Basic installations problems

etc · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 49

From the INSTALL file, it's not clear what "your full Cacti path" is. Is it here Cacti is installed?

Also, when I go to the http://cacti_server/cacti, all I get is an Index page with nothing on it. Certainly no login prompt.
I made sure that httpd was started. This is on Linux Advanced Server 4.

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

*/5 * * * * cactiuser php /var/www/html/cacti/poller.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.

gandalf · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:41 am Post subject:

Full cacti path refers to the path, where all cacti php files live in. The crontab calls poller.php, so you must enter the full path to that very file.
Reinhard

etc · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 49

OK, I put the exact path in the crontab entry, where the php files are.
To test, I su'ed to the cacti user and tried to execute it manually and here is what I got, it doesn't look right. And there is nothing on the web page when I go to it.

[cacti@bizcacti ~]$ /usr/local/cacti-0.8.6j/poller.php
sh: -: command not found

Rael · Cacti User Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 128

etc · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 49

What does this mean?

Code:

root:/usr/local/cacti-0.8.6j # php /usr/local/cacti-0.8.6j/poller.php
sh: -: command not found
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.9

04/23/2007 05:24:59 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
04/23/2007 05:24:59 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:293.1492 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:2 HostsPerProcess:2 DataSources:0 RRDsProcessed:0
PHP Warning: pclose(): 44 is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/cacti-0.8.6j/lib/rrd.php on line 48

etc · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 49

I think it's making progress as it's a more meaningful error message.

# php /usr/local/cacti-0.8.6j/poller.php
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.9

04/23/2007 06:03:54 AM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on 'bizcacti'. Please make sure you have specified a valid MySQL database name in 'include/config.php'.
sh: -: command not found

egarnel · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:00 pm Post subject:

etc · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 49

Yes, MySQL is on the same box. Still having issues with authentication - could it be the password is not synced?

# php /usr/local/cacti-0.8.6j/poller.php
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.9

04/23/2007 08:22:48 AM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on 'localhost'. Please make sure you have specified a valid MySQL database name in 'include/config.php'.
sh: -: command not found
04/23/2007 08:27:41 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
04/23/2007 08:27:41 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:292.8034 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:1 HostsPerProcess:1 DataSources: RRDsProcessed:0
PHP Warning: pclose(): 23 is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/cacti-0.8.6j/lib/rrd.php on line 48

egarnel · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:54 pm Post subject:

the password in config.php must match that of the mysql user who can manage the cacti database.

arevelo · Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 6 Location: ecuador

Please help me
how can i know if the poller.php is working ?, I ran from cli:
[root@localhost cacti]# php poller.php
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.9

but i didn't have another line that told if all is ok. I don''t known if it's de reason why I can't do any graph with cacti , allways recive the same error:
RRDTool Says:
ERROR: opening '/opt/lampp/htdocs/cacti/rra/switch_gestion_mplsatm_snmp_oid_12.rrd': No such file or directory

thanks