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| - Follow our [[navfaq#what_are_the_hardware_requirements|hardware requirements]]. Hook on a [[navfaq#any_requirements_for_the_cell_phone|cell phone]], if you like. | - Follow our [[navfaq#what_are_the_hardware_requirements|hardware requirements]]. Hook on a [[navfaq#any_requirements_for_the_cell_phone|cell phone]], if you like. |
| - Install [[http://www.debian.org/|Debian]] | - Install [[http://www.debian.org/|Debian]] |
| - ''apt-get install nav'' (first add a line to your sources.list, see [[http://pkg-nav.alioth.debian.org/|the package doc]]). | - ''aptitude install nav'' (first add a line to your sources.list, see [[http://pkg-nav.alioth.debian.org/|the package doc]]). |
| - Follow the ''REAME.Debian'' cookbook | - Follow the ''REAME.Debian'' cookbook |
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| ==== Even easier install ==== | ==== Even easier install ==== |
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| * Use our available [[navappliance|virtual appliance]] ! | * Use our available [[navappliance|virtual appliance]] with NAV preinstalled! |
| ===== Adjust NAV configuration files ===== | ===== Adjust NAV configuration files ===== |
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| - In ''nav.conf'' set ''ADMIN_MAIL'' to the email account of your NAV administrator. | - In ''nav.conf'' set ''ADMIN_MAIL'' to the email account of your NAV administrator. |
| - In ''nav.conf'' set ''DOMAIN_SUFFIX'' to your domain. | - In ''nav.conf'' set ''DOMAIN_SUFFIX'' to your domain. |
| - In ''db.conf'' set ''userpw_nav''. NAV will use this password to access the NAV database. For debugging purposes you use it yourself to access the database from the shell with ''psql manage nav''. | - In ''db.conf'' set ''userpw_nav''. NAV will use this password to access the NAV database. For debugging purposes you use it yourself to access the database from the shell with ''psql nav nav''. |
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| <code> | <code> |
| $/usr/sbin/nav status | $/usr/sbin/nav status |
| Up: alertengine cricket eventengine getDeviceData iptrace logengine mactrace maintengine networkDiscovery pping servicemon thresholdMon | Up: alertengine cricket eventengine ipdevpoll logengine mactrace maintengine networkDiscovery pping servicemon snmptrapd thresholdMon |
| Down: smsd | Down: smsd |
| </code> | </code> |
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| After you have registered your equipment in NAV, the background processes starts collecting information with snmp: | After you have registered your equipment in NAV, the background processes starts collecting information with snmp: |
| * [[backendprocesses#ipdevpoll|ipdevpoll]] should notice the new IP device within 2 minutes, and will then classify the new box in terms of OIDs supported. This can be seen from the IP device report from the [[reporttool|report tool]]. | * [[backendprocesses#ipdevpoll|ipdevpoll]] should notice the new IP device within 2 minutes and will start collecting switch/router port information and more. Verify the status using the report tool (or network explorer). You may also check the ''ipdevpoll.log'' file. |
| * The next step for getDeviceData will be to gather switch/router port information and more. Verify the status using the report tool (or network explorer). You may also check the ''ipdevpoll.log'' file. | |
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| After the individual components has its collected data [[backendprocesses#mactrace|mactrace]] will every 15 minutes gather mac to switch port data. This will in turn be used by the | After the individual components has its collected data [[backendprocesses#mactrace|mactrace]] will every 15 minutes gather mac to switch port data. This will in turn be used by the |
