Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide

Time for action – backup your Cacti database

1. Logon to your Cacti system.
2. Execute the following command to create a backup directory:

   mkdir /backup
   

3. Execute the following command and replace <password> with your MySQL database password (all in one line):

   mysqldump --user=root --password=<password> --add-drop-table --databases cacti > /backup/cacti_database_backup.sql
   

4. Verify that the backup file was created by issuing the following command:

   ls -l /backup
   

5. Look at the file with the more command:

   more /backup/cacti_database_backup.sql
   

   

What just happened?

You just created a backup of your Cacti database which includes everything that is stored in your ...