Cacti graph Configuration

[root@localhost ~]# yum install httpd* -y

[root@localhost ~]# yum install php* -y

[root@localhost ~]# yum install net-snmp* -y

[root@localhost ~]# yum install mysql* -y

[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig httpd on

[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig snmpd on

[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig mysqld on

[root@localhost ~]# cd Desktop/

[root@localhost Desktop]# ls

cacti-0.8.7g.tar.gz  cacti.zip  rrdtool-1.2.23-0.rhel5.i386.rpm

[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -ivh rrdtool-1.2.23-0.rhel5.i386.rpm

[root@localhost Desktop]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start

create user in mysql database server:

command:

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[root@localhost Desktop]# mysql

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MySQL connection id is 3

Server version: 5.0.77 Source distribution

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> show databases;

+--------------------+

| Database           |

+--------------------+

| information_schema |

| mysql              |

| test               |

+--------------------+

3 rows in set (0.07 sec)

mysql> create database cacti;

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> show databases;

+--------------------+

| Database           |

+--------------------+

| information_schema |

| cacti              |

| mysql              |

| test               |

+--------------------+

4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'cacti';

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> exit

Bye

[root@localhost Desktop]# tar -zxvf cacti-0.8.7g.tar.gz

[root@localhost Desktop]# ls

cacti-0.8.7g  cacti-0.8.7g.tar.gz  cacti.zip  rrdtool-1.2.23-0.rhel5.i386.rpm

[root@localhost Desktop]# cp -fr cacti-0.8.7g /var/www/html/

[root@localhost Desktop]# cd /var/www/html/

[root@localhost html]# ls

cacti-0.8.7g

[root@localhost html]# mv cacti-0.8.7g cacti

[root@localhost html]# useradd cacti

[root@localhost html]# cd cacti/

[root@localhost cacti]# cd include

[root@localhost include]# vim config.php

$database_default = "cacti";

$database_hostname = "localhost";

$database_username = "cacti";

$database_password = "cacti";

[root@localhost cacti]# cd /var/www/html/cacti/

[root@localhost cacti]# chown -R cacti rra/ log/

[root@localhost cacti]# mysql cacti < cacti.sql

[root@localhost cacti]# echo "" >/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

[root@localhost cacti]# vim /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

rocommunity public

[root@localhost cacti]# /etc/init.d/mysqld restart

Stopping MySQL:                                            [  OK  ]

Starting MySQL:                                              [  OK  ]

[root@localhost cacti]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart

Stopping httpd:                                            [FAILED]

Starting httpd:                                                [  OK  ]

if face any problem, edit the following files:

vi /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1    localhost

vi /etc/http/conf/httpd.conf

serverAdmin localhost

[root@localhost cacti]# crontab -e
*/2 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1 

[root@localhost cacti]# /etc/init.d/crond restart
Stopping crond:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting crond:                                               [  OK  ]