Time for action – installing Nectar

  1. Logon to your Cacti installation as root.
  2. Change to the plugins directory of your Cacti installation:
    cd /var/www/html/cacti/plugins
  3. You can download the latest version:
    wget –O nectar-v0.30.tgz 
http://docs.cacti.net/_media/plugin:nectar-v0.30.tgz
  4. Extract the plugin using the tar command:
    tar –xzvf nectar-v0.30.tgz
  5. Now you can login to your Cacti web interface and install/enable the plugin from the Plugin Management page.
  6. You should now be able to see the nectar tab at the top as shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action – installing Nectar

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