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Network Visualisation Workshop
The document outlines a workshop focused on RIPE Atlas Network Visualization, including its requirements and various types of network data such as registry, routing, and active measurement data. It introduces RIPE Atlas as a global network for internet measurements, features user-defined measurements, and provides exercises for participants. Key topics include the use of built-in and user-defined measurements, command line tools, and APIs for accessing RIPE Atlas functionalities.
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- 1. Christian Teuschel |September 2016 | iWeek ZA Focus: RIPE Atlas Network Visualisation Workshop
- 2. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 2 Workshop Requirements • Please make sure you have a RIPE NCC Access account! • Voucher for 5,000 Atlas credits https://access.ripe.net iweek_2016
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- 4. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 4 Network Visualisation • Bringing raw data to life, help with interpretation and understanding • Three main types of data: - Registry data - Routing data (BGP) - Active measurement data (RIPE Atlas, MLab, etc.)
- 5. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 5 Registry Data • Source: RIR databases - AFRINIC, ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC and RIPE NCC • Useful as supporting data set https://stat.ripe.net/widget/allocation-historyhttps://stat.ripe.net/widget/address-space-hierarchy
- 6. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 6 Routing Data • RIPE NCC’s RIS - http://ris.ripe.net https://stat.ripe.net/widget/bgplay
- 7. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 7 Routing Data • RIPE NCC’s RIS - http://ris.ripe.net https://stat.ripe.net/widget/routing-history
- 8. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 8 Active Measurement Data • RIPE Atlas • MLab by Google • Bandwidth measurements - Speedchecker, Ookla, … • Google ad measurements done by APNIC
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- 10. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 10 RIPE Atlas • A brief introduction - Global network for Internet measurements
- 11. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 11 RIPE Atlas • Standard Probe - TP-Link MR3020 - Version 3 • Atlas Anchor - Higher capacity - Currently 216 nodes - Soekris Net6501-70 - https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/ Version 1/2
- 12. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 12 RIPE Atlas
- 13. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 13 RIPE Atlas • RIPE Atlas probes in South Africa https://stat.ripe.net/za#tabId=activity 389 registered ASNs 263 routed ASNs
- 14. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 14 RIPE Atlas • RIPE Atlas probes in South Africa https://stat.ripe.net/za#tabId=activity
- 15. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 15 RIPE Atlas • RIPE Atlas anchors in South Africa https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/
- 16. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 16 Agenda • Introduction to web UI • Measurements • Tools - LatencyMon, QuickLook, DNSMON, DomainMON and IXP-Country-Jedi • Command line tools • RIPE Atlas APIs • DIY workshop
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- 18. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 18 Web UI
- 19. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 19 Exercise I • Go to https://atlas.ripe.net • Check if you can log in with your RIPE NCC Access account!
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- 21. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 21 Build-In Measurements • What is it? First check for existing measurements https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/
- 22. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 22 Build-In Measurements • Probe view https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/
- 23. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 23 Exercise II • Pick a probe and look up build-in measurement results!
- 24. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 24 Build-In Measurements • Global view https://atlas.ripe.net/results/maps/
- 25. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 25 User-Defined Measurements • Custom measurements - All measurement types possible - Credit system to keep the resource allocation fair
- 26. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 26 User-Defined Measurements • Credit system https://atlas.ripe.net/user/credits
- 27. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 27 Exercise III • Redeem your voucher “iweek_2016” https://atlas.ripe.net/user/credits
- 28. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 28 Exercise IV • Create a ping measurement https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/
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- 30. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 30 LatencyMON • Every running ping measurement https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements
- 31. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 31 LatencyMON
- 32. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 32 LatencyMON
- 33. RIPE Atlas DNSMON &DomainMON
- 34. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 34 DNSMON • DNS root and many TLD name servers https://atlas.ripe.net/dnsmon/
- 35. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 35 DomainMON • Same visualisation as DNSMON • For any domain server • Runs on RIPE Atlas credits • https://atlas.ripe.net/domainmon/
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- 37. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 37 IXP-Country-Jedi IPv6IPv4 http://sg-pub.ripe.net/emile/ixp-country-jedi/latest/ZA/geopath/
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- 39. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 39 Command Line Tool • Access RIPE Atlas from the terminal / shell console • Quick and dirty shortcuts for network troubleshooting • FLOSS (free software / open-source) tools - Written and maintained by the RIPE NCC - Open to community contributions
- 40. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 40 Command Line Tool • Before you can use the toolset: - Download the tools - Install - Configure - ripe-atlas configure --set authorisation.create=MY_API_KEY • You need to have one (or more) API Keys - https://atlas.ripe.net/keys/
- 41. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 41 Command Line Tool • Source: - https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/ripe-atlas-tools/ • Documentation: - https://ripe-atlas-tools.readthedocs.org/ • Included in the Linux / BSD distributions: - OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Arch, Debian and Ubuntu (in progress: Fedora, Windows)
- 42. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 42 Command Line Tool • Simple: one-off, using default values (50 probes to “target”) • $ ripe-atlas measure ping --target wikipedia.org
- 43. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 43 Command Line Tool • Geo-specific using 20 probes from ZA: - $ ripe-atlas measure ping --target example.com --probes 20 --from-country za • 20 ZA probes that support IPv6: - $ ripe-atlas measure ping --target example.com -- probes 20 --from-country za —include-tag system-ipv6- works • Create a recurring measurement: - $ ripe-atlas measure ping —target example.com --interval 3600
- 44. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 44 Exercise V • Make a note to try it at home!
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- 46. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 46 Rest API • https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/api/v2/manual/
- 47. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 47 Streaming API • RIPE Atlas streaming allows users to receive measurement results as soon as the probes send them, in real time - Publish / subscribe through web sockets - https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/result-streaming/ • Two types of data: - Measurement results - Probe connection status events
- 48. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 48 User-Defined Measurements • Credit system http://sg-pub.ripe.net/demo-area/atlas-stream/dns-instances.html
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- 50. Christian Teuschel |iWeek ZA | September 2016 50 DIY Visualisation • Build a simple visualisation - https://atlas.ripe.net/webinar/streaming01.html - Open the console of your browser - Download the source code and edit the behaviour
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