Time for action – installing the Plugin Architecture

  1. Go to http://www.cacti.net/downloads/pia/.
    Time for action – installing the Plugin Architecture
  2. Right-click on the latest PIA version compatible with your installation.
  3. Copy the link-target to the clipboard.
  4. Logon to your Cacti installation as root.
  5. Change to the Cacti base directory:
    cd /var/www/html/cacti/
  6. Download the PIA:
    wget http://www.cacti.net/downloads/pia/cacti-plugin-0.8.7g-PA-v2.9.tar.gz
  7. Unpack the archive:
    tar -xzvf cacti-plugin-0.8.7g-PA-v2.9.tar.gz
  8. A new directory will be created named cacti-plugin-arch.
  9. Run the patching process using the following command. Alternatively, you can also use the pre-patched files contained in the PIA archive: ...

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