HOW TO INSTALL CACTI ON UBUNTU 16.04 SERVER UPDATE
# add-apt-repository 'deb trusty universe' # apt-get update So, we will be using the 'MySQL-Server-5.6' by adding it repository and then update the system with below commands. # apt-get update # apt-get upgradeīefore installing the LAMP packages, please do note that Cacti do not support MySQL-Server-5.7 as yet. Login to your Ubuntu server and run below command to update your Ubuntu server. The basic requirement for Cacti is that you must have LAMP stack setup on your server, before getting started with the installation of Cacti.
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You can also add plugins to the Cacti for enabling the possibility to integrate other free tools like ntop or php weathermap. Cacti's installation is very simple and you don't need to be expert to complete its setup. Using Cacti you can easily monitor the performance of your computers, networks, servers, router, switch, services (apache, mysql, dns, harddisk, mail server), SANs, applications, weather measurements, etc.
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RRDtool is a program developed by the Swiss Tobi Oeticker who was already the creator of the famous MRTG. It can graph network bandwidths with SNMP, shell or perl scripts. Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed with RRDTool’s data storage and graphing functionality. Hello and welcome to our today's article on another open-source Network monitoring tool that is Cacti.