Time for action – configuring Cacti
The database and some other special configuration tasks are done by editing the information in the config.php
file.
- Navigate to the
cacti
directory:cd /var/www/html/cacti/include
- Edit
config.php
withvi
:vi config.php
- Change the
$database_username
and$database_password
fields to the previously created username and password. - Change the line
$config['url_path'] = '/'
to$config['url_path'] = '/cacti/'
What just happened?
You changed the database configuration for Cacti to the username and password that you created earlier. These settings will tell Cacti where to find the database and what credentials it needs to ...
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