Installing Cacti

So, you have decided to install the Cacti tool. Throughout this book you will learn how to use Cacti and learn new things about it. This book will build up your knowledge, from chapter to chapter, as you complete the tasks. As you go through the book, you will see different information boxes and tips, and I encourage you to read through them as they provide valuable information. At the end of each chapter you will see a summary of what has been covered in the chapter and what you will learn in the chapter to follow.

Let's get on with setting up Cacti 1.x. Take a look at what we will do next. In this chapter we are going to cover:

• Installing the prerequisites for Cacti on a CentOS 7 system
• Installing Cacti on a CentOS 7 system and Windows 2012 R2 system
• Compiling and installing the Spine poller
• Upgrading an existing Cacti installation
• Running Cacti for the first time
• A quick overview of the Cacti web frontend

Here we go...