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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

Time for action – creating a data query – Step 2


Now you're going to add one Associated Graph Template to this data query.

  1. Click on the Add link on the Associated Graph Templates table

  2. Enter In/Out Bits as the Name.

  3. Select Interface – Traffic (bits/sec) as the Graph Template. If you do not find the graph template you need, you will need to create one first.

  4. Click on the Create button. Several new tables will appear now:

  5. Select ifOutOctets (Bytes Out) for the traffic_out data source.

  6. Check both checkboxes from the Associated Data Templates table.

  7. Enter |host_description|- Traffic - |query_ifName| in the first field of the Data Template – Interface –Traffic section.

  8. Enter name as the Field Name and click the Add button next to it.

  9. Enter |query_ifSpeed| in the first field of the Data Template – Interface –Traffic section.

  10. Enter rrd_maximum as the Field Name and click on the Add button again. You will now have two entries in the first table:

  11. Now enter |host_description|- Traffic - |query_ifName| in the...

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