The Cacti Manual
Ian Berry
Tony Roman
Larry Adams
Copyright
© 2005 The Cacti Group
Table of Contents
I.
Installation
1.
Requirements
2.
Installing Under Unix
3.
Installing Under Windows
4.
Upgrading Cacti
II.
Basics
5.
Graph Overview
6.
How to Graph Your Network
Creating a Device
Creating the Graphs
7.
Viewing Graphs
Graph Trees
8.
User Management
Creating a New User
Realm Permissions
Graph Permissions
Graph Settings
III.
Advanced Topics
9.
Data Input Methods
Creating a Data Input Method
Making Your Scripts Work With Cacti
10.
Data Queries
Creating a Data Query
SNMP Query XML Syntax
Script Query XML Syntax
11.
Templates
Graph Templates
Data Templates
Host Templates
12.
PHP Script Server
Using the Script Server
Upgrade Steps for the Example HostMib Data Queries
Migration of Existing PHP Scripts to Script Server
Testing Your Script in the Script Server
IV.
Using Cacti
13.
How To
Graph a Single SNMP OID
Simplest Method of Going from Script to Graph (Walkthrough)
14.
Frequently Asked Questions
V.
Reference
15.
Variables
Graph Variables
Host Variables
16.
RRDTool Specific Features
GPRINT Presets
CDEFs
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