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-[Cacti|http://www.cacti.net/] is a [PHP]/[MySQL] frontend to [rrdtool]. It handles the storage of all the information required to create and populate [rrdtool] graphs. Along with being able to maintain Graphs, Data Sources, and [RoundRobinArchive]s
in a database
, cacti
handles the data gathering also. There is also SNMP support for those used to creating traffic graphs with MRTG.
+[Cacti | http://www.cacti.net/] is a [PHP]/[MySQL] frontend to [rrdtool]. It handles the storage of all the information required to create and populate [rrdtool] graphs. Along with being able to maintain Graphs, Data Sources, and RoundRobin Archives
in a DataBase
, [Cacti]
handles the data gathering also. There is also [
SNMP]
support for those used to creating traffic graphs with [
MRTG]
.
-You can use Cacti to gather any sort of data, or fetch information from [SNMP] capable hosts.
+You can use [
Cacti]
to gather any sort of data, or fetch information from [SNMP] capable hosts.
-To '
manually'
handle data gathering, you can feed cacti
the command line
for any external script/command along with any data that the user will need to "fill in" (IP addresses etc). Cacti will then gather this data in a cron-
job and populate a [MySQL] database/the round robin archives
.
+To "
manually"
handle data gathering, you can feed [Cacti]
the CommandLine
for any external script/command along with any data that the user will need to "fill in" ([
IP]
addresses etc). [
Cacti]
will then gather this data in a cron job and populate a [MySQL] database/the RoundRobin Archives
.
Data Sources can also be created, which correspond to actual data on the graph. For instance, if a user wants to graph the ping times to a host, they could create a data source, choosing a script that pings a host and returns it's value in milliseconds. After defining options for [rrdtool] such as how to store the data you will be able to define any additional information that the data input source requires, such as a host to ping in this case. Once a data source is created, it is automatically mantained at 5 minute intervals.
-For people who are used to creating traffic graphs in [MRTG], this process has become much simplier in cacti
. An [SNMP] interface allows you to enter SNMP capable hosts and cacti
will display that host's interfaces, all of which can be graphed with once click from that point.
+For people who are used to creating traffic graphs in [MRTG], this process has become much simplier in [Cacti]
. An [SNMP] interface allows you to enter [
SNMP]
capable hosts and [Cacti]
will display that host's interfaces, all of which can be graphed with once click from that point.
-Once one or more data sources are defined, an [rrdtool] graph can be created using the data. Cacti allows you to create almost any imaginable rrdtool graph using all of the standard rrdtool graph types and consolidation functions. A color selection area and automatic text padding function also aid in the creation of graphs to make the process easier.
+Once one or more data sources are defined, an [rrdtool] graph can be created using the data. [
Cacti]
allows you to create almost any imaginable [
rrdtool]
graph using all of the standard [
rrdtool]
graph types and consolidation functions. A color selection area and automatic text padding function also aid in the creation of graphs to make the process easier.
-Cacti has a user management system so you can allocate people various levels of access to the program and their own settings.
+[
Cacti]
has a user management system so you can allocate people various levels of access to the program and their own settings.
-How to set
up new [CactiDataInput]s, [CactiDataSource]s, and [CactiGraph]s
+See the notes on setting
up:
-The following are notes on setting up Cacti with specific monitoring in mind:
-
-*[CactiLMSensors]
-*CactiSmart
-*[CactiUPS]
-
-Cacti can be obtained from [http://www.cacti.net/
]
+* CactiDataInput~s
+* CactiDataSource~s
+* CactiGraph~s
+* [CactiLMSensors]
+* CactiSmart
+* [CactiUPS]
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-
+Part of
CategorySystemAdministration,
CategoryNetworking
