Network Device Configuration Management - Oxidized

In this lab you will install Oxidized and integrate it with LibreNMS.

Requirements:

Ubuntu 20.04 Server with LibreNMS installed (Use the provided VM)

Oxidized Installation

Since most of the tasks in this lab require you to be "root", the first thing you should do is to connect to your server and start a root shell.

sudo su
apt update
apt-get install ruby ruby-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev pkg-config cmake libssh2-1-dev libicu-dev zlib1g-dev g++
sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1
sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1
sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6=1
gem install oxidized
gem install oxidized-script oxidized-web 

Oxidized Configuration

Create the oxidized user.

useradd -s /bin/bash -m oxidized

Continue with oxidized user.

Setup Oxidized Service

LibreNMS Integration

Postfix Installation

Postfix will be installed to have email notification of configuration changes.

apt install postfix

Postfix Configuration