Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide

Time for action – restoring the Cacti config.php file

1. Logon to your system.
2. Change to the /tmp directory:

   cd /tmp
   

3. Create a directory named cactirestore and change to that directory:

   mkdir cactirestore
   cd cactirestore
   

4. Extract the backup file to the cactirestore directory:

   tar –xzvpf /backup/cacti_files_20101004.tgz
   

5. Check the tmp directory for the existence of the etc, var, and usr directories:

   ls -l
   

   
6. Change to the Cacti directory under var:

   cd var/www/html/cacti/
   

7. Use the pwd command to check if you are in the correct directory:

   [root@localhost cacti]# pwd
   /tmp/cactirestore/var/www/html/cacti
   

8. Copy the config.php file from the include directory to your ...