CACTI Install

#http://openmaniak.com/cacti_tutorial.php


***INSTALL CACTI WITH APT-GET

apt-get install cacti

dpkg-reconfigure cacti

***MANUAL INSTALL OF CACTI
#Download Catci at http://www.cacti.net
#uncompress the tar.gz file

tar -xvf cacti-0.8.6h.tar.gz
mv /home/po/Desktop/cacti /var/www/

mysqladmin -u root -p create cacti
mysql -u root -p cacti < /var/www/cacti/sql/cacti.sql

mysql -u root -p cacti
mysql> grant all on cacti.* to cactiuser@localhost identified by 'cactiuser';

mysql>flush privileges;
mysql>exit

nano /var/www/cacti/include/config.php
$database_type = "mysql";
$database_default = "cacti";
$database_hostname = "localhost";
$database_username = "cactiuser";
$database_password = "cactiuser";
$database_port = "3306";

useradd cacti -d /var/www/cacti/ -s /bin/false

chown -R cacti /var/www/cacti/

#Run the php script every 5 minutes
crontab -e -u cacti
*/5 * * * * php5 /var/www/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

http://your_ip_address/cacti
#Use "admin" as the default login and password.