After having set up the remote poller, you will have to check the configuration and make an initial full sync to the remote system.
The following steps describe how to setup the remote poller in Cacti:
- Log on to the master Cacti system.
- Got to the
Console
|Data Collection
|Data Collectors
. You should see a list of available pollers:
- The default
Collector Name
isNew Poller
, which you can change by clicking on the name:
- Note that the
Hostname
is listed aslocalhost
, which should be changed to the actual IP of the remote host. In the example, poller 1 should be192.168.44.129
. After the change, test the connection:
- Now, return to the overview and select both poller. Choose the
Full Sync
option from the drop-down box and hitGo
:
- The initial
Full Sync
will take a bit of time. If there's an error with the connection, you will see an error message appearing to the top of the screen.