The Multi Router Traffic Grapher
Latest Release: MRTG 2.9.17
Credits
Programming: [1]Tobias Oetiker [2]<oetiker@ee.ethz.ch>, [3]Dave Rand
[4]<dlr@bungi.com>
and many contributors from the global Village
DNS Reflectors: [5]www.mrtg.org (by Timothy Kennedy of [6]YellowBrix,
Inc)
[7]mrtg.eu.org (by Michel Renfer of [8]LAN Services AG)
WWW Mirrors: [9]Swiss Original, [10]FR, [11]USA, [12]AU, [13]JP,
[14]CZ, [15]BR, [16]BR, [17]ES, [18]IT, [19]IL, [20]JP, (Outdated:
[21]USA, [22]UK, [23]TH ).
FTP Mirrors: [24]SE, [25]RU, [26]AU, [27]BR, [28]US, [29]ES, [30]CZ,
[31]IT, [32]IT, [33]JP, (Outdated: [34]USA, [35]NO, [36]RO,
[37]Poland, [38]DE, [39]US, [40]TW, [41]JP ).
Translations: [42]Japanese, [43]Espagnol.
What is the Multi Router Traffic Grapher?
The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is a tool to monitor the
traffic load on network-links. MRTG generates HTML pages containing
GIF images which provide a LIVE visual representation of this traffic.
Check [44]http://www.ee.ethz.ch/stats/mrtg/ for an example. MRTG is
based on Perl and C and works under UNIX and Windows NT. MRTG is being
successfully used on [45]many sites around the net.
[46]What is MRTG ()
A short overview on what MRTG is, with additional sections on
history, and highlights.
License & MRTG Appreciators
MRTG is freely available under the terms of the
[47]GNU General Public License
[48]MRTG Appreciators
I spend a lot of my time maintaining MRTG, answering user
requests and writing other open source software packages. I keep a
list of people who have shown their appreciation for my work. For
example by [49]ordering CD or DVD media from my wish list.
Start Using MRTG
[50]Download MRTG
Get the latest Version of MRTG as Unix source or as precompiled
for Win32. (There are [51]MRTG Linux RPMs by [52]Henri Gomez)
[53]What is NEW
The MRTG CHANGES file will give you all the details.
[54]UNIX MRTG Installation Guide ()
If you plan to run mrtg on a unix machine (this is what I do).
Then this guide will explain all the details about compiling and
configuring the system.
[55]Win32 MRTG Installation Guide ()
A fair number of people run MRTG successfully on Windows NT and
2k platforms. This guide shows you how this is done. If you insist on
running MRTG on the Windows 95/98/ME spawns make friends with Jeff
Liebermann or rather his [56]MRTG for Windows 95, 98, and ME webpage.
[57]MRTG Compatibiliy Charts
A list of devices and Operating-Systems known to work with
mrtg.
[58]MRTG Companion Sites / Links
Many people have setup webpages telling about special
configurations or applications of mrtg. Check out this huge list if
you want to go further.
[59]MRTG User Pages
A large number of people are using MRTG all around the world.
On this page you find a list of companies and individuals admitting to
use mrtg.
MRTG Documentation Pack
[60]CfgMaker Manual ()
MRTG configuration files can be generated automatically using
the cfgmaker.
[61]IndexMaker Manual ()
Index maker generates an overview page giving you the big
picture on all the targets you are monitoring.
[62]MRTG Configuration Reference ()
The Installation guides above will give you a glimpse at what
is possible with MRTG. But to get the full picture take a look at the
configuration reference which explains all the configuration options
available in MRTG.
[63]MRTG FAQ ()
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding MRTG. And a
pointer to the official 'Inofficial MRTG FAQ'
[64]MRTG Newsgroup and Mailiglist ()
Sometimes you just can't seem to find an answer to your MRTG
problems even when spending a lot of time reading the documentation.
Then it is best ask someone who can help.
Advanced User Information
[65]Contribution Guidelines ()
If you plan on contributing code to the MRTG project, please
make sure you follow the guide lines listed in this document.
[66]RRDtool
Want to write your own monitoring application? Need more
powerful graphing? Want to store non integer data? Need more speed?
Make sure to check out my latest creation: RRDtool.
[67]RRDtool Integration ()
MRTG can be used together with RRDtool. Lifting it up to a new
level of performance and flexibility.
[68]MRTG Logfile Format ()
Some people want to use the data stored in the mrtg log files
with programs of their own. Learn about the format of the MRTG log
files.
[69]MRTG_lib Perl Module ()
Parts of mrtg have been broken out into a Perl module called
MRTG_lib.pm. Nothing beautiful, but at least there is some
documentation for it. If you want to write something which parses the
mrtg configuration file then this might be very useful.
[70]MIB Help ()
Looking at Traffic rates is interesting, but your router can
tell you much more. Use this document to get started.
[71]SQUID Monitoring ()
An Introduction on Using MRTG to monitor a SQUID web cache
[72]Webserver Configuration Hints ()
Your web server is vital in making mrtg generated web pages and
graphs available to your customers. This document gives some hints on
how optimize your web server regarding mrtg.
Feedback
If you have any questions about this program, or have it up and
running,
we would like to hear from you:
[73]MRTG
[74]Tobias Oetiker [75]<oetiker@ee.ethz.ch>
and [76]Dave Rand [77]<dlr@bungi.com>
References
Visible links
1. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker
2. mailto:oetiker@ee.ethz.ch
3. http://www.bungi.com/
4. mailto:dlr@bungi.com
5. http://www.mrtg.org/
6. http://www.yellowbrix.com/
7. http://mrtg.eu.org/
8. http://www.lan.ch/
9. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/
10. http://mrtg-fr.agarik.com/
11. http://mrtg.hdl.com/
12. http://the.wiretapped.net/security/network-monitoring/mrtg/
13. http://www.ayamura.org/mrtg/
14. http://www.mrtg.cz/
15. http://mrtg.matrix.com.br/
16. http://mrtg.pop-mg.com.br/mrtg.html
17. http://mrtg.neptuno2000.com/
18. http://www.mrtg.it/
19. http://mirror.bezeqint.net/mrtg/
20. http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mrtgwww/
21. http://noc.nol.net/mirrors/mrtg/mrtg.html
22. http://mrtg.yoyo.org/
23. http://sriwichai.siamu.ac.th/mirrors/mrtg/mrtg.html
24. ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/network/monitoring/mrtg/
25. ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/networking/management/mrtg/
26. ftp://ftp.wiretapped.net/pub/mrtg/
27. ftp://mrtg.pop-mg.com.br/pub/mrtg/pub
28. ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/mrtg/
29. ftp://ftp.neptuno2000.com/pub/mrtg
30. ftp://ftp2.cscnet.cz/pub/mirror/mrtg/
31. ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/mrtg
32. ftp://venom.ath.cx/mirror/mrtg/
33. ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/mrtg/
34. ftp://ftp.metzler.org/pub/mrtg/
35. ftp://ftp.ntnu.no/pub/network/monitoring/mrtg
36. ftp://mirror.itcnet.ro/pub/mrtg
37. ftp://ftp.onet.pl/pub/unix/network/mrtg/
38. ftp://ftp.gigabell.net/pub/mrtg
39. ftp://mrtg.hdl.com/
40. ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/network/mrtg/
41. ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/net/mrtg/
42. http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~riocat/webtools/mrtg/
43. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/es/
44. http://www.ee.ethz.ch/stats/mrtg/
45. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/users.html
46. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/mrtg.html
47. http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
48. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/appreciators.txt
49. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/wish
50. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/pub/
51. ftp://ftp.falsehope.com/home/gomez/mrtg/
52. mailto:hgomez@slib.fr
53. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/pub/CHANGES
54. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/unix-guide.html
55. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/nt-guide.html
56. http://www.cruzio.com/~jeffl/mrtg/docs/w95mrtg.htm
57. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/compat.html
58. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/links.html
59. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/users.html
60. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/cfgmaker.html
61. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/indexmaker.html
62. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/reference.html
63. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/faq.html
64. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/forum.html
65. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/contrib.html
66. http://rrdtool.eu.org/
67. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/mrtg-rrd.html
68. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/logfile.html
69. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/mrtglib.html
70. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/mibhelp.html
71. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/squid.html
72. file://localhost/home/oetiker/data/projects/AABM-mrtg/doc/webserver.html
73. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html
74. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker
75. mailto:oetiker@ee.ethz.ch
76. http://www.bungi.com/
77. mailto:dlr@bungi.com
Hidden links:
78. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html
79. http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html
