Time for action – upgrading the Plugin Architecture

1. Logon to your Cacti server as root.

2. Change to the Cacti installation directory:

   cd /var/www/html/cacti
   

3. Download the PIA:

   wget http://www.cacti.net/downloads/pia/cacti-plugin-0.8.7g-PA-v2.9.tar.gz
   

4. Unpack the archive:

   tar -xzvf cacti-plugin-0.8.7g-PA-v2.9.tar.gz
   

5. A new directory will be created named cacti-plugin-arch.

6. Create a backup of your config.php file:

   cp include/config.php include/config.php.bak
   

7. Copy the replacement files to your Cacti installation:

   'cp' –R cacti-plugin-arch/files-0.8.7g/* .
   

8. Restore your original config file:

   cp include/config.php.bak include/config.php
   

9. Import the additional SQL statements:

   mysql -u root -p cacti < cacti-plugin-arch/pa.sql
   

What just happened?

You just upgraded the Plugin Architecture on your Cacti instance by replacing the existing Cacti files with the provided patched versions.