Cacti

Install instructions

• Install RRDTools; Probably in your distro's repo, otherwise download with:

svn co svn://svn.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/branches/1.2/program

Check the instuctions how to build rrdtools

• Install net-snmp; Probably in your distro's repo, otherwise download with:

svn co https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp net-snmp 

Check the instuctions how to build net-snmp

• Download cacti
• Copy cacti into your Apache's www directory (/srv/http in this tutorial)
• Add a cacti database into mysql, and add give a cacti-user all privileges for that database
• Edit /srv/http/cacti/include/config.php, and fill in the mysql info
• Create a crontab

crontab -e
# paste this line in, and save
* * * * * php /srv/http/serverstats/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1

• Login to cacti from the browser with admin,admin and change the password

Ok, this was the first part. Cacti is running, and you've installed all necessary software. Get yourself a nice cup of coffee if you wish, so we can proceed to the next level: Setting up snmp to return the stats that we so desperatly want...