Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide

Time for action – creating the data input method

1. Create a data input method.
2. Enter Unix - Remote IOStats Command as the Name.
3. Select Script/Command as Input Type.
4. Enter perl <path_cacti>/scripts/diskIo.pl <host> <user> <sshKey> <diskDevice> as the Input String.
5. Click on the Create button.
6. Click on the Add link at the Input Fields section.
7. Select host as the Field [input].
8. Enter Hostname as the Friendly Name.
9. Enter hostname as the Special Type Code.
10. Click on the Create button.
11. Add the other input fields by only adding a Friendly Name.
12. Add the output fields for Reads,Writes,ReadsKb,WritesKb, and ioUtil.
    

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