Install & Setup Netdot

Setup Virtual Machine Image

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install ntp

Set hostname in /etc/hostname

Setup network in /etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255

Setup DNS in /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 192.168.1.1
nameserver 192.168.1.2
nameserver 192.168.1.3
domain example.com

sudo service networking restart

Set NTP server in /etc/ntp.conf

server 192.168.1.1

sudo service ntp restart

Set localtime

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Set root alias in /etc/apache2/sites-available/netdot

Alias / "/usr/local/netdot/htdocs/"
PerlSetVar NetdotPath "/"
PerlSetVar NetdotLoginScript /login.html
<Location /NetdotLogin>

sudo service apache2 restart

Setup CRON jobs

sudo cp /usr/local/src/netdot/netdot.cron /etc/cron.d/netdot

Setup Netdot

sudo vi /usr/local/netdot/etc/Site.conf

NETDOTNAME
FETCH_DEVICE_INFO_VIA_CLI -> ERROR - Device::CLI::_get_arp_from_cli:
DEVICE_CLI_CREDENTIALS
NMS_DEVICE
DEFAULT_DNSDOMAIN

sudo service apache2 restart

Device Discovery

sudo ln -s /usr/local/netdot/bin/updatedevices.pl /usr/bin

sudo updatedevices.pl -H <device-name> -I -c <community>

sudo updatedevices.pl -B 192.168.1.0/24 -I -c <community>

sudo updatedevices.pl -E <text-file> -I
  device1 community1
  device2 community1
  ...
  
sudo updatedevices.pl -DIFAT

See Manual https://osl.uoregon.edu/redmine/projects/netdot/files