================================================================== Cacti is now installed. If you intall it for the first time, you may have to follow this steps to make it work correctly. 1: Create the MySQL database: # mysqladmin --user=root create cacti 2: Create a mysql user/password for cacti: (change user and/or password if requered) # echo "GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cactiuser at localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'cactiuser'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" | mysql 3: Import the default cacti database: # mysql cacti < %%PREFIX%%/%%CACTIDIR%%/cacti.sql 4: Edit %%CACTIDIR%%/include/db-settings.php: Specify the MySQL user, password and database for your cacti configuration. 5: Add a line to your /etc/crontab file similar to: */5 * * * * %%CACTIUSER%% %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/php %%PREFIX%%/%%CACTIDIR%%/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1 6: Add alias in apache config for the cacti dir: Alias /cacti "%%PREFIX%%/%%CACTIDIR%%/" 7: Open cacti login page in your web browser and login with admin/admin Have fun! ==================================================================