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