High-End Linux Consulting and Security

System Administration

Cacti Training

Understand Cacti, rrdtool, snmp and create your network monitoring solution!

* Only one day needed to learn network monitoring with Cacti.
* On location at your company, for an unbeatable price.
* Language is English or German.
* A ready-to-run VMware image for all participants.
* The training can be individually adapted to your requirements.

Topics

Basics of Cacti
Overview about Cacti/rrdtool/snmp
Installation of Cacti
Using the right poller
General configuration like user management, permissions, poller, paths etc.
Basics and examples of snmp
Basics and examples of rrdtool, especially the consolidation
The relation between rrdtool commands and Cacti objects

Hands-on
Data collection methods (data queries, data input methods)
The mapping between snmp/scripts and Cacti: the xml file
The Cacti objects in detail: devices, data sources, graphs, etc.
- Data templates with "Get SNMP Data"
- Creating your first graph based on a data input method
- Creating graphs based on snmp data queries
- Creating graphs based on script data queries
- PHP script server queries
Templates in general, import/export
Propagation of changes in templates to individual objects
Some useful checks: advanced ping, TCP- and UDP ports, etc.
Various predefined templates
Modification, presentation and arrangement of graphs

Debugging
Error analysis
Online ressources: Xing, Cacti forum, plugins

Advanced
Some interesting plugins: Realtime, Thold, Weathermap



Fee
600,- Euro +VAT, all-inclusive, one day.

Prerequisite: basic knowledge of Linux system administration.