[AuckLUG] Traffic accounting and ISPConfig

[Justin Cook]

Hello everyone!

I've always wanted to get some sort of per-IP traffic accounting going 
because frankly rrd is awesome and I feel left out. I had another crack 
at it today and managed to get ulog putting ludicrous amounts of data 
into a mysql db.

What do I do with it now? I'm no perl expert. Are there any customisable 
front-ends out there that will talk to rrd and sort out the relevant 
data from mysql? So far I've had a look at cacti and haven't gotten it 
working just yet but it's nearly there. I'm not sure that cacti is what 
I want though, someone compared it to MRTG which isn't really an 
individual-IP-esque solution.

On that note, has anyone here tried ISPConfig before? I set it up this 
week and it's wicked cool. I expected a web management interface but I 
didn't expect it to install and configure most of my packages for me. I 
used this guide: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu704 and 
ISPConfig is found here: http://www.ispconfig.org/ - it's saved me 
literally weeks of setting stuff up.

Cheers
Justin