
                        Chapter 2. Installing Under Unix

    1. Extract the distribution tarball.

 shell> tar xzvf cacti-version.tar.gz

    2. Create the MySQL database:

 shell> mysqladmin --user=root create cacti

    3. Import the default cacti database:

 shell> mysql cacti < cacti.sql

    4. Optional: Create a MySQL username and password for Cacti.

 shell> mysql --user=root mysql
 mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cactiuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'somepassword';
 mysql> flush privileges;

    5. Edit include/config.php and specify the MySQL user, password and
       database for your Cacti configuration.

 $database_default = "cacti";
 $database_hostname = "localhost";
 $database_username = "cactiuser";
 $database_password = "cacti";

    6. Set the appropriate permissions on cacti's directories for graph/log
       generation. You should execute these commands from inside cacti's
       directory to change the permissions.

 shell> chown -R cactiuser rra/ log/

       (Enter a valid username for cactiuser, this user will also be used in
       the next step for data gathering.)

    7. Add a line to your /etc/crontab file similar to:

 */5 * * * * cactiuser php /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1

       Replace cactiuser with the valid user specified in the previous step.

       Replace /var/www/html/cacti/ with your full Cacti path.

    8. Point your web browser to:

         http://your-server/cacti/

       Log in the with a username/password of admin. You will be required to
       change this password immediately. Make sure to fill in all of the path
       variables carefully and correctly on the following screen.
