Linux Webserver

[Slinwagh]

I am looking to run Cacti to monitor my LAN / WAN.

The Cacti requirements are as follows.

• RRDTool 1.0.49 or 1.2.x or greater
• MySQL 4.1.x or 5.x or greater
• PHP 4.3.6 or greater, 5.x highly recommended for advanced features
• A Web Server e.g. Apache or IIS

I will be also running the Linux server in VMWare.

What distro would be suitable bearing in mind I want as little configuration as possible and that I do not wish to compile anything as I am a Linux novice!

Thanks !

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Debian should do nicely. You might also look into Ubuntu since it's essentially a more friendly derivative of Debian.

Either way you'll run as root (or with sudo)
apt-get update
apt-get install rrdtool mysql php5 apache2

and it will download and install everything.



CentOS wouldn't be a bad choice either.

 

[Slinwagh]

Debian should do nicely. You might also look into Ubuntu since it's essentially a more friendly derivative of Debian.

Either way you'll run as root (or with sudo)
apt-get update
apt-get install rrdtool mysql php5 apache2

and it will download and install everything.



CentOS wouldn't be a bad choice either.

How much configuration is then required after the install etc......

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I've never used Cacti so I couldn't tell you. You'll porobably have to edit a few configuration files to point things to the right directories and such but I imagine that someone with basic knowledge could handle it.

The basic commands to remember are
cd - change directory
ls - list contents of a directory
cp - copy a file
mv - move a file
sudo - perform an action as root in Ubuntu
su - change users, usually to root (disabled in Ubuntu, kinda)
nano - an easy text editor. Press ctrl O to save, ctrl X to quit.

 

[Slinwagh]

Well following your instructions I downloaded Debian, installed it into a VM.

Apace is working too, so far so good!

 

[Dunks]

sudo apt-get install cacti should install everything needed.