Welcome to the Python NetMon repository!
Python NetMon is a versatile and user-friendly application designed to help IT professionals effectively monitor, manage, and troubleshoot network devices and services. With a focus on ease of use and powerful functionality, this tool provides a range of features that streamline network management tasks and enhance your IT infrastructure's reliability and performance.
- Device Monitoring: Continuously monitor the status of network devices using Ping and SNMP protocols to ensure they are online and functioning correctly.
- FTP Server Management: Easily set up and manage FTP servers directly from the tool, enabling seamless file sharing and management across your network.
- Syslog Integration: Collect, monitor, and analyze syslog messages to keep track of critical events and system logs, providing valuable insights into network operations.
- Speed Test: Measure your network's download and upload speeds, as well as latency, to ensure optimal performance and quickly diagnose connectivity issues.
- Modular Design: The tool is built with a modular architecture, allowing for easy expansion with additional plugins, such as future pentesting capabilities or device-specific checks.
- Intuitive GUI: A clean, intuitive graphical user interface makes it easy to navigate through the various features and quickly access the information you need.
- Proactive Monitoring: Stay ahead of potential issues with continuous monitoring and real-time alerts for device status changes.
- Centralized Management: Manage multiple aspects of your network, from device health to file transfers, all within a single application.
- Scalability: The tool’s modular design ensures that it can grow with your network, allowing you to add new features and capabilities as your needs evolve.
- User-Friendly: Designed with IT professionals in mind, the tool offers a straightforward setup process and an intuitive interface, minimizing the learning curve and maximizing productivity.
Whether you're a network administrator managing a small office network or an IT professional overseeing a complex infrastructure, our Network Monitoring Tool provides the features and flexibility you need to maintain a robust and efficient network.
- Features
- Requirements
- Installation
- Usage
- Wiki
- Version History
- Known Bugs
- Future Plans
- Contributing
- License
- Device Management: Add, edit, and delete network devices.
- Real-Time Monitoring: Continuously ping devices to monitor their status.
- User Interface: Simple and clean GUI for easy operation.
- Logging: Detailed logging of application activities and errors.
- Keyboard Shortcuts: Quick access to common actions using keyboard shortcuts.
- Syslog Server: Integrated Syslog Server and Syslog Viewer.
- SpeedTest: Integrated a SpeedTest funciton.
- FTP Server: Integrated a FTP Server funciton.
- Python 3.x
- Tkinter (typically included with Python)
- Should be handled by
setup_env.py- Pygame (
pip install pygame) - Speedtest-cli (
pip install speedtest-cli) - Pyasn1 (
pip install pyasn1) - Pysmi (
pip install pysmi) - SNMPCliTools (
pip install snmpclitools) - PySnmp (
pip install pysnmp) - PyFTPlib (
pip install pyftpdlib)
- Pygame (
- Additional Python libraries:
csv,configparser,subprocess,platform,ipaddress,logging,threading,queue,re,webbrowser
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/wisper1977/Python/tree/a3544690fe81d7580825c59a1b9e0a7137ccabeb/Python%20NetMon
- Navigate to the project directory:
cd Python\ NetMon\
No additional installation required if you have Python installed.
To run the application, navigate to the directory containing the script and run:
python netmon.py
If using on Windows you will have to Run As Administrator
Please check out the Wiki to see how to use Features.
Release Date: 9/8/2024
- Fixed issues with the database locking
- Fixed issues with a delay to acknowledging devices
Release Date: 9/2/2024
Core Enhancements
SNMP Integration:
- Implemented SNMP monitoring using the NetOpsSNMP class.
- Added SNMP status checks to determine device reachability, with fallback to ping if SNMP fails.
- Configurable SNMP community strings via config.ini.
SQLite Integration:
- Integrated SQLite database for storing device information, logs, and status updates.
- Introduced SystemLog class to manage program logs, including error handling and informational messages.
- Environment setup now ensures database and required folders are created if they do not exist.
Plugins Architecture
Plugin System: -Introduced a plugins folder for modular functionality. -Dynamic Tools menu loads and executes plugins at runtime.
Syslog Plugin:
- Developed a Syslog server plugin that listens for syslog messages and stores them in SQLite.
- Integrated Syslog Viewer in the Tools menu to display and filter syslog messages.
Speed Test Plugin:
- Added a speed test plugin utilizing speedtest-cli.
- GUI for running speed tests and displaying download, upload speeds, and ping.
- Thread-safe GUI updates within the plugin.
Performance and Stability Improvements
Thread-Safe Queue Management:
- Implemented a thread-safe queue (update_queue) for managing GUI updates from background threads.
- Ensured all GUI interactions from background threads are routed through this queue.
Device Status Tracking:
- Introduced counters for tracking consecutive successes and failures for device checks to prevent intermittent "flashing" statuses.
- Threshold-based mechanism for determining device reachability based on multiple checks.
Error Handling and Logging:
- Improved error handling across modules, with comprehensive logging for easier troubleshooting.
- Enhanced System Log viewer with log level filters and search functionality.
User Interface and Usability
Reduced Application Size:
- Optimized the codebase, reducing the overall size by approximately 50%.
- Simplified GUI code while adding new features, ensuring a cleaner and more maintainable codebase.
Improved Device Management:
- Streamlined device management dialogs (add, edit, delete) for easier interaction.
- Correctly tracks and highlights acknowledged devices in the Treeview.
Enhanced Visual Feedback:
- Improved visual indicators in the Treeview for device statuses, with color-coding for reachable and unreachable devices.
- Added a countdown timer and progress bar for refresh intervals, giving users clear feedback on the next check.
Environment Setup
Automated Setup:
- Automated environment setup ensures all necessary Python packages are installed.
- Added firewall configuration steps for both Windows and Linux to allow Syslog traffic on UDP port 514.
- Performance issue, program locking up.
- Detailed Device Views: Implement functionality for users to click on a device in the list and display detailed information or statistics in a separate dialog or pane.
- Input Validation: Implement rigorous input validation to secure against potential injection attacks, particularly for inputs affecting network operations or subprocess invocations.
- Penetration Testing: Conduct penetration testing to identify and address potential security vulnerabilities.
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.