Install Cacti on CentOS 5

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This page summarizes how to perform a basic installation of Cacti on CentOS 5.

Contents 1 Install 1.1 Add RPMForge Yum Repository 1.2 Install & Configure Prerequisites 1.3 Install & Configure Cacti 2 Verify Install

Install

Add RPMForge Yum Repository

It is recommended that you configure yum-priorities prior to following this tutorial to avoid having base CentOS packages being overwritten by the RPMForge repository. Instructions to do so can be found on the CentOS Wiki.

• For x86 (32-bit) systems
  • rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
    • From Dag Wieers

• For x64 (64-bit) systems
  • rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/x86_64/rpmforge/RPMS//rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
    • From Dag Wieers

Install & Configure Prerequisites

• Install Apache
  • yum install httpd

• Configure Apache to start on boot
  • /sbin/chkconfig --levels 345 httpd on

• Configure iptables to allow Apache traffic
  • /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
  • /sbin/service iptables save
  • /etc/init.d/iptables restart

Install & Configure Cacti

• Install Cacti
  • yum install

• Start Apache
  • /etc/init.d/httpd start

Verify Install

• Try logging into your new Cacti installation by going to http://servername/cacti/ and logging in with admin and the password you set.