ntopng-udm VS udm-patches

My friend just did ntopng on his with this script.https://github.com/tusc/ntopng-udm

I read about https://github.com/tusc/ntopng-udm but needing to do that and having to have another webpage up to see the kind of information I want ( not even sure if this is "real-time" ) is not a great solution.

You can view the DPI stats in the controller which no one has ever trusted. You can also use some 3rd party tools like iftop of ntopng to track bandwidth use. Full disclosure, I ported ntopng to the UDM: https://github.com/tusc/ntopng-udm

If you want something much better, do yourself a favour and install ntopng on your UDM. It records much more information than DPI like time-series data, supports IPv6, and is much more accurate at classifying traffic. You can read all the features ntop supports here.

You should look into setting up Ntopng. Wayyyy better monitoring and can track individual usage by IP, devices, etc. You set it up directly on the UDM or UDMP so no additional hardware. I haven’t noticed any performance delays on it either. The link is below. Feel free to shoot me questions if you got any. https://github.com/tusc/ntopng-udm

I have successfully configured this script to connect site-to-site with my family home. There is only OpenWRT router so I can use OpenVPN only.

Alternatively, there is another script another user made here that I found. It claims to allow you to have a custom OpenVPN config while keeping it integrated via the Unifi interface. Not sure if that means you can debug it through the interface, but you might want to check that out too if you prefer not to use the command line to manage the interface. I can't vouch for it as I haven't tested it myself.