How to:<\/p>\n
1. install redhat
\n2. select server
\n3. pick following options
\n web server
\n mail server
\n php mysql is selected
\n sql server make sure mysql is checked
\n<\/p>\n
after redhat is installed do the following;
\n1. install webmin 1.200-1
\n[root@yourhost \/tmp]# gunzip webmin-1.200.tar.gz
\n[root@yourhost \/tmp]# tar xf webmin-1.200.tar
\n[root@yourhost \/tmp]# cd webmin-1.200
\n[root@yourhost \/tmp\/webmin-1.200]# .\/setup.sh \/usr\/local\/webmin<\/p>\n
\n2. install rrdtool 1.0.33
\nmake
\nmake install<\/p>\n
using webmin install the following under packages use rpmfind
\n1. net-snmp-utils\t\tnet-snmp-utils 5.0.9-2.90.1
\n2. net-snmp\t\t\tnet-snmp 5.0.9-2.90.1
\n3. php-snmp\t\t\tphp-snmp 4.2.2-17<\/p>\n
4. if mysql did not get installed mysql 3.23.54a-11
\n\tperl(CGI) is needed by mysql-3.23.54a-11
\n\tperl-DBD-MySQL perl-DBD-MySQL 2.1021-3
\nmysql-server-3.23.54a-11.i386.rpm
\nphp-mysql 4.2.2-17<\/p>\n
“mysql_setpermission” <\/p>\n
\nmake sure the following is running
\nsshd
\nmysqld
\napached<\/p>\n
install cacti-0.8.6d.tar.gz put in \/var\/www\/html directory
\ndo a tar zxvf cacti-0.8.6d.tar.gz
\nrename directory to cacti<\/p>\n
1.<\/p>\n
Extract the distribution tarball.<\/p>\n
shell> tar xzvf cacti-version.tar.gz<\/p>\n
2.<\/p>\n
Create the MySQL database:<\/p>\n
shell> mysqladmin –user=root create cacti<\/p>\n
3.<\/p>\n
Import the default cacti database:<\/p>\n
shell> mysql cacti < cacti.sql\n\n\n 4.\n\n\n Optional: Create a MySQL username and password for Cacti.\n\n\nshell> mysql –user=root mysql
\nmysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cactiuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘somepassword’;
\nmysql> flush privileges;<\/p>\n
5.<\/p>\n
Edit include\/config.php and specify the MySQL user, password and database for your Cacti configuration.<\/p>\n
$database_default = “cacti”;
\n$database_hostname = “localhost”;
\n$database_username = “cactiuser”;
\n$database_password = “cacti”;<\/p>\n
6.<\/p>\n
Set the appropriate permissions on cacti’s directories for graph\/log generation. You should execute these commands from inside cacti’s directory to change the permissions.<\/p>\n
shell> chown -R cactiuser rra\/ log\/<\/p>\n
(Enter a valid username for cactiuser, this user will also be used in the next step for data gathering.)
\n 7.<\/p>\n
Add a line to your \/etc\/crontab file similar to:<\/p>\n
*\/5 * * * * cactiuser php \/var\/www\/html\/cacti\/poller.php > \/dev\/null 2>&1<\/p>\n
Replace cactiuser with the valid user specified in the previous step.<\/p>\n
Replace \/var\/www\/html\/cacti\/ with your full Cacti path.
\n 8.<\/p>\n
Point your web browser to:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/your-server\/cacti\/<\/p>\n
Log in the with a username\/password of admin. You will be required to change this password immediately. Make sure to fill in all of the path variables carefully and correctly on the following screen.<\/p>\n
I quickly fixed it by uncommenting extension=mysql.so in my php.ini file.<\/p>\n
i forgot to add the “extension=mysql.so” line to the \/etc\/php4\/cli\/php.ini<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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