Summary
In this chapter, you have learned how to create HTML and PDF based reports to send out to your colleagues, management, or customers. You have seen two different plugins capable of creating, scheduling, and mailing reports.
Specifically, you have covered:
Installing the Nectar plugin
Installing the CereusReporting plugin
Creating a custom report with Nectar
Scheduling a report using Nectar
Creating an instant PDF report with the CereusReporting plugin
Creating pre-defined reports using the CereusReporting plugin
Creating a report schedule with the CereusReporting plugin
Performance considerations when creating large reports
You should now be able to define new reports and schedule these reports to be sent out to a list of e-mail recipients. Now, you not only have a performance monitoring solution, but a performance reporting solution as well! In the next chapter, you're going to learn how to use the Cacti CLI and the autom8 plugin to automate your Cacti instance.
