INSTALL:
1. Create the MySQL database:
shell> mysqladmin --user=root create cacti
2. Import the default cacti database:
shell> mysql cacti < cacti.sql
3. Optional: Create a MySQL username and password for Cacti.
shell> mysql --user=root mysql
mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cactiuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'somepassword';
mysql> flush privileges;
4. Edit include/config.php and specify the MySQL user, password and
database for your Cacti configuration.
$database_default = "cacti";
$database_hostname = "localhost";
$database_username = "cactiuser";
$database_password = "somepassword";
5. Add a line to your /etc/crontab file similar to:
*/5 * * * * cactiuser php /var/www/htdocs/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Replace /var/www/htdocs/cacti/ with your full Cacti path.
6. Point your web browser to:
http://your-server/cacti/
Log in the with a username/password of admin. You will be required to
change this password immediately. Make sure to fill in all of the path
variables carefully and correctly on the following screen.
POST-INSTALL
#!/bin/sh
# change according your root password for mysql
pw=password
mysqladmin --user=root --password=$pw --force drop cacti
mysqladmin --user=root --password=$pw create cacti
mysql --user=root --password=$pw cacti < /var/www/htdocs/cacti/cacti.sql
echo "GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cactiuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '${pw}'" | mysql --user=root --password=$pw cacti
echo "flush privileges" | mysql --user=root --password=$pw cacti
sed -i -e "s|\$database_password = \"cacti\";|\$database_password = \"${pw}\";|g" /var/www/htdocs/cacti/include/config.php
