Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide

Time for action – installing the nmidWebService plugin

1. Change to the Cacti plugins directory:

   cd /var/www/html/cacti/plugins
   

2. Download the nmidWebService plugin:

   wget http://redmine.nmid-plugins.de/attachments/download/292/nmidWebService_v09b.tgz
   

3. Extract the plugin:

   tar -xzvpf  nmidWebService_v09b.tgz
   

4. Change to the new directory:

   cd nmidWebService
   

5. Make the tmp directory writeable by the web server:

   chown apache.cacti tmp
   chmod 775 tmp
   

6. Edit the webservice_wso.wsdl file and change all references for cacti.network-outsourcing.de to your server.
7. Install and enable the nmidWebService plugin from the Cacti web interface:
   
8. Go to the Cacti settings page and ...