Usage

Screen Shots

NetDirector Services Screen

NetDirector Rollback Screen

Download and Resources

1. NetDirector Website
2. EmuSoftware for Commercial Support
3. Download NetDirector
4. NetDirector Installation
5. NetDirector Quick Start Guide
6. NetDirector Documentation
7. NetDirector Adminitration
8. NetDirector Basic Usage