MeridianNIP™ Network Intelligence Platform

Documentation

Every install option, every user tool, every admin panel. These same docs render inside the portal — what you read here is what your team sees after install.

Installation

What you read first when standing up a new install.

Install
Install overview
Three paths: Hyper-V, VMware/VBox, bare Debian.
Install
Installer prompts
Every install.sh question explained.
Install
LUKS setup
Full-disk encryption on the deploy target.

User — tools the operator uses every day

The work surface. Diagnostics, monitors, lookups, runbooks, the dashboard.

User
Getting started
First login, MFA setup, dashboard tour.
User
Dashboard
Stats, recent activity, pinned tools.
User
DNS Tools
Dig, propagation, DNSSEC, WHOIS, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, zone health.
User
Network Tools
Ping, traceroute/MTR, port scan, SNMP walk, ASN, BGP looking glass, subnet calc.
User
Monitors
HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, ICMP, cert expiry, DNS records.
User
Certificates
Cert lifecycle — expiry tracking, ACME, internal CA.
User
Directory
LDAP / Entra browser, user lookup, group membership.
User
Runbooks
Reusable diagnostic playbooks with parameter prompts.
User
Wizards
Guided multi-step flows for common ops scenarios.
User
File Repo
Per-team shared file area with audit trail.
User
Messages
Operator-to-operator in-portal messaging.
User
Approvals
Outbound action approvals for risky ops.
User
User settings
Profile, MFA, backup codes, GDPR export & erasure.
User
API tokens
Per-user tokens for scripted access.

Admin — the panels for whoever runs the portal itself

Users, RBAC, integrations, system health, scheduled jobs, backup & restore.

Admin
Admin overview
What the admin tabs do & when to use each.
Admin
Users & RBAC
Accounts, roles, MFA reset, lockout appeals.
Admin
Scope Manager
Lock tools to specific domains, ASNs, CIDRs.
Admin
Integrations
VirusTotal, Censys, Shodan, AbuseIPDB, Twilio, etc.
Admin
Network devices
Per-device backups, config drift, last-seen.
Admin
Vulnerabilities
Per-component CVE tracking & remediation status.
Admin
System Health
Per-component /healthz + Fail2ban admin panel.
Admin
Updates
Source pin, update check, rollback & release notes.
Admin
Webhooks
Outbound HMAC-signed events & per-channel routing.
Admin
Branding & identity
Per-tenant name, logo, email-sender display.
Admin
Database security
Audit chain integrity, PII redaction, vault status.
Admin
Scheduled jobs
Celery redbeat schedule, last-run, run-now.
Admin
Backup & restore
Scheduled dumps, off-host upload, restore drill.

Reference & legal

Ref
meridian-nip CLI
Server-side CLI for admins & recovery.
Legal
Terms of use
Apache 2.0 explainer + trademark notice.