Installing new cacti server

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Installing new cacti server

To setup new cacti server following steps can be used:

1. yum -y 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 net-snmp-utils php-snmp net-snmp-libs cacti
2. service mysqld start
3. mysqldadmin create cacti
4. /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
5. 'mysql -u root -p' and use:

   GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<secret>';
   flush privileges;
   quit

6. Configure SNMP as explained at SNMP server configuration for Linux hosts
7. mysql -u cacti -p cactu < $(rpm -ql cacti | grep cacti.sql)
8. Edit '/etc/cacti/db.php' and put proper value for database password, database name, etc.
9. Edit '/etc/httpd/conf.d/cacti.conf' and set

   Order Deny,Allow
   Deny from all
   Allow from 10.0.0.0/8

10. service httpd restart
11. Edit '/etc/cron.d/cacti' and uncomment the only line present in the file
12. Visit cacti server at http://<server>/cacti
13. Choose new installation and agree with existing values and defaults
14. Login using admin, admin. Change admin password to some suitable value.

Steps learned from http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/fedora-rhel-install-cacti-monitoring-rrd-software/

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