Automatic Management Solution in Cloud Using NtopNG and Zabbix

This paper presents a web-based application for an automatic management system in a private cloud using NtopNG and Zabbix open-source monitoring tools. The initial objective was to increase the efficiency of the work carried out by the network administrators to control the access to the Intranet/Internet services for a large community of users (e.g., students in a campus). This involved a virtualized platform where the customers had to register (name and password). The next step was to unlock some/ all of the following services they are entitled to use (e.g., FTP, TeamSpeak, Torrent, and VPN). This original solution takes advantage of the graphical features of Zabbix, as well as the detailed configuration capabilities of NtopNG. In the second phase of the work we expanded the applicability of the management solution to devices placed in vehicles and acting as Compute Nodes in a cloud. The strengths of this implementation are the following: the application is easy to use, it can be accessed by fixed and mobile devices, it allows automatic real-time update, server virtualization, and scalability.