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[coolrock]

Thanks to those who helped

[wwolkers]

ehmmm....

snmp??

cpu load, ram usage, disk stats are all available via standard snmp queries.

[coolrock]

by default, linux servers cannot "talk" with snmp manager (cacti) right?

ehmmm....

snmp??

cpu load, ram usage, disk stats are all available via standard snmp queries.

[pbulteel]

You are right that by default linux servers cannot "talk" snmp, but neither can they talk http, you install apache for that. For snmp you would install net-snmp which provides snmpd. Once you install that, you configure it to add those extra items that aren't already in the conf (like HD) and then start the server.

Once you do, Cacti on any other server should be able to see your other Linux server.

BTW you should have the net-snmp package in the same install CD and it might already be installed, just not configured...

-P

[coolrock]

Thanks for the clarification pbulteel. How do I check whether it has already been installed or how should I go around installing the net-snmp? From the internet?

I downloaded a net-snmp tar.gz file from http://optusnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sour ... 3.1.tar.gz and extract it to the /usr/src folder on Slackware Linux in Server B. Then I cd to the snmp folder. After configuration and make, an EXAMPLE.conf is out, but after I open it, I start seeing stars, please advice what should I edit so that it can talk snmp with the Cacti snmp server A to output Server B's cpu load, ram load, etc.

Thanks again in advance