Docker container for cacti 0.8.8f
"Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool's data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy to use interface that makes sense for LAN-sized installations up to complex networks with hundreds of devices."
To install docker in Ubuntu 14.04 use the commands:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ wget -qO- https://get.docker.com/ | sh
To install docker in other operating systems check docker online documentation
To run container use the command below:
$ docker run -d -p 80 quantumobject/docker-cacti
** -p 161:161 ==> remove to make sure you can monitor container and server running the container , this second more important to be able to monitoring all network interface of the server.
After that check with your browser at addresses plus the port assigined by docker:
- http://host_ip:port/
Them you can log-in admin/admin, Please change the password.
To access the container from the server that the container is running
$ docker exec -it container_id /bin/bash
change directory to plugins directory of the cacti ubuntu
$ cd /usr/share/cacti/site/plugins/
download and unpack plugins
$ wget wget http://docs.cacti.net/_media/plugin:flowview-v1.1-1.tgz
$ gunzip -c plugin\:flowview-v1.1-1.tgz | tar xvf -
$ mkdir -p /var/netflow/flows/completed
$ chmod 777 /var/netflow/flows/completed
and them access to cacti console/plugin management and install it and enable it. This is only for an example, to install and configured flowview you need to check its documentation of the complete procedure for ubuntu.
To backup use the command below:
$ docker exec -it container_id /sbin/backup
Them backup data was created /var/backups/alldb_backup.sql.
To restore use the command below:
$ docker exec -it container_id /sbin/restore
About Cacti www.cacti.net
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