Configuring Thold
As with most complex plugins, Thold comes with its own configuration tab on the Cacti settings page. Let's look at the various options for Thold.
General options
The general settings area contains some very basic options. The following screenshot shows their default values:
Most of these settings are self-explanatory, allowing you to specify the generic behavior of Thold. The little help icon next to each line allows you to see a more specific description of these settings.
Default alerting options
The default alerting options area lets you define logging settings as well as some exemptions and triggers. Look at the following screenshot showing the default values:
As you can see, there is a new section available called Threshold Daemon. This new feature in Thold for Cacti 1.x allows the delegation of Thold-related tasks to a dedicated daemon. This daemon can also run on a different system to reduce the load on the Cacti poller. More information on this new feature will be provided...
