**How to Install Cacti Server on WINDOWS Step by Step with all SOLVED Error during Cacti Installation Wizard**
Short Video how to install cacti under windows PC/Server
PART1: Fast video tutorial to install cacti: https://youtu.be/uP7ipMkgzaQ
Fixed all Cacti Pre-installation Errors Step by Step
PART2: Cacti Pre-installation Errors SOLVED: https://youtu.be/qHX0ctTUfC4
Cacti Tutorial PlayList:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2iPlJTsTrSRcLWPSRi–dF7rN4RyUzWb
Alternative Free Networking Monitoring Tool LibreNMS
LibreNMS Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2iPlJTsTrSRdSVlok674Bkou0zkrPbgb
CCNP Enterprise Training Course:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2iPlJTsTrSQfHphYfo5HR0bmmQ08N1Hw
Follow our step by step Guide Lines :
Download Cacti link:
https://www.cacti.net/download_cacti.php
The latest stable version is 1.2.17, released 05/03/21
Cacti require MySQL, PHP, RRDTool, net-SNMP, and a web server that supports PHP such as Apache or IIS.
Before Installing CACTI on Windows Computer /Windows Server there are some Prerequisite:
Software Prerequisite:
Step1: Install XAMPP
Step2: Install Cacti Server
Step3: Configuring Database and Settings
Step4: Install RRD-Tool and net-SNMP
Step5: cacti post-installation settings
⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Cacti Introduction
0:52 Download & Install Xampp
1:47 Download & Extract Cacti Server
2:23 Download & Install Net-SNMP
2:31 Download & Install RRDtool
4:10 Setting PHP Timezone
9:21 Change Apache http/https Ports Number
11:02 Configure cacti DB
13:34 Cacti WEB Access
17:02 Fix Cacti Pre-Installation Checks Errors
23:39 Create Poller Script for cacti poller
Step1: Install XAMPP and settings
WARN:
1.It is highly recommended to set your system Date, Time, and ZONE
according to your country time, and zone.
2.XAMPP installation will be successful only if you have set the correct date, time, and zone
Under WINDOWs and PHP.
https://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.asia.php
Once you have finished XAMPP installation you must change
Time & date under XAMPP Registry
I have already set my systems time and date I am going to change only the XAMPP time and date for PHP
3.Open Drive C: edit php.ini configuration file located in
C:xamppphp (file name (php) configuration setting)
Once you have changed the time& date must be restarted XAMPP
Probably your 3306 or whatever you use is being used by other applications. Maybe you don’t know that XAMPP usually has problems with apps like Skype. If you are running Skype try to close it and open XAMPP. You can also change default ports for HTTP and MySQL.
To Edit Apache ports open apache. conf and restart the server.
To Edit MySql ports open my.cnf and restart the service.
Step2: Import cacti folder under XAMPP register
File path: C:xampphtdoc
Step3: Create database and set DB name cacti
Import the cacti.sql file into MySQL database
NOTE:
Apache server did not open webpage if you have faced this error
You must change apache port
Step4:
Edit the cacti database settings located in
C:xampphtdocscactiinclude
Step5:
Open any web browser enter the IP address of your PC
http://127.0.0.1:8090/cacti
default username: admin
default password: admin
SQL command to set SQL time zone
MySQL -u root -p MySQL
GRANT SELECT ON mysql.time_zone_name TO cacti@localhost;
flush privileges;
exit
Note: if you did not fix SQL time and date errors you are still stuck then
download from here timezone list and copy-paste
C:xamppmysqldatamysql
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html
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Error during Cacti Installation Wizard under MySQL my.ini file
add and some change parameters
[mysqld]
collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_ci
max_allowed_packet = 16777216
max_heap_table_size = 256M
join_buffer_size = 512M
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 4096M
nnodb_flush_log_at_timeout = 3
innodb_read_io_threads = 32
innodb_write_io_threads = 16
innodb_io_capacity = 5000
innodb_io_capacity_max = 10000
innodb_buffer_pool_instances=35
Download net-SNMP for windows and install it
https://www.tuc.gr/fileadmin/Download_Files/Install_Net-SNMP_in_Windows.pdf
Last step:
Create a pooler script for cacti poller
Open notepad and copy-paste the below script ,save file format.bat and associate with a task scheduler that runs every 5 minutes
C:xamppphpphp.exe C:xampphtdocscactipoller.php
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PHP Modules required
How to install/enable PHP Modules
gd
gmp
sockets
com_dotnet
ldap
go to php.ini file
search this ;extension=gd
remove ; on all gp,gmp sockets,
and add
extension=com_dotnet
extension=ldap
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