Update Cacti's install procedure

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mstevens 2017-09-05 09:54:19 +00:00
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In order for Cacti to function properly, please edit the following:
In order for Cacti to function properly, please edit the following files:
/etc/cacti/db.php
/etc/cron.d/cacti
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The installation procedure, briefly summarized:
Create the cacti MySQL database:
1) Create the cacti MySQL database:
# mysqladmin create cacti
# mysqladmin -u root -p create cacti
Import the default cacti database:
2) Import the default cacti database:
# mysql cacti < /usr/share/doc/cacti/cacti.sql
# mysql -u root -p cacti < /usr/share/doc/cacti/cacti.sql
Create the user:
3) Create the cacti database user:
# mysql
# mysql -u root -p
mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cactiuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'cactiuser';
mysql> flush privileges;
(Use a different password in the above GRANT command.)
Then visit http://localhost/cacti/ to complete the installation.
4) Import mysql_tzinfo_to_sql to MySQL
# mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root -p mysql
5) Set SELECT permission for cactiuser to mysql.time_zone_name
# mysql -u root -p
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> GRANT SELECT ON mysql.time_zone_name TO cactiuser@localhost;
mysql> flush privileges;
6) Then visit http://localhost/cacti/ to complete the installation.
Cacti's install procedure is not fully compatible with mod_security. If you use
mod_security, please uncomment the SecRuleRemoveById lines in