Windows Installer [Cacti 0.8.8a] [Updated 2012-09-13]

BSOD2600 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:20 pm

Description
I've put together an all-inclusive Windows installer for Cacti. It's been tested on Windows XP/2003/2008/Vista/7. This is only meant for new installations where you have no existing components installed (i.e. Cacti, MySQL, Apache, etc). It installs the latest versions of all needed applications in their default locations (per the install guide), configures them, and should give you a fully functional Cacti.

This installer lets you choose between using IIS or Apache web server. It'll also install 64bit versions of MySQL, Net-SNMP, and FastCGI where applicable. Disable your anti-virus for the installer -- it runs some special scripts that configure IIS, MySQL, files and NTFS permissions. Some AV scanners block these events from occurring.

Don't forget to follow the post-install instructions and restart the server before trying to access the Cacti website! After the installer is done, you can check cacti-installer.log and the various install logs in your /cacti/log directory for errors. Lastly, to upgrade Cacti, follow this guide, since the installer is not meant for upgrading.

Known Issues
* MySQL cannot connect to server with IPv6 using hostname or IPv4 address. MySQL Bug #52381.

Release Notes
--2.01 2012-09-13
* Updated core components.

Current Versions Installed:
-Cacti 0.8.8a
--Patches:
---SNMPv3 Privilege Protocol None
-Spine 0.8.8a (x86)
-Apache 2.2.22 (x86)
-MySQL 5.5.27 (x86/x64)
-PHP 5.3.17 (x86)
-Net-SNMP 5.6.1.1 (x86/x64)
-RRDTool 1.4.5 (x86)
-GetIF 2.3.1 (x86)

Older revision history.

Download
Download Location 1 (201 MB)
MD5: 709785f13561d4bcce7e675d7abed7e3
SHA-1: 8484a79480306863288b51af7172cef03d9229f0

Support
Please report any problems you have regarding the installer in this thread. Generic Cacti problems should go in their own new separate thread after you've read this post.

Donations
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rallen · **Joined:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:19 pm **Posts:** 17

Good afternoon,

Thanks for posting the installer. I had spent the better part of the last two days banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why I couldn't get the web interface to work (various php error messages), then I ran the installer and I was in the web interface after a reboot. Great!

The problem I am having right now is when I try to run php c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cacti\poller.php from the prompt, I get the following error:

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'c:\php\ext\php_snmp.dll' - The specified module could not be found.
in Unknown on line 0
OK u:0.01 s:0.01 r:5.05
07/20/2006 04:20:04 PM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:6.1221 Method:cmd.php
Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:4 HostsPerProcess:4 DataSources:2 RRDsProcessed:1

I checked to make sure that .dll file does exist and that the user account I'm logged in with has permissions for it. Any suggestions on what I can check? Thanks!

BSOD2600 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:47 pm

Try a chkdsk c: /f. I've run into this problem before a while ago and that was a fix.

rallen · **Joined:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:19 pm **Posts:** 17

Thanks for the response, unfortunately that did not seem to resolve the issue - while I was looking at the problem again I found an error message that managed to get behind the 50 other windows I had open complaining about not being able to find msvcr71.dll. I grabbed it off the net and stuffed it in c:\php and the error went away. I'll keep an eye on it and let you know if I have any other trouble. Thanks!

Slaktarn · **Joined:** Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:09 am **Posts:** 13

Hay the graphs will not work. It luck like this

http://img488.imageshack.us/my.php?image=namnlsgo5.gif

and it also say that the server is down

http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=namnlsgr9.png
http://img107.imageshack.us/my.php?image=namnls2nl0.png

why please help me

BSOD2600 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:46 am

rallen: What OS? Not really sure why you need that dll. Msvcr71.dll for Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1. I've tested this installer on a fresh install of XP Pro and didn't get that error.

Slaktarn: You notice in the last screenshot that SNMP Error? That is likely the cause of all your problems. Fix that and you should get graphs.

rallen · **Joined:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:19 pm **Posts:** 17

BSOD2600 wrote:

rallen: What OS? Not really sure why you need that dll. Msvcr71.dll for Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1. I've tested this installer on a fresh install of XP Pro and didn't get that error.

It's 2000 Server. I'm sure if I played with one of our 2003 boxes I wouldn't have gotten that error either, but we don't have any around that I can crash test stuff with at the moment.

Slaktarn · **Joined:** Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:09 am **Posts:** 13

Quote:

Slaktarn: You notice in the last screenshot that SNMP Error? That is likely the cause of all your problems. Fix that and you should get graphs.

But i have install all stuff right. So i can[/quote]

Slaktarn · **Joined:** Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:09 am **Posts:** 13

Hmmm multipost. Get en SQLError in the first. Delete it sorry.

BSOD2600 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:08 pm

Hmm, alright. Guess I'll set up a Win2K VM when I get home and test it too. Do you have .NET 1.1 framework installed?

Slaktarn · **Joined:** Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:09 am **Posts:** 13

O sorry BSOD....... Yes i have it installed. I run Windows 2003 Enterprise Server SP1 "IIS 6.0"

and i cant understand why i get SNMP error

"and i have .NET 2.0 framework"

Find this to

Quote:

07/21/2006 05:35:03 PM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:3.1131 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:2 HostsPerProcess:2 DataSources:4 RRDsProcessed:0

maybe its something wrong on RRDTool?

BSOD2600 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:24 pm

No, you haven't properly configured SNMP on your server. Make sure there is a community and allowed IPs.

Slaktarn · **Joined:** Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:09 am **Posts:** 13

BSOD2600 wrote:

How to configured SNMP ??? I have read all text and your installation guide but i cant undetstand enything of it

Slaktarn · **Joined:** Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:09 am **Posts:** 13

Slaktarn wrote:

BSOD2600 wrote:

How to configured SNMP ??? I have read all text and your installation guide but i cant undetstand enything of it

I also get this error when i try to create a new host... Maybe it is cuz the SNMP is down... It lucks like this

Quote:

Warning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork [c:/net-snmp/bin/snmpbulkwalk.exe -O QfntUe -u -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -A -v 3 -t 1 -r 3 -Cr50 127.0.0.1:161 .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1] in F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\lib\functions.php on line 1161

Warning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork [c:\php\php.exe -q F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\scripts\ss_host_disk.php 127.0.0.1 5 3:161:500:public:::MD5::[None] index] in F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\lib\functions.php on line 1161

Warning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork [c:\php\php.exe -q F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\scripts\ss_host_disk.php 127.0.0.1 5 3:161:500:public:::MD5::[None] query index] in F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\lib\functions.php on line 1161

Warning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork [c:\php\php.exe -q F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\scripts\ss_host_disk.php 127.0.0.1 5 3:161:500:public:::MD5::[None] query description] in F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\lib\functions.php on line 1161

Warning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork [c:\php\php.exe -q F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\scripts\ss_host_disk.php 127.0.0.1 5 3:161:500:public:::MD5::[None] query sau] in F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\lib\functions.php on line 1161

Warning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork [c:\php\php.exe -q F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\scripts\ss_host_cpu.php 127.0.0.1 5 3:161:500:public:::MD5::[None] index] in F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\lib\functions.php on line 1161

Warning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork [c:\php\php.exe -q F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\scripts\ss_host_cpu.php 127.0.0.1 5 3:161:500:public:::MD5::[None] query index] in F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\lib\functions.php on line 1161

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\lib\functions.php:1161) in F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\host.php on line 151

Have also a qustion... in the php ini are no plugin running. Can i run Cacti whitout php plugins?

cigamit · **Posted:** Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:31 pm

Quote:

Warning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork [c:/net-snmp/bin/snmpbulkwalk.exe -O QfntUe -u -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -A -v 3 -t 1 -r 3 -Cr50 127.0.0.1:161 .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1] in F:\Program\WebServer\Cacti\lib\functions.php on line 1161

I have gotten this before when testing on windows 2000 and 2003.

This worked to fix it on both of them

Code:

CACLS %COMSPEC% /E /G %COMPUTERNAME%\IUSR_%COMPUTERNAME%:R

You may have to actually substitute your real computername for the %COMPUTERNAME% variable. This basically just sets read permissions for the IIS user for cmd.exe. The /E flag tells it to edit the permissions instead of just overriding them, and the /G flag means "Grant" permissions.

Windows Installer [Cacti 0.8.8a] [Updated 2012-09-13]

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