install problem

[cactilover]

got apache/mysql/php up & working per the install guide.

However, two weird things:

1. when the install guide says this:
*/5 * * * * cactiuser php /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1
that would imply that there's a php binary. Where does it come from? My php install gives me only my apache module...

2. Don't think this is related to 1. above, but, having double checked all the install steps, I get to the box that says "cacti Installation Guide (Step 1)". When I click 'next', I get the same page over & over.

Any idea what this could be? php.ini looks o.k., my phpinfo page looks o.k., mysql steps executed great...just wondering what I'm missing here.

thanks!

[BSDeality]

you have to compile php with the executable binary

as for the cycling of the first page. make sure you have register_globals ON

[dbenders]

To build the mod_php for Apache.

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# ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs --with-snmp --with-openssl --with-db --with-ldap --with-gd --with-zlib --with-gettext --with-png-dir=/usr/lib
# make clean
# make
# make install

To build the php standalone for Apache.

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# ./configure --with-mysql --with-snmp --with-openssl --with-db --with-ldap --with-gd --with-zlib --with-gettext --with-png-dir=/usr/lib
# make clean
# make
# make install

You has to do both steps.

Any ways, I guess that in RH 7.3 it comes already build, not sure, long time I installed the servers.

Jus one more thing, you MUST to replace in the line:

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*/5 * * * * cactiuser php /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1 

The "cactiuser" for the "User" that apears in your apache configuration. In old verions it was nobody and in the last versions it is apache

I hope it help you.

[cactilover]

thanks, guys. I'll give this a try & let you know how it goes.

--Rob

[cactilover]

dbenders' steps did the trick. I'm not using ldap, so I left that part out. Everything else is on the money, double-checked the php.ini parameters, and I'm up & running with cacti! We're having a cacti-vs.-cricket showdown right now, so I'm trying to get it configured. I like what i see!

thanks for the help--it's good to see a large community using cacti.