Logging and Poller Paths Issue

[davidolaj]

Hello Guys...

I just installed Cacti on my Debian Linux box and is not showing any data on graphs.

I found some paths' error on attached screenshot...

Please, can someone help and tell me how to fix this error?

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[Rno]

Well the poller standard error path, you wrote /varlcacti/og
instead of /var/cacti/log

you l is before cacti, instead of after the / and before the o

Has for the spine process, where did you install it ?
if it's not under /usr/sbin/spine
or maybe you apache process dosen't have access to it.

[davidolaj]

Has for the spine process, where did you install it ?

I don't know much about the cacti installation and just executed this command "apt-get install cacti" on my new Debian 12 Linux box. The installation shown that successfully, and I don't really understand the installation or cacti files paths.

Please tell me how to check the correct paths.

[Rno]

hmm, if I'm right that install cacti, and cmd.php, not spine.

so far this is not a problem, you will need spine later if the number of device or polled objects is big.

did you correct this:
Well the poller standard error path, you wrote /var/lcacti/og
instead of /var/cacti/log

And what did you have under Poller ?
Did you setup the cron entry ?
Did you read any documentation on how to install cacti ? (after the apt-get install cacti)

[davidolaj]

I just start the Cacti installation afresh on Ubuntu 22.04 Server, and following this Cacti installation manual... https://docs.cacti.net/Installing-Under ... i-software

Got the following error....

root@cacti-server:~# apt-get install -y apache2 rrdtool mariadb-server snmp snmpd php7.0 php-mysql php7.0-snmp php7.0-xml php7.0-mbstring php7.0-json php7.0-gd php7.0-gmp php7.0-zip php7.0-ldap php7.0-mc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'php7.0-thrift' for regex 'php7.0'
Note, selecting 'php7.0-common' for regex 'php7.0'
Note, selecting 'php7.0-curl' for regex 'php7.0'
E: Unable to locate package php7.0-snmp
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.0-snmp'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.0-snmp'
E: Unable to locate package php7.0-xml
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.0-xml'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.0-xml'
E: Unable to locate package php7.0-mbstring
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.0-mbstring'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.0-mbstring'
E: Unable to locate package php7.0-json
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.0-json'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.0-json'
E: Unable to locate package php7.0-gd
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.0-gd'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.0-gd'
E: Unable to locate package php7.0-gmp
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.0-gmp'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.0-gmp'
E: Unable to locate package php7.0-zip
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.0-zip'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.0-zip'
E: Unable to locate package php7.0-ldap
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.0-ldap'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.0-ldap'
E: Unable to locate package php7.0-mc
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.0-mc'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.0-mc'
root@cacti-server:~#

[Rno]

I think it's php70- not php7.0

But you can do a apt-get search php
and you will get the right syntax for your package

[davidolaj]

I need Cacti professional guy that can help me install it on my server and get pay....

[macan]

If you have small installation, you don't need install spine.
Configuration->settings -> poller -> Poller type switch to cmd
Data collection -> data collectors -> Main poller -> increase processes from 1 to 2 or 4

[macan]

install new cacti version, try php 7.4

[davidolaj]

I think it's php70- not php7.0

But you can do a apt-get search php
and you will get the right syntax for your package

This is where I am now... when I enter serverip/cacti

======================
FATAL: Connection to Cacti database failed. Please ensure:

the PHP MySQL module is installed and enabled.
the database is running.
the credentials in config.php are valid.
======================

[macan]

you need install more php modules, described here
https://docs.cacti.net/Install-Under-CentOS_LAMP.md

[davidolaj]

But my Server OS is Ubuntu 22.04 not CentOS ?

[macan]

it doesn't matter. Howto contains a list of php modules that cacti needs. So install these modules on the system and restart the web server.

[davidolaj]

At this stage (vim /var/www/html/cacti/service/cactid.service (edit the path)), please what is the right path do I use for the following;

# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
# | Copyright (C) 2004-2024 The Cacti Group |
# | |
# | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or |
# | modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License |
# | as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 |
# | of the License, or (at your option) any later version. |
# | |
# | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
# | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
# | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
# | GNU General Public License for more details. |
# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
# | Cacti: The Complete RRDtool-based Graphing Solution |
# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
# | This code is designed, written, and maintained by the Cacti Group. See |
# | about.php and/or the AUTHORS file for specific developer information. |
# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
# | http://www.cacti.net/ |
# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

[Unit]
Description=Cacti Daemon Main Poller Service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=apache
Group=apache
EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/cactid
ExecStart=/var/www/html/cacti/cactid.php
Restart=always
RestartSec=5s

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[davidolaj]

If the above path is right, how do I fix this below directory issue;

root@cacti-server:~# touch /etc/sysconfig/cactid
touch: cannot touch '/etc/sysconfig/cactid': No such file or directory
root@cacti-server:~#