domains plug-in for Cacti

First to all we need to download domains plug-in from cacti.net and copy the file to the server with WINSCP http://docs.cacti.net/plugins
# download domains plugin from cacti.net

yum install php-ldap service httpd restart cd /home/admin/Desktop/ tar -xvf /home/admin/Desktop/domains-v0.1-1.tgz cp -r domains/ /var/www/cacti/public_html/plugins chown -R admin:admin /var/www/cacti/public_html/plugins/domains chmod 775 /var/www/cacti/public_html/plugins/domains #### Go to Configuration > Settings > Authentication and Fill in as follows: Server: 192.168.180.5 Port Standard: 389 Port SSL: 639 Protocol version: Version 3 Encryption: None Mode: Specific Searching Distinguished Name (DN): <username>@contoso.com Require Group Membership: Check Group Distingished Name (DN): CN=Admin_Cacti,OU=Access,OU=Groups,DC=contoso,DC=com Group Member Attribute: member Group Member Type: Distingished Name

Search Base: DC=contoso,DC=com Search Filter: (&(objectclass=user)(objectcategory=user)(userPrincipalName=<username>*)) Search Distingished Name (DN): cactiuser@contoso.com account to access active directory Search Password: [PASSWORD] // cacti

### In active directory create the Organizational Unit Groups, within Groups create Organizational Unit Access and finally create a UserGroup Admin_Cacti

### Create a user and add this user to Admin_Cacti Group.

### Finally create the user that cacti use for search within active directory, if you remember the user specify was cactiuser.

### Now, login to cactis website with an account of active directory such as cactitest

Enable the account create in the first time accessed to cacti and save it

Test again.

And enjoy!!!

Useful links: http://cacti.net http://docs.cacti.net/plugin:domains#domains