vnStat PHP Frontend - Install & Config Webinterface for vnStat
B. Dijkstra at SQWEEK.com has written a simple PHP web frontend for vnStat. The latest stable version is 1.3 and is available for download here
vnStat PHP Frontend requires
Apache Webserver (use Apache2.2.3 here)
PHP (use PHP5.2.0-8)
GD Image librariesvnStat already installed
So lets get the prerequisites install.
Install PHP5
DebianSystem# aptitude install php5
Install GD Image Libraries
DebianSystem# aptitude install php5-gd
Install Apache2 Webserver
DebianSystem# aptitude install apache2
Now, the pre-requisites are installed. You need to have a functional vnStat running on the system. For install instructions click here
Download vnStat PHP Frontend
Download the vnStat PHP Frontend from here
DebianSystem# wget http://www.sqweek.com/sqweek/files/vnstat_php_frontend-1.3.tar.gz
Unzip & Untar the files
DebianSystem# tar -zxvf vnstat_php_frontend-1.3.tar.gz
Move the files to Apache Webserver Root
DebianSystem# mv vnstat_php_frontend-1.3 /var/www/vnstat
Edit Config file for the Interfaces
DebianSystem# vi config.php
Look for
$iface_list = array(’eth0′);
and
$iface_title['eth0'] = ‘Internal’;
//$iface_title['eth1'] = ‘Internet’;
//$iface_title['sixxs'] = ‘SixXS IPv6′;
and alter it to your systems requirement acfordingly (say change name of interfaces or add multiple interfaces)
Example
$iface_list = array(’eth0′ , ‘eth1′);
Now, that all is done, simply access the site and you can see the vnStat stats with graphs that you would otherwise see only in console.
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