Poller configured to run as Cron Job but not running

[cksrealm]

Hi All,

Long term Cacti user but not used it for a few years, used extensively in the past however, have installed a new version no issues on an Ubuntu Server. Everything seems to have gone well and I can add devices etc, however despite the crontab being setup to run the cmd.php poller it does not actually seem to do anything.

If I run php poller.php it runs and I get data on the graphs but only when I manually run it, and within the device settings I can only select the poller type to be cmd.php not poller.php

Have I missed something in the install section that is causing this possibly.

[macan]

show crontab table
show path of your cacti installation

[cksrealm]

Crontab Table----
* * * * * root php /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1

Path to Cacti from the include/config.php

$url_path = '/cacti/';

Cacti is in the /var/www/html/cacti folder.

Thanks

[macan]

change this:
* * * * * root php /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1

* * * * * root /real/path/to/php /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1

[cksrealm]

Will give that a go and let you know, thanks alot.

[TheWitness]

I'm using the cactid systemd service everywhere these days. Easier to manage, and works well with cluster failover.