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jwdvd · Post by **jwdvd** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:05 am

Hi there,

I am new to using cacti. Having just set it up and setup all of our servers with basic templates i was looking to see how i can email out some reports based on thresholds being hit. (disk space over 90% etc)

I cant seem to find a way to do this, any ideas folks?

solaris 10
cacti 0.8.7

thanks loads in advance.

regards

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:22 am

You need the Plugin Architecture, and the Thold plugin. Both are available from http://cactiusers.org/

jwdvd · Post by **jwdvd** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:25 am

thanks for that, i will check it out.

regards

jwdvd · Post by **jwdvd** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:05 am

cannot get this to work,i am following this guide...

http://cactiusers.org/wiki/PluginArchitectureInstall

i tried both methods of install and i cant get either to work.

Using the Pre-Patched Files
totally buggers cacti, had to restore from backup

Using the Patch
i get this...

----
# patch -p1 -N < cacti-plugin-0.8.7b-PA-v2.1.diff
Looks like a unified context diff.
File to patch:
----

what file am i supposed to patch, this is driving me nuts :-/

regards

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:30 am

Are you using 0.8.7b? The patches are specific to each version of Cacti.

If you run the patch command from the root of the Cacti directory (/usr/local/cacti or whatever), then it should just figure things out. I don't remember using -N though.

jwdvd · Post by **jwdvd** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:37 am

na its 0.8,7, the b install is the closest i can find

any ideas on where i can get the exact version

regards

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:44 am

I'd upgrade to b - there were quite a few bug fixes in a and b.

jwdvd · Post by **jwdvd** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:46 am

do i need to go to a then b, or can i fire right up to b?

regards

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:32 pm

jwdvd wrote:do i need to go to a then b, or can i fire right up to b?

regards

Check the upgrading notes, but I'm pretty sure you can go straight to b.

jwdvd · Post by **jwdvd** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:41 am

ok, i upgraded and the upgrade went fine...

tried the patch and i still get...

------------------------------------------------------------------------
# patch -p1 -N < cacti-plugin-0.8.7b-PA-v2.1.diff
Looks like a unified context diff.
File to patch:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

what file to i need to enter to patch?

thanks again

regards

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:57 am

You shouldn't need to do that if you run the patch command from the Cacti root directory. It patches many files.

jwdvd · Post by **jwdvd** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:11 am

yeah i know, im in the root cacti dir and its prompting me for the files to patch:-(

--- EDIT ---

ok, i tried the manual install instead, i have again followed this guide...

http://cactiusers.org/wiki/PluginArchitectureInstall

now it seems the main page is missing gifs and looks incomplete, and links fail saying...

The requested URL /var/apache2/htdocs/cacti/graphs_new.php was not found on this server.

but the files do exist. Can only think that its now a permissions issue :-/

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:01 am

That's a different issue - check that the cacti_uri in config.php is correct for your install. That should be in the instructions too.

jwdvd · Post by **jwdvd** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:14 am

yeah i have that set correctly, with leading and trailing slashes

this is one of the biggest pains in the arses i have had for ages :-/

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:42 am

I don't think you do have it right. It looks like you have the filesystem path (i.e. /usr/local/cacti/blah....) and not the *URL* path (i.e. /cacti/ ).

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