Install Cacti (Network Monitoring) On RHEL - CentOS 7.X - 6.X - 5.x and Fedora 21-12

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Install Cacti (Network Monitoring) on RHEL/CentOS 7.x/6.x/5.x and Fedora 21-12
Cacti tool is an open source web based network monitoring and system monitoring graphing solution for IT
business. Cacti enables a user to poll services at regular intervals to create graphs on resulting data using
RRDtool. Generally, it is used to graph time-series data of metrics such as network bandwidth utilization,
CPU load, running processes, disk space etc.
Install Cacti in RHEL / CentOS / Fedora
In this how-to we are going to show you how to install and setup complete network monitoring application
called Cacti using Net-SNMP tool on RHEL 7.x/6.x/5.x, CentOS 7.x/6.x/5.x and Fedora 21-12 systems
using YUM package manager tool.
Cacti Required Packages

The Cacti required following packages to be installed on your Linux operating systems like RHEL /
CentOS / Fedora.
Apache : A Web server to display network graphs created by PHP and RRDTool.
MySQL : A Database server to store cacti information.
PHP : A script module to create graphs using RRDTool.
PHP-SNMP : A PHP extension for SNMP to access data.
NET-SNMP : A SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is used to manage network.
RRDTool : A database tool to manage and retrieve time series data like CPU load, Network

Bandwidth etc.
Installing Cacti Required Packages on RHEL /

CentOS / Fedora
First, we need to install following dependency packages one-by-one using YUM package manager tool.
Install Apache
# yum install httpd httpd-devel
Apache Web Server Installation
Install MySQL
# yum install mysql mysql-server

MySQL Installation
MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MySQL database project, and provides a replacement for
MySQL. Previously the official supported database was MySQl under RHEL/CentOS 6.x/5.x and Fedora.
Recently, RedHat makes a new transaction from MySQl to MariaDB, as MariaDB is the default
implementation of MySQL in RHEL/CentOS 7.x and Fedora 19 onwards..
# yum install mariadb-server -y [On RHEL/CentOS 7.x and Fedora 19 onwards]

Installation of MariaDB Database
Install PHP
# yum install php-mysql php-pear php-common php-gd php-devel php php-mbstring php-cli

PHP Installation with Modules
Install PHP-SNMP
# yum install php-snmp

SNMP Installation
Install NET-SNMP
# yum install net-snmp-utils net-snmp-libs

Install SNMP Utils
Install RRDTool
# yum install rrdtool
Install Rrdtool

Staring Apache, MySQL and SNMP Services

Once you’ve installed all the required software’s for Cacti installation, lets start them one-by-one using
following commands.
On RHEL/CentOS 6.x/5.x and Fedora 18-12
[root@tecmint ~]# service httpd start

[root@tecmint ~]# service mysqld start
[root@tecmint ~]# service snmpd start
Start Services Using init
On RHEL/CentOS 7.x and Fedora 19 Onwards
[root@tecmint ~]# systemctl start httpd.service

[root@tecmint ~]# systemctl start mariadb.service
[root@tecmint ~]# systemctl start snmpd.service

Start Services Using systemctl
Configure Start-up Links

Configuring Apache, MySQL and SNMP Services to start on boot.
[root@tecmint ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --levels 345 httpd on

[root@tecmint ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --levels 345 mysqld on
[root@tecmint ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --levels 345 snmpd on

Enable Services at Boot Using chkconfig
[root@tecmint ~]# systemctl enable httpd.service

[root@tecmint ~]# systemctl enable mariadb.service
[root@tecmint ~]# systemctl enable snmpd.service
Enable Services at Boot Using systemctl
Install Cacti on RHEL / CentOS / Fedora

Here, you need to install and enable EPEL Repository. Once you’ve enabled repository, type the following
command to install Cacti application.
# yum install cacti
Sample Output:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks

epel/x86_64/metalink
| 4.7 kB 00:00:00
epel
| 4.4 kB 00:00:00
(1/2): epel/x86_64/group_gz
| 250 kB 00:00:03
(2/2): epel/x86_64/primary_db
| 4.0 MB 00:02:20
(1/2): epel/x86_64/updateinfo
| 315 kB 00:00:09
(2/2): epel/x86_64/pkgtags
| 1.4 MB 00:00:59
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.excellmedia.net
* epel: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk
* extras: centos.excellmedia.net
* updates: centos.excellmedia.net
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package cacti.noarch 0:0.8.8b-7.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: rrdtool for package: cacti-0.8.8b-7.el7.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: net-snmp-utils for package: cacti-0.8.8b-7.el7.noarch
--> Running transaction check
---> Package net-snmp-utils.x86_64 1:5.7.2-18.el7 will be installed
---> Package rrdtool.x86_64 0:1.4.8-8.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=======================================================================================
=======================================================================================
===============
Package Arch
Version Repository
Size
=======================================================================================
=======================================================================================
===============
Installing:
cacti noarch
0.8.8b-7.el7 epel
2.1 M
Installing for dependencies:
net-snmp-utils x86_64
1:5.7.2-18.el7 base
195 k
rrdtool x86_64
1.4.8-8.el7 base
368 k
Transaction Summary

=======================================================================================
=======================================================================================
===============
Install 1 Package (+2 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 2.7 M

Installed size: 7.2 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
(1/3): net-snmp-utils-5.7.2-18.el7.x86_64.rpm
| 195 kB 00:00:04
warning: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/epel/packages/cacti-0.8.8b-7.el7.noarch.rpm: Header
V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 352c64e5: NOKEY==============- ] 56 kB/s |
2.4 MB 00:00:05 ETA
Public key for cacti-0.8.8b-7.el7.noarch.rpm is not installed
(2/3): cacti-0.8.8b-7.el7.noarch.rpm
| 2.1 MB 00:00:53
(3/3): rrdtool-1.4.8-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
| 368 kB 00:02:47
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------
Total
16 kB/s | 2.7 MB 00:02:47
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
Importing GPG key 0x352C64E5:
Userid : "Fedora EPEL (7) "
Fingerprint: 91e9 7d7c 4a5e 96f1 7f3e 888f 6a2f aea2 352c 64e5
Package : epel-release-7-5.noarch (installed)
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
Installing : rrdtool-1.4.8-8.el7.x86_64
1/3
Installing : 1:net-snmp-utils-5.7.2-18.el7.x86_64
2/3
Installing : cacti-0.8.8b-7.el7.noarch
3/3
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.mR0t1v: line 1: fg: no job control
warning: %post(cacti-0.8.8b-7.el7.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
Non-fatal POSTIN scriptlet failure in rpm package cacti-0.8.8b-7.el7.noarch
Verifying : 1:net-snmp-utils-5.7.2-18.el7.x86_64
1/3
Verifying : rrdtool-1.4.8-8.el7.x86_64
2/3
Verifying : cacti-0.8.8b-7.el7.noarch
3/3

Installed:
cacti.noarch 0:0.8.8b-7.el7
Dependency Installed:
net-snmp-utils.x86_64 1:5.7.2-18.el7
rrdtool.x86_64 0:1.4.8-8.el7
Complete!
Configuring MySQL Server for Cacti Installation

We need to configure MySQL for Cacti, to do this we need to set password for our newly installed MySQL
server and then we will create Cacti database with user Cacti. If you’re MySQL is already password
protected, then don’t need to set it again.
Set MySQL Password

To set new password for MySQL server, use the following command. (Note : This is for new MySQL
installation only).
[root@tecmint ~]# mysqladmin -u root password YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE
Create MySQL Cacti Database

Login into MySQL server with newly created password and create Cacti database with user Cacti and set
the password for it.
[root@tecmint ~]# mysql -u root -p

Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 3
Server version: 5.1.73 Source distribution
Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> create database cacti;

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'tecmint';

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> FLUSH privileges;

mysql> quit;
Bye
[root@tecmint ~]# mysql -u root -p

Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 3
Server version: 5.5.41-MariaDB MariaDB Server
Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> create database cacti;

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'tecmint';

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH privileges;

MariaDB [(none)]> quit;

Bye
Install Cacti Tables to MySQL

Find out the database file path using RPM command, to install cacti tables into newly created Cacti
database, use the following command.
# rpm -ql cacti | grep cacti.sql
Sample Output:
/usr/share/doc/cacti-0.8.8b/cacti.sql

Now we’ve of the location of Cacti.sql file, type the following command to install tables, here you need to
type the Cacti user password.
[root@tecmint ~]# mysql -u cacti -p cacti < /usr/share/doc/cacti-0.8.8b/cacti.sql

Enter password:
Configure MySQL settings for Cacti

Open the file called /etc/cacti/db.php with any editor.
# vi /etc/cacti/db.php
Make the following changes and save the file. Make sure you set password correctly.
/* make sure these values reflect your actual database/host/user/password */

$database_type = "mysql";
$database_default = "cacti";
$database_hostname = "localhost";
$database_username = "cacti";
$database_password = "your-password-here";
$database_port = "3306";
$database_ssl = false;
Configuring Firewall for Cacti

[root@tecmint ~]# iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m state --state NEW --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
[root@tecmint ~]# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
[root@tecmint ~]# service iptables save
[root@tecmint ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http

[root@tecmint ~]# firewall-cmd --reload

Configuring Apache Server for Cacti Installation

Open file called /etc/httpd/conf.d/cacti.conf with your choice of editor.
# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/cacti.conf
You need to enabled access to Cacti application for your local network or per IP level. For example we've
enabled access to our local LAN network 172.16.16.0/20. In your case, it would be different.
Alias /cacti /usr/share/cacti

<Directory /usr/share/cacti/>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 172.16.16.0/20
</Directory>
In latest version of Apache (ex: Apache 2.4), you may need to change according to the following settings.
Alias /cacti /usr/share/cacti
<Directory /usr/share/cacti/>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# httpd 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# httpd 2.2
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>
Finally, restart the Apache service.
[root@tecmint ~]# service httpd restart [On RHEL/CentOS

6.x/5.x and Fedora 18-12]
[root@tecmint ~]# systemctl restart httpd.service [On RHEL/CentOS 7.x

and Fedora 19 onwards]

Setting Cron for Cacti

Open file /etc/cron.d/cacti.
# vi /etc/cron.d/cacti
Uncomment the following line. The poller.php script runs every 5mins and collects data of known host
which is used by Cacti application to display graphs.
#*/5 * * * * cacti /usr/bin/php /usr/share/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Running Cacti Installer Setup

Finally, Cacti is ready, just go to http://YOUR-IP-HERE/cacti/ & follow the installer instruction through the
following screens. Click Next button.
Cacti Setup Screen
Please choose installation Type as "New Install".
Select Cacti New Install
Make sure all the following values are correct before continuing. Click Finish button.
Cacti Installation Directories
Cacti Login Screen, enter username as admin and password as admin.
Cacti Login Screen
Once you've entered username and password, it will ask you to enter a new password for cacti.

Cacti Force Password Screen
Cacti Console Screen.
Cacti Console Screen
How to Create New Graphs

To create graphs, Click on New Graphs --> Select Host --> Select SNMP - Interface Statistics and Select a
graph type In/Out Bits. Click on Create button. Please refer screen below.
How to Create Graphs in Cacti

Cacti Monitoring Graphs
For more information and usage please visit the Cacti Page.

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Banu  May 4, 2016 at 2:54 pm

Where’s the cacti path installed?
Reply
Ravi Saive  May 4, 2016 at 3:04 pm

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@Banu,
There isn’t any one place, the Cacti tool gets installed all over the file-system, but the main
configuration files resides under /etc/cacti directory..
Reply
Szilard  April 22, 2016 at 12:35 pm

In case of mysql is not on localhost you also need to enable network access for httpd (SElinux)

else you will have errors like :

FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on ‘192.168.1.10’. Please make sure you have
specified a valid MySQL database name in ‘include/config.php’
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=1
Reply
Zaya  April 18, 2016 at 6:37 pm

I have a problem same as Jhay, When I have got “FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on
‘10.0.0.1’. Please make sure you have specified a valid MySQL database name in
‘include/config.php’”.
My server is running on 10.0.0.1.
I have created cacti database on mysql, and mysql is working fine. How I can solve?
Reply
Ravi Saive  April 19, 2016 at 10:01 am

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@Zaya,
Please add the 10.0.0.1 IP address in db.php file under /etc/cacti/ directory like this:
$database_hostname = "10.0.0.1";
I hope it will solve your MySQL connectivity problem..
Reply
James Otto  March 29, 2016 at 9:12 pm

When I try to start mysql service I get the following error
[vagrant@server1 /]$ sudo service mysqld start
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start mysqld.service
Failed to start mysqld.service: Unit mysqld.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
What file or directory is missing?
Reply
Guilherme Henrique  March 10, 2016 at 6:57 pm

Dear Mr. Ravi Saive, thank you for a great explanation.
Reply
Subhasish Bhattacharya  February 18, 2016 at 6:12 pm

Dear Mr. Ravi Can you please provide some thorough tutorial on oracle DBA administration. from
very first installation to common problems manage/troubleshoot oracle 11G/12C. I will be thankful
to you.
Reply
Ravi Saive  February 18, 2016 at 7:03 pm

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@Subhasish,
We’ve already covered about Oracle related articles, here is the installation of Oracle 11g and

12c:
http://www.tecmint.com/oracle-database-11g-release-2-installation-in-linux/
http://www.tecmint.com/oracle-12c-installation-in-centos-6/
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Jhay Brombuela  February 15, 2016 at 6:58 am

Hi
I have error on Cacti Installation which is “FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on
‘localhost’. Please make sure you have specified a valid MySQL database name in
‘include/config.php'” pls help me to fix this
Reply
Ravi Saive  February 15, 2016 at 11:07 am

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@Jhay,
It’s clear that the MySQL cacti database doesn’t exits on the server, have you created Cacti
database in the MySQL server, before attempting installation? Please create one as instructed it
this article and try again the installation..
Reply
Jhay Brombuela  February 18, 2016 at 11:25 am

Hi Sir @Ravi Saive, I already fixed my problem. I noticed the password that i set in MySql
Settings for cacti was not match to my root password. I am now able to use CACTI. Thank you
for your response and thanks for this great tutorial. Hope you post a tutorial of Installation and
configuration of Samba file server and Squid proxy server. God bless you Sir….
Reply


@Jhay,
That’s good to hear that you’ve fixed problem yourself and thanks for appreciating my work.
Yes, we’re already covered about Samba and Squid server related articles here, you can go
through it.
http://www.tecmint.com/setup-samba-file-sharing-for-linux-windows-clients/
http://www.tecmint.com/configure-squid-server-in-linux/
Keep visiting and God bless you too brother..:)
Reply
Jolene9  February 11, 2016 at 1:36 pm

Hi,
I have finished Cacti installations but i still can’t see graphs. For rrd files RRDTools says
‘ERROR: opening ‘/usr/share/cacti/rra/localhost_load_1min_5.rrd’: No such file or directory’.. I’ve
tried changing the group ownership of rra directory to apache as mentioned above but it didn’t
work.
What I’m supposed to do next? Hope that there’s someone who can help here.

Thanks!
Reply


@Jolene,
It seems that rrdtool tool didn’t generating those files, it could be the permission issues on
/usr/share/cacti/ directory or try to rebuild Poller Cache from System Utilities (bottom of console).
Reply
Aleksei  February 19, 2016 at 12:31 pm

I have another problem, that all graps are not showing anything, they are empty, just none.
Where the problem could be?
Reply
Ravi Saive  February 20, 2016 at 10:41 am


@Aleksei,
Please check your SELinux settings and try to disable it and run the poller cron again and
see the graphs are generating or not. Also check logs for any errors..
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Preparation for the LFCE (Linux Fundation Certified Engineer) Exam

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Install Cacti in RHEL / CentOS / Fedora

Cacti Required Packages

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Installing Cacti Required Packages on RHEL /

# yum install httpd httpd-devel

Apache Web Server Installation

# yum install mysql mysql-server

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# yum install mariadb-server -y [On RHEL/CentOS 7.x and Fedora 19 onwards]

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Installation of MariaDB Database

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PHP Installation with Modules

# yum install php-snmp

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Install SNMP Utils

# yum install rrdtool

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Staring Apache, MySQL and SNMP Services

On RHEL/CentOS 6.x/5.x and Fedora 18-12

[root@tecmint ~]# service httpd start

Start Services Using init

On RHEL/CentOS 7.x and Fedora 19 Onwards

[root@tecmint ~]# systemctl start httpd.service

file:///D|/...20file/Install%20Cacti%20(Network%20Monitoring)%20on%20RHEL_CentOS%207.x_6.x_5.x%20and%20Fedora%2021-12.htm[15/05/2016 3:00:51 PM]

Start Services Using systemctl

Configure Start-up Links

On RHEL/CentOS 6.x/5.x and Fedora 18-12

[root@tecmint ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --levels 345 httpd on

file:///D|/...20file/Install%20Cacti%20(Network%20Monitoring)%20on%20RHEL_CentOS%207.x_6.x_5.x%20and%20Fedora%2021-12.htm[15/05/2016 3:00:51 PM]

Enable Services at Boot Using chkconfig

On RHEL/CentOS 7.x and Fedora 19 Onwards

[root@tecmint ~]# systemctl enable httpd.service

Enable Services at Boot Using systemctl

Install Cacti on RHEL / CentOS / Fedora

# yum install cacti

file:///D|/...20file/Install%20Cacti%20(Network%20Monitoring)%20on%20RHEL_CentOS%207.x_6.x_5.x%20and%20Fedora%2021-12.htm[15/05/2016 3:00:51 PM]

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks

file:///D|/...20file/Install%20Cacti%20(Network%20Monitoring)%20on%20RHEL_CentOS%207.x_6.x_5.x%20and%20Fedora%2021-12.htm[15/05/2016 3:00:51 PM]

Total download size: 2.7 M

file:///D|/...20file/Install%20Cacti%20(Network%20Monitoring)%20on%20RHEL_CentOS%207.x_6.x_5.x%20and%20Fedora%2021-12.htm[15/05/2016 3:00:51 PM]

Configuring MySQL Server for Cacti Installation

Set MySQL Password

[root@tecmint ~]# mysqladmin -u root password YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE

Create MySQL Cacti Database

On RHEL/CentOS 6.x/5.x and Fedora 18-12

[root@tecmint ~]# mysql -u root -p

mysql> create database cacti;

file:///D|/...20file/Install%20Cacti%20(Network%20Monitoring)%20on%20RHEL_CentOS%207.x_6.x_5.x%20and%20Fedora%2021-12.htm[15/05/2016 3:00:51 PM]

mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'tecmint';

mysql> FLUSH privileges;

On RHEL/CentOS 7.x and Fedora 19 Onwards

[root@tecmint ~]# mysql -u root -p

MariaDB [(none)]> create database cacti;

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cacti@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'tecmint';

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH privileges;

#/5 * * * cacti /usr/bin/php /usr/share/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null 2>&1