Summary
You should now be able to create your own data input methods and create custom scripts to gather remote data.
This chapter covered:
Creating data input methods—how to gather data from the local Cacti system using a local script
Creating data queries—creating the underlying XML file and gathering indexed data for displaying in Cacti
The remote SSH data input method—how to retrieve and display data from a remote system using the SSH public key authentication method
Having covered the data management chapter, you should now be able to comfortably manage a Cacti system. In the next chapter, you're going to take a closer look into maintaining Cacti by scheduling backup jobs, maintaining log files, and more.
