adding a batch of devices and graphs

[georgej2]

Are there instructions on how to add a list of devices from a batch file and define graphs for them at the same time?

Thanks,

George

[BSOD2600]

Lots of tools in \cacti\cli\ for automation.

[jftuga]

Once you have the devices installed, check out the Autom8 plugin. It will automagically create graphs & place them on the graph tree for you. It's a really huge time-saver and is also my favorite plugin.

-John

[georgej2]

Thank you for the input.

We are looking through the cli directory for a tool to add the devices and will likely use the "automagic" one to create graphs after we get the devices defined. But we need to get the 600 or so devices defined first.

We are hoping to be able to "feed" a script with a file (maybe a text file) that contains the device name, IP address, SNMP community, etc. and have it define the devices in Cacti for us.

Suggestions are always appreciated.

George

[jftuga]

Get the number of the template, you want to use from this command:
php -q add_device.php --list-host-templates

let's say it is #9 (see below)
change dev1, dev2, etc.
change snmp community from public

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#!/bin/sh

dom="example.com"
cd /var/lib/cacti/cli/

if [ "$#" -eq "1" ] ; then
        devices=$1
else
        devices="dev1 dev2 dev3 dev4 dev5"
fi

for i in ${devices} ; do
        echo $i
        php -q add_device.php --template=9 --avail=snmp --version=2 --community=public --ip=${i}.${dom} --description=${i}
        sleep 1
        echo
done

[georgej2]

Thank you for the ideas. We are not well-versed in writing/reading code or implementing scripts so we'll need to search for documents, study and interpret what that is saying. Then do some trial and error to see where that takes us. Not sure where to put the code listed above. What should we edit the dev1, dev2, etc. to? Not sure how to incorporate this with a file that has a list of devices

Thanks again,

George

[georgej2]

We figured out the template part.

How would we say the rest of the code in Windows?

Thanks,

George

[Daniel1212]

Hi,
I have a question about adding devices with bulk. From cacti i can not ping 4.2.2.4 . Now i want to add this device in cacti with bulk forexample, but it failed and I get below error:
Failed to add device.
However if the IP is pingable I can add the device! Any one know how i can add a device which in not accessible in CACTI with bulk?

[TheWitness]

Well, you need to provide way more information.

1) What version of Cacti
2) What exact command did you run to add
3) Anything else, you OS, the PHP version, ...

Lastly, you should always start a separate thread, and not poach an old one.