transfer Cacti to another system

[moty119]

hi
i want to transfer all of things (e.g. all graph templates, host templates, data templates, data queries and graphs) that maked in cacti of my system , to another system that installed on cacti. without use Import & Export!!
what way to do this?

[Alphadog]

you need to :

1. export your mysql Database (e.g. with phpmyadmin)
2. COPY your cacti Folder (e.g. /usr/share/cacti/) to the new system
3. Install Mysql, Apache2 and everything else Cacti needs on the new sys
4. import the existing DB
5. check all rights, accounts @ mysql etc.
6. create a cronjob (e.g. nano /etc/cron.d/cacti)

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MAILTO=root
* * * * * www-data php /usr/share/cacti/site/poller.php >/dev/null 2>/var/log/cacti$
* * * * * root ntpdate TIMESERVER

and have fun

[moty119]

you need to :

1. export your mysql Database (e.g. with phpmyadmin)
2. COPY your cacti Folder (e.g. /usr/share/cacti/) to the new system
3. Install Mysql, Apache2 and everything else Cacti needs on the new sys
4. import the existing DB
5. check all rights, accounts @ mysql etc.
6. create a cronjob (e.g. nano /etc/cron.d/cacti)

Code: Select all

MAILTO=root
* * * * * www-data php /usr/share/cacti/site/poller.php >/dev/null 2>/var/log/cacti$
* * * * * root ntpdate TIMESERVER

and have fun

i done this sequence that you say, but don't work !!

[Alphadog]

what kind of error message did you get ?

which instance of cacti isn't working ??

[moty119]

no error happened and cacti is run OK.
but never of graphs that locate in old server, no transfer to new server.

[lucajet]

What do you mean?
That everything work in the new cacti server but you don't have the previous history inside the rrd files?

I had a similar issues trying to move rrds files amongst different servers.
I solved by dumping in xml and then restore them

see the command rrdtool dump and rrdtool restore

[gandalf]

I just provided a perl script that helps doing so. See 1st link of my sig, Maintenance chapter
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[moty119]

I just provided a perl script that helps doing so. See 1st link of my sig, Maintenance chapter
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Hi gandalf
i 'm find a way for my question.
that is, "export host template" and import to another machine. by this work, transfered all of data queries and graph template and data template to dest machin but don't create any graph!! i forced to create graph manually.

are a way for solve this problem?

i have another question form u
how i do monitor servral machines form a centerlized machine by graphs that created in pervious step?

[gandalf]

i 'm find a way for my question.
that is, "export host template" and import to another machine. by this work, transfered all of data queries and graph template and data template to dest machin but don't create any graph!! i forced to create graph manually.

You exlude use of export/import in your first question. Now I don't know what you really want to achieve

are a way for solve this problem?

As already said, the above procedure will clone a complete system.
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