Install Cacti Network monitoring software on Linux Server, to facilitate. I needed those classes to gather cacti graphs on my cacti server (runs under RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 64bit). Active Directory migration from Windows Server 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 domain. There is also SNMP support for those used to creating traffic graphs with MRTG. Although - Im using Windows 2003 SP1 server, as an Active Directory server.
Along with being able to maintain Graphs, Data Sources, and Round Robin Archives in a database, cacti handles the data gathering. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Step by Step guide to setup Active Directory on Windows Server 2008 Step by Step Guide to Install Active Directory on Windows Server 2008 Core How to configure Server 2008 Core in easy way February 2011. (wikipedia)Ĭacti is a complete frontend to RRDTool, it stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. A common usage is to monitor network traffic by polling a network switch or router interface via simple network management protocol (SNMP). We will be using Enterprise if that has anything to do with it. Give the Nagios server ip address and Protected password of your wish ( Later this password has to be entered on command.cfg file). Select the location of the nsclient.ini file ( Leave as it is). It is generally used to graph time-series data of metrics such as CPU load and network bandwidth utilization. Installing Cacti on Windows Server 2008 1 Post by cyr0nk0r » Wed 6:08 am Ive searched but didnt seem to find anyone asking about if Cacti supports installing onto Windows Server 2008. Install by double clicking on the installer. Cacti allows a user to poll services at predetermined intervals and graph the resulting data. I was using the Server Manager, Local Server page where services are listed. How do I do that now Any instruction would be much appreciated. Cacti is an open-source, web-based network monitoring and graphing tool designed as a front-end application for the open-source, industry-standard data logging tool RRDtool. I usually add the SNMP service, edit the community string, and then go to my Cacti server and add the Windows server as a new device.