Update Cacti

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How to upgrade Cacti to the latest version

Here we are assuming that the current installation in in the directory ‘https’ and the new version we are installing is cacti-1.1.3

First of all download the latest version:

http://www.cacti.net/downloads/cacti-latest.tar.gz

Unpack it:

tar zxvf cati-latest.tar.gz

Edit the config file to set the database access correctly:

cd cacti-1.1.3/include

vim config.php

  1. $database_type = "mysql";
$database_default = "cacti";
$database_hostname = "localhost";
$database_username = "cactiuser";
$database_password = "cacti";

  2. $url_path = '/';

Copy the *.rrd files from the old Cacti directory to the new one.

cp -rp https/rra/* cacti-1.1.3/rra/

Copy any relevant custom scripts from the old Cacti directory to the new one.

cp -u https/scripts/* cacti-1.1.3/scripts/

Copy any relevant custom resource XML files from the old Cacti directory to the new one.

cp -u -R https/resource/* cacti-1.1.3/resource/

Set the appropriate permissions on Cacti’s directories for graph/log generation.

cd cacti-1.1.3
chown -R cactiuser rra/ log/
cd ..

Move your old installation away:

mv https https-old

Move your new installation in:

mv cacti-1.1.3 https

Point your web browser to your cacti URL and follow the instructions.