You need to install the following software to install cacti.
a) MySQL Server : Store cacti data
b) NET-SNMP server – SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol used for network management.
c) PHP with net-snmp module – Access SNMP data using PHP.
d) Apache / lighttpd / ngnix webserver : Web server to display graphs created with PHP and RRDTOOL.
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Install the software
You can install the softwares using yum command. Run the following:-
# yum install mysql-server mysql php-mysql php-pear php-common php-gd php-devel php php-mbstring php-cli php-snmp php-pear-Net-SMTP php-mysql httpd
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Configure MySQL server
Setting up root password:-
# mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD
Create cacti MySQL database
# mysql -u root -p -e ‘create database cacti’
Create a user name cacti with a password your password, then enter
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Login to mysql
# mysql -u root –p
mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘your password’;
mysql> FLUSH privileges;
mysql> q
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Intall snmpd
Type the following command to install net-snmpd
# yum install net-snmp-utils php-snmp net-snmp-libs
To configure snmpd, open the snmpd.conf configuration file.
# vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
And modify the conafiguration file. As see below.
com2sec local localhost public
group MyRWGroup v1 local
group MyRWGroup v2c local
group MyRWGroup usm local
view all included .1 80
access MyRWGroup “” any noauth exact all all none
syslocation Unknown (edit /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf)
syscontact Root (configure /etc/snmp/snmp.local.conf)
pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.4413.4.1 /usr/bin/ucd5820stat
Save and closed the configuration file and start the snmp service. Type the following.
# /etc/init.d/snmpd start
# chkconfig snmpd on
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Install cacti
Update the repository:
rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
# yum install cacti
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Install cacti tables
Type the following command to find out cacti.sql path:
# rpm -ql cacti | grep cacti.sql
Sample output:
/usr/share/doc/cacti-0.8.7d/cacti.sql
Type the following command to install cacti tables (you need to type the cacti user password):
# mysql -u cacti -p cacti < /usr/share/doc/cacti-0.8.7d/cacti.sql————————————————–
Configure cacti database string:-
Open /var/www/cacti/include
# config.php
Modify the following changes as follows:
/* make sure these values refect your actual database/host/user/password */
$database_type = “mysql”;
$database_default = “cacti”;
$database_hostname = “localhost”;
$database_username = “cacti”;
$database_password = “your password”;
$database_port = “3306″;
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Configure httpd for cacti.
Update allow from line, set to your LAN subnet to allow access to cacti:
Open /etc/httpd/conf.d/cacti.conf file
# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/cacti.conf
Alias /cacti/ /var/www/cacti/
DirectoryIndex index.php
Options -Indexes
AllowOverride all
order deny,allow
allow from 172.16.0.0/16 #your network address
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc on
php_flag track_vars on
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After changed start the httpd:-
# /etc/init.d/httpd start
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Setup cacti cronjob
Open /etc/cron.d/cacti file
# vi /etc/cron.d/cacti
Uncomment the line:
*/5 * * * * cacti /usr/bin/php /usr/share/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Save and closed the file after uncomment.
Now cacti is ready, you can run the cacti type the following:-
http://Cacti_IP_Address/cacti/
or
http://xx.xx.xx.xx/cacti
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