Time for action – importing a template

1. Start you web browser and go to http://forums.cacti.net/about9861.html. This is the topic on the forum containing all the links which we will be using later within this section. If the download links do not work, check back to this page and look for the new download links.

2. Download the XML file named cacti087b_host_template_webserver_-_apache.xml from the first post and save it to your desktop.

3. Logon to your Cacti server.

4. Go to your Cacti installation and navigate to the scripts directory. On CentOS the command is:

   cd /var/www/html/cacti/scripts
   

5. Download the third file to that directory:

   wget http://forums.cacti.net/download/file.php?id=9907
   

6. Rename the downloaded file to ws_apachestats.pl.gz:

   mv download.php\?id\=9907 ws_apachestats.pl.gz
   

7. Unzip the file:

   gunzip ws_apachestats.pl.gz
   

8. Now logon to your Cacti installation.

9. Go to Import / Export | Import Templates.

   

10. Select the XML file from your desktop and click on the Import button. You will see some status...