Cacti® Release 1.2.

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Upgrading Cacti under Windows

Download latest stable version
of Cacti which is referred to as cacti-xxx.zip in this document.

1. Stop poller.

Cacti Console

Configuration

Settings

Poller

uncheck Data Collection Enabled and Save

2. Run Command Prompt as administrator and backup database.

shell> cd Documents

shell> "\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqldump.exe" -uroot -p -l --add-drop-table cacti > cacti-version-YYYYM

3. Backup the old Cacti directory.

shell> cd \inetpub\wwwroot

shell> robocopy cacti cacti-version-YYYYMMDD /s /b /copyall

4. Windows Update

5. MySQL

Open MySQL Installer - Community

update Catalog

upgrade MySQL Server

6. PHP

Backup C:\php\ folder

Download a supported version of

PHP for Windows using the appropriate
build for IIS or Apache. If missing, install the
appropriate VC build.

Overwrite C:\php\ folder contents from zip file.

7. Overwrite new Cacti version to production folder.

Extract contents of cacti-xxx folder in cacti-xxx.zip to
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\cacti\
and replace files.

8. Edit include/config.php and specify the MySQL user, password and database
for your Cacti configuration.

shell> notepad cacti/include/config.php

$database_type = "mysql";

$database_default = "cacti";

$database_hostname = "localhost";
$database_username = "cactiuser";
$database_password = "cacti";

9. Point your web browser to: http://localhost/cacti/

Follow the on-screen instructions so your database can be updated to the

new version.
 Open "MySQL 5.7 Command Line Client" and set variables as needed in
following format:
Cacti® Release 1.2.19
set global max_allowed_packet = 16777216;

set global tmp_table_size = 67108864;

set global join_buffer_size = 67108864;

set global innodb_flush_log_at_timeout = 3;

10. Start poller

Cacti Console

Configuration

Settings

Poller

check Data Collection Enabled and Save

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