Install and Configure Cacti
- Extract the distribution tarball.
shell> tar xzvf cacti-version.tar.gz- Create the MySQL database:
shell> mysqladmin --user=root create cacti- Import the default cacti database:
shell> mysql cacti < cacti.sql- Optional: Create a MySQL username and password for Cacti.
shell> mysql --user=root mysqlmysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cactiuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'somepassword';mysql> flush privileges;- Edit include/config.php and specify the database type, name, host, user and password for your Cacti configuration.
$database_type = "mysql";$database_default = "cacti";$database_hostname = "localhost";$database_username = "cactiuser";$database_password = "cacti";- Set the appropriate permissions on cacti's directories for graph/log generation. You should execute these commands from inside cacti's directory to change the permissions.
shell> chown -R cactiuser rra/ log/(Enter a valid username for cactiuser, this user will also be used in the next step for data gathering.)- Add a line to your /etc/crontab file similar to:
*/5 * * * * cactiuser php /var/www/html/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1Replace cactiuser with the valid user specified in the previous step.
Replace /var/www/html/cacti/ with your full Cacti path.- Point your web browser to:
Log in the with a username/password of admin. You will be required to change this password immediately. Make sure to fill in all of the path variables carefully and correctly on the following screen.
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