Cacti 1.2.23 released: Network traffic graphics monitoring and analysis tools
Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool‘s data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provide a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that makes sense for LAN-sized installations up to complex networks with thousands of devices.
Cacti provides the following features:
- remote and local data collectors
- network discovery
- device management automation
- graph templating
- custom data acquisition methods
- user, group and domain management
- C3 level security settings for local accounts
- strong password hashing
- forced regular password changes, complexity, and history
- account lockout support
All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy to use interface that makes sense for both LAN-sized installations and complex networks with thousands of devices.
Developed in the early 2000s by Ian Berry as a high school project, it has been used by thousands of companies and enthusiasts to monitor and manage their Networks and Data Centers.
Changelog v1.2.23
- security #4920: Add .htaccess file to scripts folder
- security #5119: CVE-2022-46169 Unauthenticated Command Injection in Remote Agent
- issue #4418: When using Single Sign-on Frameworks, revocation is not always detected in callbacks
- issue #4682: New templates are not installed during the update
- issue #4738: Improve PHP 8.1 support for Installer CLI
- issue #4888: The database audit script fails to run properly on MySQL 8.0.29
- issue #4889: Increase host query performance by removing check for NULL
- issue #4892: When many hosts go offline, Recache Event can be constantly logged
- issue #4893: Real Time Counter can become stuck and does not count down
- issue #4896: When remote poller is in offline mode, GUI can become inaccesible and poller can timeout
- issue #4897: Technical support page on remote poller shows max connections of Main poller
- issue #4903: Correct incompatibility between MySQL 8.x and Automation regular expressions
- issue #4904: The recommendation for innodb_buffer_pool_instances is incorrect for MySQL 8 and MariaDB < 10.5
- issue #4905: Using colons in labels can break graphs with gradients
- issue #4917: Real Time Counter can become stuck and does not count down
- issue #4921: Some Aggregate graphs can be denied access incorrectly
- issue #4923: Unable to duplicate a Graph template
- issue #4927: Unable to audit the database if database password contains a bracket
- issue #4934: Upgrade phpseclib to 2.0.37
- issue #4935: The ‘Net-SNMP – Device I/O’ template incorrectly sets a maximum value of zero
- issue #4940: When sorting by hostname, database errors can be reported
- issue #4941: When boost is running, graphs can appear broken
- issue #4944: Packages should be signed with SHA256 as SHA1 is considered deprecated
- issue #4947: When creating a Data Template, ensure that the default max value is always ‘U’ and not ‘0’
- issue #4951: Plugins may not work correctly with Multi-Poller setups
- issue #4960: Setting context for connections throws error in PHP 8.x
- issue #4963: Wen calculating 95th percentile, floor() maybe used instead of ceil() incorrectly
- issue #4964: Tree search does not correct hide non-matching tree objects
- issue #4966: Device Template filters should show on used templates
- issue #4971: MIB Parser can sometimes cause errors in later PHP versions
- issue #4978: Boost may sometimes lose the Time Zone unexpectedly
- issue #4980: Setting business hours can cause PHP errors
- issue #4988: When creating RRD File, more data sources than expected may be defined
- issue #4990: When viewing Links, errors can be generated
- issue #4991: Updating a Data Template does not switch rrd_heartbeat properly for all sources leading to empty graphs
- issue #4993: Data Debug Troubleshooter does not pick up invalid RRD_heartbeat settings
- issue #4996: When managing graphs, Graphs can be listed multiple times incorrectly
- issue #5001: Data Debug troubleshooter reports false positives with Missing Data Sources
- issue #5006: Errors can occur when attempting to remove items from CDEF or VDEF’s
- issue #5012: When upgrading database at command line, some PHP errors may be seen
- issue #5013: Automatically set Bulk Walk size when missing on a host
- issue #5015: Upgrade for 1.2.21 reporting unknown status
- issue #5017: SNMP Agent can cause unexpected errors due to implicit rounding
- issue #5018: When using ‘Remember me’, session can still be forced to end unexpectedly
- issue #5024: Escape char not properly replaced in snmp strings
- issue #5028: Cacti User Stats script can throw errors unexpectedly
- issue #5029: Searching for a plugin by name does not always work
- issue #5030: Installer shows innodb unset in MariaDB 10.10+
- issue #5033: Improve PHP 8.1 support with Installer
- issue #5034: RRD Proxy Server not supported by CLI script “structure_rra_paths.php”
- issue #5041: Custom themes may cause errors if they do not contain all required CSS/JS files
- issue #5057: When adding a device rule in automation, depreciated filters may be reported
- issue #5066: Graph watermark is not escaped properly, leading to broken graphs
- issue #5068: Improve PHP 8.2 support with Installer
- issue #5084: When viewing trees, runtime errors may be recorded
- issue #5088: When running script host_update_template.php, reindex method may incorrectly be changed to uptime
- issue #5089: When numeric regex validation fails, no backtrace is logged
- issue #5096: When the SNMP Agent is enabled, certain objects can result in errors appearing
- issue #5097: RRDtool Utilities should not appear on Remote Data Collectors
- issue #5101: When a remote poller fails, the recovery process may also fail
- issue #5102: When in Recovery Mode, plugins that are designed to work remotely stop working
- issue #5103: When Remote Data Collector changes status, a full page refresh or logout should occur
- issue #5105: ss_host_disk.php php issue after upgrade PHP 8.1 (from 7.4)
- issue #5107: Block installation if PHP has session.auto_start enabled
- issue #5111: During boost processing, some DS Stats functions can cause errors
- feature #1100: Structured path not created when using remote poller and Update On-Demand
- feature #1392: Notify Admins that page errors exist even when using dynamic callbacks
- feature #2239: Allow Import and Export to be more selective
- feature #2485: Importing Template requires you to upload the same file after previewing
- feature #2548: Add Head/Tail filtering of log for more efficient searches
- feature #2567: The innodb sort buffer should be optimized for large tables
- feature #2747: Allow more sorting options when managing Graphs
- feature #2871: Report when RRA’s heartbeat is below the data source profile’s interval
- feature #3131: Add utility feature to reindex hosts with bad indexes
- feature #3578: Allow Re-indexing of Devices to be Scheduled
- feature #4025: When importing a Template or Package, allow the user to ignore template and use the system default dimensions
- feature #4239: On “Graph Utility View” add the name of and a link to the graph template which the graph is based on
- feature #4417: Support execution of custom functions at poller bottom for remote pollers
- feature #4754: The script ss_fping.php should timeout based on the host
- feature #4762: Allow Package Import to be selective
- feature #4786: Windows install does not support SVG rendering
- feature #4820: When importing, make it possible to only import certain components
- feature #4841: Move the
cactidfunctiondb_check_reconnect()tolib/database.phpfor other service oriented scripts - feature #4874: Add support for Business Hours
- feature #4890: Add multi threading for Poller recache script
- feature #4899: Allow script server to be told when the main database when offline or in recovery
- feature #4901: Make the script server accept arguments in the standard way
- feature #4902: Increase compatibility with MySQL 8.x
- feature #4907: Add lmSensors to the Net-SNMP Device Template
- feature #4926: Allow the user to override Cacti’s built-in Time Zone detection
- feature #4943: Add ability to periodically check RRDfiles for errors in batch
- feature #4948: When security cookie times out, redirection does not always occur properly
- feature #4955: Provide memory tuning based upon MySQL Tuner recommendations
- feature #4956: The function
db_check_reconnect()should be able to work with any connection - feature #4957: Add Device Template categories to match the classes of the Package Plugin
- feature #4965: When unlocking a tree, entire page should not need rebuilding
- feature #4967: Make adding Associated Graph Templates and Data Queries easier to use
- feature #4989: Improve table performance by caching ‘Total Rows’ using a hash
- feature #5009: Allow SNMP Value OIDs to be parsed using regular expressions
- feature: Adding ESXi Device Template
- feature: Upgrade jQuery to version 3.6.1
- feature: Upgrade jQueryUI to version 1.13.2
- feature: Upgrade billboard.js to version 3.6
- feature: Introduce exec() function with timeout
