CereusReporting

CereusReporting allows the creation of PDF reports and comes as a free Standard Edition as well as commercial Professional and Business Editions.

Installation

The Standard, Professional, and Business Editions share the same code, so let's install the Standard Edition now.

You can get the latest version from the CereusReporting product page at the following website:

https://www.urban-software.com/products/cereusreporting-professional-pdf-reports-for-cacti/cr-downloads/

This example is going to be based on the v3.01 version with Cacti installed on CentOS 7.

Note

Installing the right IonCube loader: Make sure you install the correct version. You can find out your current running PHP version using the command php -v and your extension directory using php -i | grep extension_dir

Time for action – installing CereusReporting

Let's look into the different steps of installing the CereusReporting plugin on a CentOS 7 version running PHP 5.4:

1. Log on to your Cacti installation as root.
2. If you have...