Plotting a simple text file in cacti

[bearkids]

I have some data stored in a text file. How could I import the data, plot it and display it in cacti?

Thanks very much.

[BSOD2600]

You need to parse the data out with some sort of script and then have templates in cacti which properly import/handle the data. Read in the documentation site on how to do this.

[bearkids]

You need to parse the data out with some sort of script and then have templates in cacti which properly import/handle the data. Read in the documentation site on how to do this.

Is that mean I need to write a script to to extract data from the text file and write a xml to define how the extracted data to be stored in rrd format?
After that, I need to have data template and graph template to display it.

[BSOD2600]

Ya, basically.

[bearkids]

After I create a new data queries, create templates and put it to a device, will my script run per 5 minutes? Since my data in text file will not update fequently, I do not need to run it so fequently.

[BSOD2600]

Yes, cacti will collect the data from it every 5 minutes. If its not a large performance hit, then you can leave it as is. Otherwise, install the Boost plugin and change it to run not so frequently.

[bearkids]

Thanks very much. Let me try it.