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    Monitoring Network Performance With Cacti on CentOS & RHEL-based Systems

    By RahulFebruary 7, 20233 Mins Read

    Network monitoring is an essential aspect of system administration, especially for large enterprise networks. The ability to monitor network performance helps to ensure that the network is functioning optimally and proactively identify potential problems. One of the most widely used network monitoring tools is Cacti. This open-source tool provides a comprehensive and intuitive web-based interface for monitoring network performance.

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    In this article, we will guide you through the process of installing Cacti on CentOS and RHEL-based systems. We will also explain how to configure and use Cacti to monitor network performance.

    Prerequisites

    • A system running CentOS or RHEL-based distribution
    • Root access to the system
    • A working internet connection

    Step 1: Set Up Apache, MySQL and PHP

    In order to install cacti you required a webserver, database and PHP to work. If you have already installed it skip this step else follow below commands.

    # yum install httpd httpd-devel
    # yum install mysql mysql-server
    # yum install php php-pear php-common php-gd php-devel php-mbstring php-cli php-mysql
    
    Step 2: Install other Required Packages

    Cacti required RRDTool to retrieve manage data ,PHP SNMP module to access data and net-snmp. Use following commands to install it.

    # yum install rrdtool php-snmp net-snmp-utils p net-snmp-libs php-pear-Net-SMTP
    
    Step 3: Start Services

    Start all the required services to work with them using following commands.

    # service httpd start
    # service mysqld start
    # service snmpd start
    

    Configure all services to auto start on system boot.

    # chkconfig --levels 345 httpd on
    # chkconfig --levels 345 mysqld on
    # chkconfig --levels 345 snmpd on
    
    Step 4: Install Cacti on RHEL/CentOS Systems

    Install cacti on your system using yum package manager.

    # yum install cacti
    
    Step 5: Setup MySQL database and User Accounts

    Setup MySQL database and user account for cacti installation and assign priviledges to user on database.

    # mysql -u root -p
    mysql> create database cacti;
    mysql> GRANT ALL on cacti.* to [email protected]'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'SecretPassword';
    mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
    mysql> quit;
    
    Step 6: Restore Cacti Database

    Use below command to restore default cacti database

    # mysql -u cactiusr -p cacti < /usr/share/doc/cacti-0.8.8a/cacti.sql
    

    It may change location of cacti.sql file as per version installed of cacti. Use below command to locate file.

    # rpm -ql cacti | grep cacti.sql
    /usr/share/doc/cacti-0.8.8a/cacti.sql
    
    Step 7: Edit Database Configuration File

    Make below changes in cacti database configuration file to connect application with database.

    # vi /etc/cacti/db.php
    
    $database_type = "mysql";
    $database_default = "cacti";
    $database_hostname = "localhost";
    $database_username = "cactiusr";
    $database_password = "SecretPassword";
    $database_port = "3306";
    $database_ssl = false;
    
    Step 8: Configure Aapche to Network Accessible

    Edit cacti apache configuration file to make is accessible over network.

    # vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/cacti.conf
    
    Alias /cacti    /usr/share/cacti
    
    <Directory /usr/share/cacti/>
           <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
                    # httpd 2.4
                   Require host 192.168.1.0/32
           </IfModule>
           <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
                    # httpd 2.2
                   Order deny,allow
                   Deny from all
                   Allow from 192.168.1.0/32
           </IfModule>
    </Directory>
    
    Step 9: Enable Cacti Cron

    Edit /etc/cron.d/cacti in editor and un comment following line.

    # vi /etc/cron.d/cacti
    
    */5 * * * *     cacti   /usr/bin/php /usr/share/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1
    
    Step 10: Start Cacti Web Installer.

    Access Cacti url in your brower, First time it will redirect to web installer. Follow the steps as per below screenshots.

    URL: http://192.168.1.190/cacti/

    cacti-install-step-1

    cacti-install-step-2

    cacti-install-step-3

    After Finish the setup, it will redirect to loign scren, use below given username and password to login. At first login it will force to change password.

    Username: admin
    Password: admin
    

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