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Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide Learn Cacti and design a robust Network Operations Center

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849513920
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Thomas Urban Thomas Urban
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Cacti 0.8Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Installing Cacti FREE CHAPTER 2. Using Graphs to Monitor Networks and Devices 3. Creating and Using Templates 4. User Management 5. Data Management 6. Cacti Maintenance 7. Network and Server Monitoring 8. Plugin Architecture 9. Plugins 10. Threshold Monitoring with Thold 11. Enterprise Reporting 12. Cacti Automation for NOC Mobile Access / Administration Online Resources Further Information Pop Quiz Answers
Index

General user settings


There are a few general settings which can be checked for each user. These settings include the Authentication Realm or access to the different Graph Options.

Graph Options

The Graph Options are not related to any options to the actual graphs, but describe the type of view on the graphs which the user has access to. There are three different options available:

  • User has rights to Tree View

  • User has rights to List View

  • User has rights to Preview View

These views relate to the small tabs on the upper right of the Cacti screen when you are using the Graphs tab:

Authentication Realm

The Authentication Realm defines the type of access authentication used when a user logs in to Cacti. There are three different options available:

  • Local

  • LDAP

  • Web Basic

The Local realm uses the built-in authentication from Cacti. LDAP authentication can authenticate users against any LDAP server including Active Directory servers. Web Basic authentication is handled by the web server itself (for example...

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