Keep an eye on your network - Observium Tutorial

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A wise man once said "You can't know what's wrong if you never knew what right looks like". That was me. Keeping a watchful eye on your servers and network gear is quite a challenge, but where do you even begin? Today, I'm going to show you how to setup Observium to monitor and log activity for any device on your network. Best of all, its 100% free.

But first... What am I drinking???

From Big Ditch Brewing (NY) comes... a beer that tastes like beer in the form of A Beer That Tastes Like Beer. It's definitely a beer, and it tastes like a beer, but I'm not sure if it's the beer-like beer they were going for.

Copy/Paste instructions can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Hardware from my server rack

Network -
UniFi UDM-Pro: https://amzn.to/2RV7gPg
UniFi G3 FLEX Camera: https://amzn.to/2EsGFpr
UniFi G4 PRO Camera: https://amzn.to/32W9RhU
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Mikrotik Desktop 5-port 10Gb Switch: https://amzn.to/2TvVezP
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Ubiquiti UniFi UDM-Pro Router/Firewall: https://amzn.to/3fA3Spm
10Gb DAC cables: https://amzn.to/3wLrWeJ
HP NC523SFP Dual 10-Gigabit PCIe adapter: https://amzn.to/3fCjEjB
Asus XG-C100F 10Gbps PCIe 3.0 Network Card: https://amzn.to/3g1Ulqj

HP DL80 Gen9 -
(Barebones) 2U: https://ebay.to/3ebduG4
HP Gen8 - Gen10 3.5" Drive Trays: https://amzn.to/3egChsf
Xeon E5-2660v3 - https://ebay.to/3i8JmMG
Xeon E5-2678v3 - https://ebay.to/3eh1yTb

Supermicro Ultra Servers -
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Hyve Zeus 1U Servers -
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nVidia Quadro P400: https://ebay.to/2LyaiJg
nVidia Quadro P1000: http://ebay.to/3rIwf8n
HP Dual 10Gb SFP+ Card: https://ebay.to/3fpjmLk
1U PCIe Riser (the right one...): https://ebay.to/35TJLxG

Chenbro NR12000 -
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Chenbro NR12000 Rails: http://ebay.to/2O4NLF1
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HGST 6TB SATA: https://amzn.to/3r32v57
PCIe 1U Riser: https://ebay.to/35TJLxG

Storage Server -
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Supermicro H11SSL-i SP3 Motherboard: https://amzn.to/3xtSkKG https://ebay.us/N73DGi
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Cloud Gaming Server -
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AsRock RACK ROMED8-2T Motherboard (7002/7003 Support): https://amzn.to/3xdxoal
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Noctua NH-U12S TR4-SP3: https://amzn.to/3eOOftu
Noctua NH-U9 TR4-SP3: https://amzn.to/3eRAhHt
InWin R400N 4U Server Chassis: https://amzn.to/3BFYUjQ

UPS Unit -
APC Smart-UPS RM SMT1500RM2U: https://amzn.to/3CIqc9G

Air Conditioning -
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0:00 Intro
2:50 Observium Install
4:31 Linux SNMP v2c
7:44 Windows SNMP v2c
9:31 Linux SNMP v3
11:35 Windows ~~SNMP v3~~ WMI
15:51 Wrap up
18:02 Beer That Tastes Like Beer
Music:
Intractable by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license