<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The Cacti Manual</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Installation" HREF="installation.html"><LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="manual.css"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="BOOK" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="BOOK" ><A NAME="AEN1" ></A ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" >The Cacti Manual</A ></H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN5" ></A >Ian Berry</H3 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN8" ></A >Tony Roman</H3 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN11" ></A >Larry Adams</H3 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN14" ></A >J.P. Pasnak</H3 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN17" ></A >Jimmy Conner</H3 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN20" ></A >Reinhard Scheck</H3 ><P CLASS="COPYRIGHT" ><A HREF="LICENSE.html" >Copyright</A > © 2010 The Cacti Group</P ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >I. <A HREF="installation.html" >Installation</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1. <A HREF="requirements.html" >Requirements</A ></DT ><DT >2. <A HREF="install_unix.html" >Installing Under Unix</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="install_unix.html#RPM_PACKAGES" >Required Packages for RPM-based Operating Systems</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="bsd_ports.html" >Ports for FreeBSD</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="unix_configure_php.html" >Configure PHP</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="unix_configure_httpd.html" >Configure the Webserver (Apache)</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="unix_configure_mysql.html" >Configure MySQL</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="unix_configure_cacti.html" >Install and Configure Cacti</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="unix_configure_spine.html" >(Optional) Install and Configure <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Spine</SPAN ></A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="unix_apply_patches.html" >Apply Patches</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="install_windows.html" >Installing Under Windows</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="upgrade.html" >Upgrading Cacti</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >II. <A HREF="basics.html" >Basics</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5. <A HREF="operating_principles.html" >Principles of Operation</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="operating_principles.html#DATA_RETRIEVAL" >Data Retrieval</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="data_storage.html" >Data Storage</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="data_presentation.html" >Data Presentation</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="graph_overview.html" >Graph Overview</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="graph_howto.html" >How to Graph Your Network</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="graph_howto.html#NEW_DEVICE" >Creating a Device</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="new_graphs.html" >Creating the Graphs</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="graph_viewing.html" >Viewing Graphs</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="graph_viewing.html#NEW_GRAPH_TREES" >Graph Trees</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9. <A HREF="user_management.html" >User Management</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="user_management.html#EDIT_EXISTING_USER" >Editing an existing User</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="create_new_user.html" >Creating a New User</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="copying_user.html" >Copying a user</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="enable_disable_users.html" >Enable/Disable Users</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="batch_copy_users.html" >Batch Copy Users</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="delete_users.html" >Delete Users</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="guest_access.html" >Guest (Anonymous) Access</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >III. <A HREF="advanced_topics.html" >Advanced Topics</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >10. <A HREF="graph_snmp_oid.html" >Graph a Single SNMP OID</A ></DT ><DT >11. <A HREF="data_input_methods.html" >Data Input Methods</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="data_input_methods.html#NEW_DATA_INPUT_METHOD" >Creating a Data Input Method</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="making_scripts_work_with_cacti.html" >Making Your Scripts Work With Cacti</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >12. <A HREF="data_queries.html" >Data Queries</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="data_queries.html#NEW_DATA_QUERY" >Creating a Data Query</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="snmp_query_xml.html" >SNMP Query XML Syntax</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="script_query_xml.html" >Script Query XML Syntax</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >13. <A HREF="templates.html" >Templates</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="templates.html#DATA_TEMPLATES" >Data Templates</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="graph_templates.html" >Graph Templates</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="host_templates.html" >Host Templates</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="template_import.html" >Import Templates</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="template_export.html" >Export Templates</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >14. <A HREF="php_script_server.html" >PHP Script Server</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="php_script_server.html#USING_SCRIPT_SERVER" >Using the Script Server</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="upgrade_using_hostmib_data_queries.html" >Upgrade Steps for the Example HostMib Data Queries</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="migration_php_scripts_to_script_server.html" >Migration of Existing PHP Scripts to Script Server</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="testing_script_in_script_server.html" >Testing Your Script in the Script Server</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >15. <A HREF="using_spine.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Spine</SPAN ></A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >IV. <A HREF="cacti_help.html" >Help</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16. <A HREF="how_to.html" >How To</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="how_to.html#SCRIPT_TO_GRAPH" >Simplest Method of Going from Script to Graph (Walkthrough)</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >17. <A HREF="faq.html" >Frequently Asked Questions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >V. <A HREF="reference.html" >Reference</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >18. <A HREF="variables.html" >Variables</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="variables.html#GRAPH_VARIABLES" >Graph Variables</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="host_variables.html" >Host Variables</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >19. <A HREF="rrdtool_features.html" >RRDTool Specific Features</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="rrdtool_features.html#GPRINT_PRESETS" >GPRINT Presets</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cdefs.html" >CDEFs</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >20. <A HREF="scripts.html" >Command Line Scripts</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="scripts.html#CLI_REBUILD_POLLER_CACHE" >Rebuild Poller Cache</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_poller_reindex_hosts.html" >Re-Index Hosts</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_poller_output_empty.html" >Empty Poller Output Table</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_poller_graphs_reapply_names.html" >Reapply Suggested Names to Graphs</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_copy_user.html" >Copy Local Cacti Users</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_add_device.html" >Add a New Device</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_add_data_query.html" >Associate a Data Query to an existing Host</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_add_graph_template.html" >Associate a Graph Template to an existing Host</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_add_graphs.html" >Add a New Graph</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_add_tree.html" >Add Items to a Tree</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="cli_add_perms.html" >Add Graph Permissions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >21. <A HREF="debugging.html" >Debugging</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="debugging.html#CHECK_LOG_FILE" >Check Cacti Log File</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="check_data_gathering.html" >Check Basic Data Gathering</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="check_cacti_poller.html" >Check cacti's poller</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="check_mysql_updating.html" >Check MySQL updating</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="check_rrd_updating.html" >Check rrd file updating</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="check_rrd_owner.html" >Check rrd file ownership</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="check_rrd_numbers.html" >Check rrd file numbers</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="check_rrd_graph.html" >Check rrdtool graph statement</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="debug_miscellaneous.html" >Miscellaneous</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="debug_rpm_installation.html" >RPM Installation?</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="check_zero_values.html" >Not NaN, but 0 (zero) values?</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="installation.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Installation</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >