{"id":2411,"date":"2016-08-01T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.4\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2018-01-09T06:50:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:50:18","slug":"installing-cacti-on-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudacm.com\/?p=2411","title":{"rendered":"Installing Cacti on a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is some Background before we get started.<\/p>\n

I had originally posted about setting up Cacti on the Raspberry Pi a few posts back.\u00a0 Since there was plenty of on line tutorials, I just made references to sites that have since changed their content.\u00a0 When I returned to the subject recently, I found that the steps were plagued with antiquated commands<\/p>\n

Ultimately, I was able to find the compile a list of commands that will help you get Cacti operational with minimal effort.\u00a0 The fundamentals should already be in place.\u00a0 If not, these are the steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Linux – Raspberry Pi with running Operating System<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Apache \u2013 Web services for Linux<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      sudo apt-get install apache2 -y<\/pre>\n
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      1. MySQL \u2013 Database back end for Cacti<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        sudo apt-get install mysql-server php-mysql -y<\/pre>\n
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        1. PHP \u2013 The scripting language that ties the database to web front end.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php -y<\/pre>\n
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          1. PhpMyAdmin \u2013 Useful, but not essential.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin\r\nsudo nano \/etc\/apache2\/apache2.conf<\/pre>\n
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            \nInclude \/etc\/phpmyadmin\/apache.conf<\/em><\/p>\n
            sudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/usr\/share\/phpmyadmin\r\nsudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/lib\/phpmyadmin\r\nsudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/etc\/phpmyadmin\r\nsudo apt install php-gettext\r\nsudo nano \/etc\/php\/7.0\/apache2\/php.ini<\/pre>\n
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            \nupload_max_filesize = 200M
            \npost_max_size = 200M<\/em><\/p>\n
            I had done this earlier when setting up the WordPress Sandbox on the Raspberry Pi.\u00a0 So here is the simplified install of Cacti on the Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n
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            1. Cacti Dependencies \u2013 these are fundamentals for Cacti to work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              sudo apt-get install mysql-client php-snmp php-gd php-ldap rrdtool snmp snmpd -y<\/pre>\n
              This took a while to install and prompted me to keep my changes to the modified php.ini file I had done in step 5 above.\u00a0 Next was the actual install of Cacti.<\/p>\n
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              1. Cacti Installation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                sudo apt-get install -y cacti<\/pre>\n
                The install prompts to configure Cacti, I used dbconfig-common to configure my database.\u00a0 Next, I entered the MySQL root password and set my web server option to Apache2.\u00a0 Now Cacti should be accessible from the web link, http:\/\/raspberrypiip\/cacti.\u00a0 The Cacti Installation Guide should appear.<\/p>\n
                \"CactiInstall_01\"<\/a><\/p>\n
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                Press the Next >> button.<\/p>\n
                \"CactiInstall_02\"<\/a><\/p>\n
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                Select new install then press next.<\/p>\n
                \"CactiInstall_03\"<\/a><\/p>\n
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                The dependencies will be validated and if no errors occur, press Finish.<\/p>\n
                \"CactiInstall_04\"<\/a><\/p>\n
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                Login with the username admin and the password admin.\u00a0 You’ll be prompted to change it.\u00a0 Once that is done, you should be in the console view of Cacti, congratulations!<\/p>\n
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                Here is some Background before we get started. I had originally posted about setting up Cacti on the Raspberry Pi a few posts back.\u00a0 Since there was plenty of on line tutorials, I just made references to sites that have since changed their content.\u00a0 When I returned to the subject recently, I found that the steps were plagued with antiquated commands Ultimately, I was able to find the compile a list of commands that will help you get Cacti operational…<\/p>\n
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