Summary

You learned a lot in this chapter about installing Cacti.

We covered:

• Obtaining and installing Cacti—where to download it and how to set up the files

• MySQL database setup—how to create a database and fill it with the base Cacti data

• Configuring Cacti—how to tell Cacti where to find its database and how to access it

• Configuring the system components—how to add a Cacti system user and create the poller's cron entry

• Spine poller—how to download, compile, and install the spine poller

• Upgrading Cacti—how to upgrade an existing Cacti installation

• The Cacti web interface—a brief look at the different sections of the web interface

You're now ready to create your first few devices and graphs. In the next chapter, you're going to create your own graphs using the RRDtool as well as add your first devices to Cacti.