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# (Optional) Install and Configure Spine

Spine is a very fast poller engine, written in C. It is an optional replacement for cmd.php. If you decide to use it, you will have to install it explicitely. It does not come with cacti itself.

The easiest way is to install Spine using rpm or ports. You will find packages for Spine at the main cacti site or from your distribution.

To compile Spine, please download it to any location of your liking. Then, please issue from the downloaded directory following commands

    shell>aclocal

    shell>libtoolize --force  (glibtoolize --force on Max OS)

    shell>autoheader

    shell>autoconf

    shell>automake

    shell>./configure

    shell>make

    shell>make install

Assuming, you've managed to install Spine correctly, you will have to configure it. The configuration file may be placed in the same directory as Spine itself or at /etc/Spine.conf.

    DB_Host        127.0.0.1 or hostname (not localhost)
    DB_Database     cacti
    DB_User         cactiuser
    DB_Password     cacti
    DB_Port         3306

All other pre 0.8.6 settings are obsolete.

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