Chapter 3. Installing Under Windows

1. Extract the Cacti distribution archive. These instructions will assume that the archive has been extracted to

C:\Apache\htdocs\cacti

, although you can use a different path if you wish. Make sure you extract with "Use

folder names" enabled, so that the necessary sub folders will be used.

2. Edit

include/config.php

and specify the MySQL user, password and database for your Cacti configuration.

$database_default = "cacti";

$database_hostname = "localhost";

$database_username = "cactiuser";

$database_password = "cacti";

3. You are going to need to schedule a task so

poller.php

can run every 5 minutes. Make sure the Task Scheduler

service is started and follow the steps below to begin.

Note: The following instructions are based on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. You should be able to

follow these instructions close enough for Windows 2000 as well.

a. Select Start   > Settings   > Control Panel and double click on Scheduled Tasks.

b. Double click on Add Scheduled Task.

c. Click Next and Browse on the following screen. Find

c:\php

and select

php.exe

. If using PHP 5, use

php win.exe

instead. Choose Daily on and click Next.

d. Click Next again without changing the time or date settings.

e. When entering a username and password make sure the user has read and write access to the following

directories:

c:\apache2\htdocs\cacti\rra

c:\apache2\htdocs\cacti\log

Make sure the user has read, write, and execute access to the following directories:

c:\php

c:\php\sapi

f. Click Next and Finish to close the wizard.

g. Right click on the task you just created, and select Properties.

h. Select the Schedule tab.

i. Make sure Daily is selected and click the Advanced button.

j. Check the Repeat checkbox, set it for 5 minutes and set the duration for 24 hours.

k. Click Ok

l. In the Run textbox enter the following text making sure to use the appropriate paths.

c:\php\php.exe c:\mycacti\website\cacti\poller.php

The start in box should say

c:\mycacti\website\cacti

.

4. Point your web browser to:

http://your server/cacti/

Log in the with a username of admin and password of admin. You will be required to change this password

immediately.

Once logged in, you must go to Settings >Paths and verify/update your paths to point to the correct locations.

Recommended examples are posted below.

PHP Binary Path:

If using PHP 4, you should change this to:

c:\php\php.exe

If using PHP 5, you should change this to:

c:\php\php win.exe

RRDTool Binary Path:

5