Cacti 1.2.7 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 2000’s 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 v1.2.7
- security#2964: CVE-2019-16723 Security issue allows to view all graphs
- issue#1181: When opening the Scheduler, it may appear off screen when opened near the bottom of a window
- issue#2894: When using Remote Data Collectors, database information and recommendations may show Incorrect values
- issue#2895: When using data sources from different RRDs, Percentile calculation may be incorrect
- issue#2899: When displaying a form, variable substitution may not always work as expected
- issue#2922: When running a data query, the result may come back as undefined
- issue#2925: When using consolidation functions, retrieving the first step can cause errors
- issue#2926: When editing a graph, variable validation errors may prevent changes from being saved
- issue#2929: Boost performance may become poor even in single server mode
- issue#2930: RRDtool can generate errors to standard output which can corrupt images
- issue#2932: When RRDTool generates an error creating an image, it is not always reportedly properly
- issue#2936: Installer will loop when number of tables exceeds PHP’s max_input_vars limit
- issue#2938: Under CentOS packages, upgrade_database.php script uses incorrect location for DB upgrade scripts
- issue#2940: Images are not always properly sized until the page size changes
- issue#2949: Order icons may not be properly aligned
- issue#2951: Allow legends to be modified for Aggregate Graphs
- issue#2958: Drop down autocomplete lists do not always open as expected
- issue#2961: When syncing device templates, undefined function may be raised
- issue#2963: When running ss_cpoller script, avgTime incorrect returns maxTime
- issue#2966: Realtime popup windows do not always honor settings
- issue#2967: When using Spikekill, gap and range fill are not operating as expected
- issue#2970: When a user edits their profile, buttons may appear as unusable whilst still being enabled
- issue#2973: User menu does not always display properly on mobile devices
- issue#2974: Script Server can raise unexpected warnings when ‘arg_num_indexes’ set but not found in data source
- issue#2975: Datasource Debug does not properly handle European numbers in certain circumstances
- issue#2976: Boost messages should be stored in their own log file
- issue#2977: Data updates with past timestamps can cause boost errors
- issue#2978: Moving hosts between data collectors is slow
- issue#2979: Multi Output Fields are not parsed correctly
- issue#2984: When checking SQL fields, value was not always primed
- issue#2986: Selecting ‘Devices’ menu pick closes ‘Management’ menu
- feature#2943: Allow all Data Queries of a device to be re-indexed at once
- feature#2952: If device is down or threshold breached, highlight in tree view
- feature#2985: Update phpseclib to 2.0.23
