# EVENT NAME: RENU - Network Monitoring and Management Workshop #
* **Dates:** 24th April - 28th April, 2017
* **Location:** Mbarara, Uganda
* **Host:** [Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST)](http://must.ac.ug)
* **Venue:** [Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST)](http://must.ac.ug/)
* **DEA:** 2nd May - 5th May, 2017 (MUST and Bishop Stuart University)
## Workshop ##
* [Detailed Agenda](agenda.html) (includes links to presentations and schedule)
* [Participants](participants.html)
* [Instructors and Organizers](instructors.html)
* [Reference Materials](references.html)
* [Sponsors](sponsors.html "Workshop Sponsors")
* [Group Photo](https://photos.nsrc.org/YYYY/ALBUM/LINK_TO_PHOTO) : [Photos](https://photos.nsrc.org/index.php/YYYY/LINK-TO-ALBUM)
* [Survey](https://nsrc.org/limesurvey/LINK-TO-SURVEY)
## Workshop Topics ##
The workshop will be a combination of theory and lab. Ubuntu Linux server version 16.04 LTS will be the workshop platform. The course will cover:
* Introduction to Network Monitoring and Management
* Recap of Linux command line use. Depending on the class level this may be very basic to more in-depth
* Introduction to Linux
* Security essentials including SSH
* Linux commands and the command line interface (CLI)
* Text editors (vi, joe)
* Cisco IOS Configuration Basics
* SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
* Nagios - Server and Service monitoring and alerting
* Smokeping
* Netflow, NfSen - traffic analysis and exploration
