ubuntu install Cacti 0.8.8c
1.- Download Cacti from official site
Last version: Cacti 0.8.8c
WEB http://www.cacti.net/
Package: cacti-0.8.8c.tar.gz
Remeber to pre-install necessary software (snmp/rrdtool binaries)
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apt-get install snmp snmpd rrdtool Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: fontconfig fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-extra libcairo2 libdatrie1 libdbi1 libgraphite2-3 libharfbuzz0b libmysqlclient18 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpixman-1-0 librrd4 libsensors4 libsnmp-base libsnmp30 libthai-data libthai0 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxrender1 mysql-common ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra Suggested packages: ttf-baekmuk ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-gkai00mp ttf-arphic-bkai00mp lm-sensors snmp-mibs-downloader librrds-perl The following NEW packages will be installed: fontconfig fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-extra libcairo2 libdatrie1 libdbi1 libgraphite2-3 libharfbuzz0b libmysqlclient18 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpixman-1-0 librrd4 libsensors4 libsnmp-base libsnmp30 libthai-data libthai0 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxrender1 mysql-common rrdtool snmp snmpd ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra 0 upgraded, 29 newly installed, 0 to remove and 95 not upgraded. Need to get 5,612 kB of archives. After this operation, 22.5 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y |
2.- Structuring Cacti
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wget http://www.cacti.net/downloads/cacti-0.8.8c.tar.gz tar -xzvf cacti-0.8.8c.tar.gz move cacti-0.8.8c cacti chown -R www-data:www-data cacti/ cd cacti/ |
3.- Structuring DataBase
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mysqladmin -u root -p create cacti Enter password: |
Then you have to import cacti.sql (included in cacti downloaded package)
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mysql -u root -p cacti <> cacti/cacti.sql Enter password: |
4.- adduser cactiuser
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adduser cactiuser Adding user `cactiuser' ... Adding new group `cactiuser' (1002) ... Adding new user `cactiuser' (1001) with group `cactiuser' ... Creating home directory `/home/cactiuser' ... Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for cactiuser Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n] |
5.- And now we have to setup permissions in mysql
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mysql -uroot -p Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 50 Server version: 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4 (Ubuntu) Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cactiuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'cactipassword'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec) mysql> flush privileges; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> quit |
4.- Setup Cacti config files
Edit include/config.php with data
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cd include/ vi config.php Edit include/config.php as follow: $database_type = "mysql"; $database_default = "cactidb"; $database_hostname = "localhost"; $database_username = "cactiuser"; $database_password = "cactipassword"; $database_port = "3306"; 5.- Setup CRONTAB Edit /etc/crontab vi /etc/crontab Add folowing line (According to my configuration) */5 * * * * cactiuser php /var/www/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1 |
6.- Go to Web
Go to:
http://localhost/cacti/
You will be redirected to:
http://localhost/cacti/install/
7. cacti web UI login
