How to install Cacti in CentOS 6.5

http://myconfigure.blogspot.in/2013/02/the-easiest-way-to-install-cacti-on.html

1. Realtime Graph - Download Real time plugin and put it on according location then install form your cacti settings.

and you should make a new folder of "Cache_Realtime" from "c:\apache2\htdocs\cacti\plugins\realtime\"

next we want to set permission for this directory. like go to settings -> Misc -> cache Directory here pase "c:\apache2\htdocs\cacti\plugins\realtime\Cache_Realtime"

then save. after you can get realtime graph.

2.Add Windows PC - Should enable SNMP in windows features.
From SNMP properties want to add community name in security tab

2.1.For local PC Select -  Accept SNMP packets from these host

2.2 You want from network PC the select - Accept SNMP packets from any host

for more here

3.Reportit
needed - reportit pluging, report templates,


4.Setting plugin for mail/dns
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Install cacti in centos and video

Install php,mysql,httpd refer my link

#cd /var/www/html/
#wget http://www.cacti.net/download/....
#tar -xzvf cacti....tar.gz
#mv cacti-0.8.8h cacti
#cd cacti/
#ls -lah  //here you can see the file under user control
#cd ..
html# chown -R root cacti
#cd cacti/
cacti#ls -lah  // here you see the files under root control

http://localhost/cacti // here you see fatal : cannot connect MySQL

# mysql -u root -p
mysql> create database cacti;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| cacti              |
| mysql              |
| test               |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> quit
Bye

db name cacti
username cacti
password password

# cd /var/www/html/cacti/

# vim include/config.php

$database_type = "mysql";

$database_default = "cacti";

$database_hostname = "localhost";

$database_username = "cacti";

$database_password = "password";

$database_port = "3306";

$database_ssl = false;

# mysql -u root -p cacti < cacti.sql

password:

#restart httpd

Install SNMP
# yum install net-snmp-utils php-snmp net-snmp-libs
# mv /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf snmpd.conf.org
# touch /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
# chkconfig --level 235 snmpd on
# service snmpd start

Install rrdtool
#yum install rrdtool

[root@tecmint ~]# iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m state --state NEW --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
[root@tecmint ~]# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
[root@tecmint ~]# service iptables save

http://localhost/cacti /   //here you can see install page

username admin/admin

SMTP Mail Configuration

Note : make sure Linux firewall has been disabled, (#service iptables save #service iptables stop #chkconfig iptables off)

for mail install setting plugings
If SMTP got error like "SMTP Authenication failure: 534-5.7.14" then use here

or had you got sslsmtpgmailcom-13-permission-denied-in.html error then refer here

5.If not visible the graph you have to do the followings

create a new account
cacti#useradd cacti
cacti#passwd cacti

cacti#ls -lha rra
cacti#chown cacti rra
cacti#ls -lha

cacti#crontab -u cacti -e   (which is used for check every 5 minutes)

 #minute (0-59),
#|      hour (0-23),
#|      |       day of the month (1-31),
#|      |       |       month of the year (1-12),
#|      |       |       |       day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday).
#|      |       |       |       |       commands
 */5    *       *       *       *       /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/cacti/poller.php

 save the file :wq!

cacti#crontab -u cacti -l

cacti#chown cacti log
cacti#ls -lah

cacti#ls -lah log
cacti#chown cacti log/cacti.log
 
cacti# php poller.php  (if it not work let #php -a then php>filename.php)

now you got graph.

6. Dead host notification mail
    setting-threshold-email option-dead host notification email (specify your destination mail)- save

7.TP-Link configuration
  refer here

8. Manage  - refer
  this plugin :

- monitor hosts (like dead host notification in thold plugin)
- monitors TCP services
- alerts (by email, like thold)
- log each event in MYSQL, for reporting

in the future, it will :
- monitor UDP services and windows services
- alert with sound
- alert with local syslogging

9.URL monitoring using murlin plugins refer and plugins
10. Site ping latency refer

11. cacti sms here

12. integrate ntop with cacti
  download and install ntop plugins after goto - console - user management - select admin - select "view NTop" then save

  console - settings - misc - NTop url - "ipaddress:3000"  - save

#yum install ntop*
integrate ntop refer

install ntop in centos 6.5 here

Coming......
refer


Mail notification install threshold -> settings -> threshold-> add ->select host->select your option


cereusreporting
download

just follow the user manual guide.

finally you can get cereus, if not please delete the plugins and add yourself again.

after generate report

Hi, looks like U must turn off CSRF check.
In cacti/site/include/csrf/csrf_magic.php put $GLOBALS['csrf']['defer'] = true;

HTTP ERROR 500  HERE
regarding 500 error if you need any time zone issue

install ioncube loader here

graph

host memory usage here - host memory -ucd/net memory usage or here
host mib loged user
host MIP process for - process counting
cup usage - here ucd/net cup usage (4way)
ethernet graph
disk io - here or  here

linux host monitoring using snmpd here

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