Time for action – defining a host template
Go to Templates | Host Templates and click on the Add link.
Enter SNMP Enabled CentOS Server as the name for this host template.
Click on Create.
Two additional sections will appear. At the Associated Graph Templates section, select your Host - Running Processes template and click on Add.
At the Associated Data Queries section, add SNMP - Get Mounted Partitions, SNMP - Get Processor Information, and the SNMP - Interface Statistics data query.
Click on the Save button.
What just happened?
You created your first host template containing your newly created graph template and three SNMP-based data queries. Once you assign this host template to a device, all four items will be automatically added to that device.
Tip
Create host templates for standard devices in your network
Creating a host template will reduce the time needed for creating a device within Cacti, especially if there are many devices in a network that share the same graphs.
