Introduction
The following guide explains how can you create a dashboard and also the widgets step by step.
In the following table you can see all the widgets that are added inside the dashboard (Traffic Overview) and a brief description of what each widget shows.
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Widget name |
Description |
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1. Tittle Widget |
The tittle of the dashboard |
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2. Traffic Trend |
Shows the trend in network traffic. |
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3. Total Bandwidth used |
The total of the bundle bandwidth used last week. |
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4. Compare weekdays |
The comparison of the traffic consumption on the last weekdays. |
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5. LAN Top talkers |
Top Private IPs with more traffic |
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6. WAN Top talkers |
Top Public IPs with more traffic |
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7. Last fired Alarms |
Last alerts that have jumped within the network |
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8. Upstream / downstream |
Traffic up and down the network |
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9. Country Tops IP |
The countries with the most connections in the network |
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10. Public IP location Map |
Public IP location into the map |
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11. Top applications by department |
Most used applications within the network classified by department |
Creating the Dashboard and Configuring General Options
The first thing you have to do is login into your redborder manager account (alternatively you can use our experience training environment, available in redborder LIVE).
Once you are logged into the redborder system, click on the overview menu and select on Add Dashboard.
After you make your selection of type of the widget, on the configuration parameters enter the Dashboard name, Layout ( 2 options: Colum based or fixed position), the description, the color of the background and also you have the possibility to add users and domains that you need for the dashboard.
After you make your settings, Click Create Dashboard to apply your changes.
Once you have personalized the dashboard, the next step is create the widget, so, locate inside the dashboard and go to the overview menu and select Add widget.
Adding a Title Widget to the Dashboard
Once you have clicked Add Widget,the system will take you directly to the widget creation panel, where are you going to select the type of widget you want, this widget is to create the title, so choose Shapes=>Text.
After you make your selection of type of the widget, on the configuration parameters enter a Name (the text to be displayed in the widget), and Destination Dashboard (where you have to indicate in which dashboard you want to add the widget), Font size, and Tittle alignment, then click Create Widget to apply your changes.
Once the Title widget is already created, you can see in the following image the widget a little off centre inside the dashboard, so to adjust the size of the widget and centre it, click on the edge of the widget and drag it until it is your liking.
Adding a Traffic Trend Widget
Once the first widget is created, you are going to follow the same process for the second one, click on Add widget and select in the widget creation panel; Traficc=> Bandwith=> Traffic trend,
Now after you make your selection of type of the widget, to acces inside the configuration parameters of the widget,click on the widget menu (on the upper right edge) and select Edit.
Once inside the configuration parameters of the widget enter the name of the widget, time range, and the Filters (in this guide the evilcorp network traffic has been used), then click Update Widget to apply your changes.
Adding a TOP Bandwidth Widget
Continuing with the third widget, click on Add widget and select in the widget creation panel; FLOW=>RAW=>Series
Now on the configuration parameters of the widget, you have the following sections to enter: Name, Dashboard location, Range, aggregation (bps, bytes, packets…), Serie type (Line, Bars, area), granularity ( 1h,2h,8h…), analytics (average, previous period, day over day…).
Adding a Compare Weekdays Widget
Now to create the following widget, click on Add widget and select in the widget creation panel; Traffic=>Compare=>Serie=>Compare weekdays
As in the previous widget, on the configuration parameters of the widget, you have the following sections to enter: name and destination dashboard, Range (hours, days, weeks, months), number of elements (the ones you want to show), aggregation (bps, bytes...) and finally Serie type (area, lines, bars). Then click Create Widget to apply your changes.
Compare weekdays Widget.
Adding a LAN Top Talkers (Bytes) Widget
For the widget number 5, click on Add widget and select in the widget creation panel; Flow=>Top=>Pie=>LAN Top Talkers (bytes)
Following the procedure, introduce the following parameters of the widget; name and destination dashboard, then, Range, number of elements, column (Lan IP, WAN IP…), and aggregation (bps, bytes…). Then click Update Widget to apply your changes.
Process to Clonate a Widget
For the widget number six, eight and nine, the fastest way would be to clone them, since it is the same widget type, you just have to change the configuration parameters in each one of them.
In the context menu of the widget that you want to clonate, select the clone option in the contextual menu.
Then, indicate in which dashboard you want to clone the widget, in this case, it is kept in the same dashboard, (but the platform also allows you to clone it in a different dashboard) and click on the Clone widget.
Once the widget is cloned, keep in mind that whenever you clone a widget, in the new widget always modify the configuration parameters, in this case you will have to modify the parameter Column (WAN IP) because what you want to show in widget number 6 is the TOP Wan IP.
After cloning the widget number 6, you'll see the same dashboard but showing Top WAN IP in widget number 6, so you are going to do the same process for widget number 8 and number 9 as shown in the following image. Then you will have to modify the Column parameter in widget number 8 as Upstream / Downstream and Country Tops IPs in the widget number 9.
Adding a Last Fired ALARMS Widget
Continuing with the widget number 7, click on Add widget and select in the widget creation panel; Infraestructure=>Alarm
With the alarms that are already defined in the system, you can see in the following image the alarms that have jumped, in which you can see the name of the alarm, who has created the alarm, product (Flow, monitor, ips), and date and time when the alarm has been triggered.
Adding Public IP Location Widget
To create the widget number 10, click on Add widget and select in the widget creation panel;Flow=>Map=>Public IP Location
Following the procedure, after you make your selection of type of the widget, on the configuration parameters enter;
Adding Top Applications By Department Widget
To create the last widget, one more time, click on Add widget and select in the widget creation panel; Flow=>RAW=>Stream=>Top Applications By Department
After you make your selection of type of the widget, on the configuration parameters enter the following:
If you have followed the guide step by step, you already have the same dashboard that was shown at the beginning. After this guide, you are ready to create a dashboard and widgets.
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