[cacti] how to install cacti on CentOS 5.X 64bit

Required software(s)

 - MySQL server : Store cacti data.

 - NET-SNMP server : SNMP(Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol used for network management.

 - PHP with net-snmp module : Access SNMP data using PHP.

  - RRDTOOL(round robin database tool)

 - Apache / lighttpd / nginx webserver : Web server to display graphs created with PHP and RRDTOOL.

Install the software
# 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

Configure MySQL server
# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: **********

mysql> create database cacti;
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH privileges;
mysql> quit

Install snmpd
# yum install net-snmp-utils php-snmp net-snmp-libs
# vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

------------> append <----------------
.
.

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

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# /etc/init.d/snmpd start

# chkconfig snmpd on
# snmpwalk -v 1 -c public localhost IP-MIB::ipAdEntIfIndex
(output)
IP-MIB::ipAdEntIfIndex.your.ip.address = INTEGER: 2
IP_MIB::ipAdEntIfIndex.127.0.0.1 = INTEGER: 1

Install cacti
download cacti-0.8.6i.tar.gz in /usr/local/src
# tar xzfv cacti-0.8.6i.tar.gz
# cp -Rf cacti-0.8.6i /usr/local/cacti/
# ln -s /usr/local/cacti/ /usr/local/apache/htdocs/cacti

# vi /usr/local/cacti/include/config.php
--------------->modify<------------------
#database_type = "mysql";
#database_default = "cacti";
$database_hostname = "127.0.0.1";
$database_username = "cacti";
$database_password = "password";
$database_port = "3306";
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# mysql -u root -p cacti < /usr/local/cacti/cacti.sql

Configure crond

# crontab -e
-------------->append<----------------
*/5 * * * * php /usr/local/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1
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# service crond restart

Install cacti web console

go to http://your.ip.address/cacti/
click 'Next'
choose 'New Install' and click 'Next'
if all of Path is [FOUND], click 'Finish'

if you show "[NOT FOUND] PHP Binary Path", install php-cli
# yum install php-cli

Username: admin
Password: admin


reference site
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