cacti

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
3. Setup - The basics of getting started with cacti
   • What cacti affects
     • Installed Packages
     • Managed Services
     • Managed Files
   • Beginning with cacti
4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
6. Development - Guide for contributing to the module
7. Release Notes - Changelog

Overview

Installs Cacti and manages all of its dependencies.

Module Description

The Cacti module installs, configures, and manages all of Cacti's dependencies.

Uses the puppetlabs-mysql module to install, manage, and configure mariadb for use with cacti.

Uses rmueller-cron to manage /etc/cron.d/cacti.

Setup

What cacti affects

Installed Packages

• httpd
• httpd-devel
• mariadb-server
• php-mysql
• php-pear
• php-common
• php-gd
• php-devel
• php
• php-mbstring
• php-cli
• php-snmp
• net-snmp-utils
• net-snmp-libs
• rrdtool

Managed Services

• httpd
• mariadb
• snmpd

Managed Files

• /etc/cacti/db.php
• /etc/httpd/conf.d/cacti.conf
• /etc/cron.d/cacti

Beginning with cacti

To get started using the cacti module with default settings use:

include ::cacti

The following should be defined in hiera since no defaults are provided:

• cacti::database::root_pass - MariaDB password used by the root user

• cacti::database::pass - MariaDB password used by the cacti user

Usage

The following can be changed from their defaults by specifying values in hiera:

• cacti::database::root_pass - The database password for the root user
• cacti::database::type - The type of database used - DEFAULTS to "mysql"
• cacti::database::default - The database used by cacti - DEFAULTS to "cacti"
• cacti::database::host - The hostname where the database in installed - DEFAULTS to "localhost"
• cacti::database::user - The database user that cacti uses - DEFAULTS to "cacti"
• cacti::database::pass - The database password for the cacti user
• cacti::database::port - The port that the database is listening on - DEFAULTS to "3306"
• cacti::database::ssl - Use SSL for database communication - DEFAULTS to "false"

Limitations

Currently only the following Operating Systems are supported:

• RHEL 7
• CentOS 7

Development

If you wish to contribute to this module please either add an issue or better yet submit a Pull Request

Release Notes

Version 0.0.1

• Initial release