Knowledge is Power: How To: MRTG 2.17.2 + RRD Tool 1.4.5 on CentOS 5.5

Open Terminal & run each command below:

[root]# yum install -y gcc gd gd-devel perl libpng
[root]# wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/pub/mrtg.tar.gz
[root]# tar zfx mrtg.tar.gz
[root]# cd mrtg-2.17.2
[root]# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mrtg2
[root]# make
[root]# make install
[root]# wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool.tar.gz
[root]# tar zfx rrdtool.tar.gz
[root]# cd rrdtool-1.4.5
[root]# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/rrdtool
[root]# yum install libxml2-devel cairo-devel glib2-devel pango-devel
[root]# make
[root]# make install
[root]# mkdir /var/www/mrtg /home/mrtg
[root]# /usr/local/mrtg2/bin/cfgmaker --global "WorkDir: /var/www/mrtg" --global "Options[_]: growright, bits" --global "RunAsDaemon: Yes" --global "LogFormat: rrdtool" --global "PathAdd: /usr/local/rrdtool/bin" --global "LibAdd: /usr/local/rrdtool/lib/perl/5.8.8" -ifref=ip --output /home/mrtg/mrtg.cfg PublicASA@192.168.255.36
[root]# env LANG=C /usr/local/mrtg2/bin/mrtg /home/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
[root]# gedit /etc/cron.d/mrtg

##Add/Edit as below##
*/5 * * * * root env LANG=C /usr/local/mrtg2/bin/mrtg /home/mrtg/mrtg.cfg --logging /var/log/mrtg.log
##Save & Close##

[root]# chkconfig crond on
[root]# /usr/local/mrtg2/bin/indexmaker --output=/var/www/mrtg/index.html /home/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
[root]# gedit /etc/httpd/conf.d/mrtg.conf

##Add/Edit as below##
Alias /mrtg /var/www/mrtg

   Order deny,allow
   Deny from all
   Allow from 127.0.0.1 172.26.20.0/24
   Allow from ::1

##Save & Close##

[root]# chkconfig --add httpd
[root]# chkconfig httpd on
[root]# service httpd restart
[root]# wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/my14all/14all/1.1p25/14all-1.1p25.tar.gz
[root]# tar zfx 14all-1.1p25.tar.gz
[root]# cd 14all
[root]# cp 14all.cgi /var/www/cgi-bin
[root]# gedit /var/www/cgi-bin/14all.cgi

##Add/Edit as below##
use lib qw(/usr/local/mrtg2/lib/mrtg2);
$cfgfile = 'mrtg.cfg';
$cfgfiledir = '/home/mrtg';
##Save & Close##

##DONE##

Open browser & go to http://localhost/mrtg/

##Add/Edit /var/www/mrtg/index.html as you need##

#END#

7 comments:

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AnonymousJuly 23, 2013 at 12:25 PM
I have some problems ,when i typed
/usr/local/mrtg2/bin/indexmaker --output=/var/www/mrtg/index.html /home/mrtg/mrtg.cfg,
i am getting following error:
ERROR: did not find any matching data in cfg file

Your valuable Helps are appreciated

Thanks in Advanced ...
AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 5:38 PM
when running mrtg its not releasing html files,any one can help
UnknownMarch 18, 2014 at 5:08 PM
Am getting an error when i run this..
#env LANG=C /usr/bin/mrtg /var/www/html/rrdmrtg/
Use of uninitialized value $first in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/../lib/mrtg2/MRTG_lib.pm line 611.
Use of uninitialized value $dir in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/mrtg line 2531.
Use of uninitialized value $dir in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/mrtg line 2549.
Use of uninitialized value $dir in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/mrtg line 2565.
UnknownOctober 24, 2017 at 5:23 PM
I Have a error ERROR: I Quit! Another copy of mrtg seems to be running. Check /etc/mrtg/mrtg.pid

Thanks

Monday, April 11, 2011

How To: MRTG 2.17.2 + RRD Tool 1.4.5 on CentOS 5.5

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