Installation guide

[zmunawar]

Hi All..

I wish to install cacti on FC 4.

The installation guide available on the net is very confusing.

While installing FC 4, i have installed httpd, snmp, mrtg, php and mysql.

Can anyone guide me how to proceede further??

I know its annoying.......but.....thnaks for tolerating.....

Regards,

[southernhick]

Here's a quick summary....I installed my Fedora 6 and cacti a couple weeks back......

- Install Fedora - I installed Fedora 6

- Make sure you install Apache, MySQL, net-snmp modules, php modules, I also installed the mysql-administrator tools

- Start apache - httpd service

- Start MySQL - mysqld service

- Install Cacti rpm
http://www.cacti.net/downloads/packages ... 5.i386.rpm

- Create cacti database with this command (mysqladmin located /usr/bin)
mysqladmin --user=root create cacti

- Import the default cacti database structure with this command (cacti.sql located /usr/share/doc/cacti-0.8.6j)
mysql cacti < cacti.sql

- Grant cactiuser rights to database....I did this with the mysql-administrator gui utility

- edit the config.php and change the hostname, username, and password

- To allow access to your Website from other hosts...add this to your apache httpd.conf file located /etc/httpd/conf
<directory "/usr/share/cacti">
AllowOverride None
Options FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

- Add line to crontab to poll devices every 5 minutes (using crontab -e command)
*/5 * * * * /usr/share/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1

- Open browser on Fedora server to http://localhost/cacti and log in as admin with password of admin

- One the next webpage.....make sure all your paths are correct and in Green....if any are red then you need to stop and make sure that component is installed or installed correctly.

Sorry the notes are not more detailed, but this should get you started in the right direction. If you run into issues post back to this thread and I will keep a watch to help.

I installed my Fedora 6 as a Virtual Server....so if you need help with VMWare tools install/configure or with your Fedora lossing or gaining time......let me know because I've had to resolve issues with both.

Thanks,
Southernhick - North Carolina

[zmunawar]

thanks southernhick..

I will try it in a day or two, then will ask you if i got some problem.

Thanks again for the concern