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    Cacti Install in Ubuntu

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    This document provides instructions to install Cacti, an open-source network monitoring and graphing tool, on an Ubuntu Server. It involves downloading and installing VirtualBox, Ubuntu Server, Apache, PHP, MariaDB, SNMP, and Cacti. Key steps include configuring the database, PHP settings, downloading Cacti, importing the SQL schema, configuring the cron job, enabling the Apache site, and finishing the installation via the web interface.

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    Cacti Install in Ubuntu

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    This document provides instructions to install Cacti, an open-source network monitoring and graphing tool, on an Ubuntu Server. It involves downloading and installing VirtualBox, Ubuntu Server, Apache, PHP, MariaDB, SNMP, and Cacti. Key steps include configuring the database, PHP settings, downloading Cacti, importing the SQL schema, configuring the cron job, enabling the Apache site, and finishing the installation via the web interface.

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    This document provides instructions to install Cacti, an open-source network monitoring and graphing tool, on an Ubuntu Server. It involves downloading and installing VirtualBox, Ubuntu Server, Apache, PHP, MariaDB, SNMP, and Cacti. Key steps include configuring the database, PHP settings, downloading Cacti, importing the SQL schema, configuring the cron job, enabling the Apache site, and finishing the installation via the web interface.

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    Cacti Install in Ubuntu

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    This document provides instructions to install Cacti, an open-source network monitoring and graphing tool, on an Ubuntu Server. It involves downloading and installing VirtualBox, Ubuntu Server, Apache, PHP, MariaDB, SNMP, and Cacti. Key steps include configuring the database, PHP settings, downloading Cacti, importing the SQL schema, configuring the cron job, enabling the Apache site, and finishing the installation via the web interface.

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    I. Download and Install VirtualBox


    https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

    II.Download and Install Ubuntu Server


    https://ubuntu.com/download/server

    III. Install Cacti on Ubuntu Server

    1. Prerequisites
    sudo apt update
    2. Install Apache & PHP
    sudo apt install -y apache2 php-mysql libapache2-mod-php
    3. Install PHP Extensions
    sudo apt install -y php-xml php-ldap php-mbstring php-gd php-gmp
    4. Install MariaDB
    sudo apt install -y mariadb-server mariadb-client
    5. Install SNMP
    sudo apt install -y snmp php-snmp rrdtool librrds-perl
    6. Database Tuning
    sudo nano /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf

    Add/Update

    collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_ci
    max_heap_table_size = 128M
    tmp_table_size = 64M
    join_buffer_size = 64M
    innodb_file_format = Barracuda
    innodb_large_prefix = 1
    innodb_buffer_pool_size = 512M
    innodb_flush_log_at_timeout = 3
    innodb_read_io_threads = 32
    innodb_write_io_threads = 16
    innodb_io_capacity = 5000
    innodb_io_capacity_max = 10000

    sudo systemctl restart mariadb

    7. PHP Configuration
    sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini

    date.timezone = US/Central
    memory_limit = 512M
    max_execution_time = 60

    sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/cli/php.ini


    date.timezone = US/Central
    memory_limit = 512M
    max_execution_time = 60

    8. Create Database
    sudo mysql -u root -p

    create database cacti;


    GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'cacti';
    flush privileges;
    exit

    sudo mysql -u root -p mysql <


    /usr/share/mysql/mysql_test_data_timezone.sql

    sudo mysql -u root -p


    GRANT SELECT ON mysql.time_zone_name TO cacti@localhost;
    flush privileges;
    exit

    9. Download & Configure Cacti


    wget https://www.cacti.net/downloads/cacti-latest.tar.gz
    tar -zxvf cacti-latest.tar.gz
    sudo mv cacti-1* /opt/cacti
    sudo mysql -u root -p cacti < /opt/cacti/cacti.sql
    sudo nano /opt/cacti/include/config.php

    /* make sure these values reflect your actual database/host/user/password */


    $database_type = "mysql";
    $database_default = "cacti";
    $database_hostname = "localhost";
    $database_username = "cacti";
    $database_password = "cacti";
    $database_port = "3306";
    $database_ssl = false;

    Create a crontab file to schedule the polling job.


    sudo nano /etc/cron.d/cacti
    Add the following scheduler entry in the crontab so that Cacti can poll every
    five minutes
    */5 * * * * www-data php /opt/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1
    Create a new site for the Cacti tool
    sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/cacti.conf
    Use the following configuration

    Alias /cacti /opt/cacti

    <Directory /opt/cacti>
    Options +FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    <IfVersion >= 2.3>
    Require all granted
    </IfVersion>
    <IfVersion < 2.3>
    Order Allow,Deny
    Allow from all
    </IfVersion>

    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

    <IfModule mod_php.c>
    php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
    php_flag short_open_tag On
    php_flag register_globals Off
    php_flag register_argc_argv On
    php_flag track_vars On
    # this setting is necessary for some locales
    php_value mbstring.func_overload 0
    php_value include_path .
    </IfModule>

    DirectoryIndex index.php
    </Directory>

    Enable the created site.


    sudo a2ensite cacti
    Restart Apache services.
    sudo systemctl restart apache2
    Create a log file for Cacti and allow the Apache user (www-data) to write a
    data on to Cacti directory.
    sudo touch /opt/cacti/log/cacti.log
    sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/cacti/

    10. Visit the below URL to begin the installation of Cacti


    http://your_ip_address/cacti

    Username: admin
    Password: admin

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