How to install Cacti in Centos6.7

How to install Cacti in Centos6.7

1. Basic Environment Installation

[root@Cacti ~]# yum install -y gcc httpd php php-mysql php-snmp mysql mysql-devel mysql-server rrdtool[root@Cacti ~]# yum install -y net-snmp net-snmp-devel net-snmp-utils wget ntp[root@Cacti ~]# chkconfig ntpd on[root@Cacti ~]# /etc/init.d/ntpd start[root@Cacti ~]# sed -i "s@;date.timezone =@date.timezone = Asia/Chongqing@g" /etc/php.ini[root@Cacti ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start[root@Cacti ~]# chkconfig mysqld on[root@Cacti ~]# mysql -uroot -pEnter password: mysql> create database cacti;mysql> create user cactiuser@localhost identified by 'cactiuser';mysql> grant all on cacti.* to cactiuser@localhost;mysql> flush privileges;

Ii. cacti Configuration

[root@Cacti ~]# cd /usr/local/src/[root@Cacti src]# tar zxf cacti-0.8.8f.tar.gz[root@Cacti src]# cp -rf cacti-0.8.8f /var/www/html/cacti[root@Cacti src]# cd cacti-0.8.8f[root@Cacti cacti-0.8.8f]# mysql -h localhost -u cactiuser -p cacti<cacti.sql[root@Cacti ~]# vi /var/www/html/cacti/include/config.php<?php$database_type = "mysql";$database_default = "cacti";$database_hostname = "localhost";$database_username = "cactiuser";$database_password = "cactiuser";$database_port = "3306";$database_ssl = false;?>[root@Cacti ~]# crontab -e*/1 * * * * php /var/www/html/cacti/poller.php >/dev/null[root@Cacti ~]# chkconfig httpd on[root@Cacti ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd start

Iii. snmp service configuration

[root@Cacti ~]# cat /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf |grep -v -E '^#|^$'com2sec notConfigUser default publicgroup notConfigGroup v1 notConfigUsergroup notConfigGroup v2c notConfigUserview systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.1view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.1view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.2access notConfigGroup "" any noauth exact systemview none nonesyslocation Unknown (edit /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf)syscontact Root <root@localhost> (configure /etc/snmp/snmp.local.conf)dontLogTCPWrappersConnects yes[root@Cacti ~]# chkconfig snmpd on[root@Cacti ~]# /etc/init.d/snmpd start

4. Install the polling plug-in spine

[root@Cacti src]# tar zxf cacti-spine-0.8.8f.tar.gz[root@Cacti src]# cd cacti-spine-0.8.8f[root@Cacti cacti-spine-0.8.8f]# ./configure[root@Cacti cacti-spine-0.8.8f]# make && make install[root@Cacti cacti-spine-0.8.8f]# cp -rf /usr/local/spine/etc/spine.conf.dist /etc/spine.conf[root@Cacti cacti-spine-0.8.8f]# ln -s /usr/local/spine/bin/spine /usr/bin/[root@Cacti ~]# vi /etc/spine.conf DB_Host localhostDB_Database cactiDB_User cactiuserDB_Pass cactiuserDB_Port 3306

V. cacti extension plug-in Installation

[root@Cacti src]# wget http://docs.cacti.net/_media/plugin:monitor-v1.3-1.tgz -O monitor-v1.3-1.tgz[root@Cacti src]# tar zxf monitor-v1.3-1.tgz[root@Cacti src]# mv monitor /var/www/html/cacti/plugins/[root@Cacti src]# wget http://docs.cacti.net/_media/plugin:clog-v1.7-1.tgz -O clog-v1.7-1.tgz[root@Cacti src]# tar zxf clog-v1.7-1.tgz[root@Cacti src]# mv clog /var/www/html/cacti/plugins/[root@Cacti src]# wget http://docs.cacti.net/_media/plugin:settings-v0.71-1.tgz -O settings-v0.71-1.tgz[root@Cacti src]# tar zxf settings-v0.71-1.tgz[root@Cacti src]# mv settings /var/www/html/cacti/plugins/[root@Cacti src]# wget http://docs.cacti.net/_media/plugin:thold-v0.5.0.tgz -O thold-v0.5.0.tgz[root@Cacti src]# tar zxf thold-v0.5.0.tgz[root@Cacti src]# mv thold /var/www/html/cacti/plugins/

Installation is complete !!!