Cacti Monitor Server Step by Step Ubuntu
Ok so in my other posts I have given you a way to get an ISO image to get Cacti running please note that it runs on CentOS through the rPath. If you want to quickly get a cacti server up and running then download the image.
Apple Mac OS X Users - I suggest that you think of Cacti as more of an appliance and installing it on OS X Server will not only be a bit more complex but the constant upgrading of updates may break your install after you spend a lot of time going through the trouble to get things running properly. Instead I suggest that you build a VMware/Parallels image so that it is more transportable in the future. We have found traveling from tradeshow to tradeshow that this works great, back ups are easier as well. I also suggest that you look at creating this in Ubuntu as this is the next easiest server OS and everything is detailed to getting this up and running with tons of plugins.
If you want to build the cacti monitoring server from scratch then read below. Please note th…
Apple Mac OS X Users - I suggest that you think of Cacti as more of an appliance and installing it on OS X Server will not only be a bit more complex but the constant upgrading of updates may break your install after you spend a lot of time going through the trouble to get things running properly. Instead I suggest that you build a VMware/Parallels image so that it is more transportable in the future. We have found traveling from tradeshow to tradeshow that this works great, back ups are easier as well. I also suggest that you look at creating this in Ubuntu as this is the next easiest server OS and everything is detailed to getting this up and running with tons of plugins.
If you want to build the cacti monitoring server from scratch then read below. Please note th…