Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide

Time for action – creating a data input method – Step 1

Logon to your Cacti installation as an admin user and change to the Console tab.

1. Go to Collection Methods | Data Input Methods.
2. Click on the Add link at the top right.
3. Enter Unix - Secure Log Input as the Name.
4. Select Script/Command as the Input Type.
5. Enter perl <path_cacti>/scripts/unix_secure_log.pl as the Input String.
6. Click on the Save button.
   

What just happened?

You just created a basic script/command-based data input method. You also told Cacti how to execute the script by defining the Input String. Selecting the Script/Command as Input Type made Cacti automatically add fields for data input ...