User Guide

Obtaining NEP

As described at Online Resources, NetEye Extension Packs can be obtained through two main channels:

  • Wuerth Phoenix’s RPM Repository neteye-contrib

  • Wuerth Phoenix’s Anonymous BitBucket Repository

Wuerth Phoenix’s RPM Repository neteye-contrib is the official channel: through it, all the Offical Stable Versions of NEP are made available via RPM package. Those RPMs will have the sole duty of making all necessary contents available for installation, allowing the End User to import only the strictly required objects. Each version of NetEye will come with its set of compatible NEPs packed inside the proper RPM. This channel is freely accessible by all Wuerth Phoenix’s Customers.

Wuerth Phoenix’s Anonymous BitBucket Repository is the development channel: through it, it is possible to get the contents of all stable versions of NEP as well as the current development release. This makes possible for everyone to get NEP freely. Also, if anyone desires it, everyone can contribute to the development of the project. Even if NEPs have NetEye as their target platform, they can be used on any system that equips the same underlying software a NetEye system.

Please note that just downloading and installing these files will not automatically deploy all NEP’s contents into NetEye: it is up to the End User to perform the import of one or more Packages by manually performing the Package Setup. This allows for a system to have the smallest footprint, enabling an easier management of the NEP-related Objects. Therefore, each NEP comes with a setup procedure that must be run by the end user before all objects become usable. Additionally, the setup procedure can be re-executed to restore all the objects to their original state.

Installing from RPM Repository

Installing NetEye Extension Packs from Wuerth Phoenix’s RPM Repository is fairly simple: just install the NEP RPM provided by the repository on the required NetEye Systems:

  • If you have a NetEye Single-Node deployment, install the RPM on the Single-Node NetEye

  • If you have a NetEye Cluster deployment, install the RPM on all Cluster Nodes

To install the NEP RPM, just run this line of code in a shell with root privileges:

yum -y --enablerepo=neteye-contrib install neteye-nep

After this procedure, all NEP’s related contents will be available at /usr/share/neteye/nep directory, that will become your NEP Content’s Source.

Installing from Anonymous BitBucket Repository

Installing NetEye Extension Packs from Wuerth Phoenix’s RPM Repository is just like cloning a GitHub Repository: just clone the NEP Repository on the required NetEye Systems:

  • If you have a NetEye Single-Node deployment, clone it on the Single-Node NetEye

  • If you have a NetEye Cluster deployment, clone it on all Cluster Nodes

Before cloning, find a suitable path to where clone NEP Repository contents. For the sake of simplicity, it is possible to assume /usr/share/neteye/ as a suitable path. To clone the NEP Repository from BitBucket, just run these commands in a shell with root privileges:

cd /usr/share/neteye/
git clone https://bitbucket.org/siwuerthphoenix/nep.git

After this procedure, all NEP’s related contents will be available at /usr/share/neteye/nep directory, that will become your NEP Content’s Source.