How to modify cacti GUI to call a script independent of the protocols like SNMP or WMI?

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I want to fetch data to cacti gui(any monitoring tool GUI) from a database table which is at remote database(MYSQL) server without using any agent or protocol like SNMP or WMI, So please suggest me the way to implement this.I am totally a newbie in this kind of work.

Thanks in advance.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 31 '15 at 12:50

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In Zabbix, you can use ODBC queries to fetch data you wish to monitor. Please see ODBC monitoring section in Zabbix documentation.

answered Mar 31 '15 at 12:50

asaveljevs

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Thanks a ton, you made my day.Its last part of my academic project. :) – RICKY Apr 01 '15 at 07:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 29 '15 at 07:57

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You can write a PHP script to get the data for you in Cacti.

http://www.cacti.net/downloads/docs/html/making_scripts_work_with_cacti.html

https://www.percona.com/downloads/percona-monitoring-plugins/

edited May 29 '15 at 07:57

Rory McCrossan

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answered May 29 '15 at 07:33

Templum Iovis

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How to modify cacti GUI to call a script independent of the protocols like SNMP or WMI?

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