Cacti 1.2.19 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 v1.2.19
- security #4356: Further fixes for grave character security protection
- issue: Over aggressive escaping causes menu visibility issues on Create Device page
- issue #3787: Add SHA256 and AES256 security levels for SNMP polling
- issue #4289: Import graph template(Preview Only) show color_id new value as a blank area
- issue #4341: Editing graphs can cause errors due to missing sequence
- issue #4342: When hovering over a Tree Graph, row shows same highlighting as Graph Edit screen
- issue #4343: When RealTime is not active, console errors may appear
- issue #4347: Race conditions may occur when multiple RRDtool processes are running
- issue #4352: Creating graphs from templates may sometimes result in errors
- issue #4353: When duplicating reports, errors may occur
- issue #4375: Boost may be blocked by overflowing poller_output table
- issue #4378: Template import may be blocked due to unmet dependency warnings with snmp ports
- issue #4381: Newer MySQL versions may error if committing a transaction when not in one
- issue #4382: SNMP Agent may not find a cache item
- issue #4383: Correct issues running under PHP 8.x
- issue #4391: When polling is disabled, boost may crash and creates many arch tables
- issue #4396: When poller runs, memory tables may not always be present
- issue #4400: Removal of redunant code
- issue #4403: Timezones may sometimes be incorrectly calculated
- issue #4404: Allow monitoring IPv6 with interface graphs
- issue #4408: When a data source uses a Data Input Method, those without a mapping should be flagged
- issue #4410: When RRDfile is not yet created, errors may appear when displaying the graph
- issue #4419: Cacti missing key indexes that result in Preset pages slowdowns
- issue #4420: Data Sources page shows no name when Data Source has no name cache
- issue #4421: db_update_table function can not alter table from signed to unsigned
- issue #4422: data remains in poller_output table even if it’s flushed to rrd files
- issue #4423: Parameter list for lib/database.php:db_connect_real() is not correct in 3 places
- issue #4424: Offset is a reserved word in MariaDB 10.6 affecting Report
- issue #4425: Rendering large trees slowed due to lack of permission caching
- issue #4428: Error on interpretation of snmpUtime, when to big
- issue #4431: Applying right axis formatting creates an error-image
- issue #4435: Unable to Save Graph Settings from the Graphs pages
- issue #4437: Graph Template Cache is nullified too often when Graph Automation is running
- issue #4438: When Adding a Data Query to a Device, no Progress Spinner is shown
- issue #4439: New Browser Breaks Plugins that depend on non UTC date time data
- issue #4440: Undefined index: timeout_exceed /lib/poller.php on line: 1953
- issue #4442: When testing remote poller connectivity Errors occour
- issue #4443: When renaming poller errors occour
- issue #4444: Removing spikes by Variance does not appear to be working beyond the first RRA
- issue #4445: LDAP API lacks timeout options leading to bad login experiences
- feature: Add a normal/wrap class for general use
- feature: Limit File Types available for Template Import operations
- feature #1573: Cacti does not provide an option of providing a client side certificate for LDAP/AD authentication
- feature #3113: Support Stronger Encryption Available Starting in Net-SNMP v5.8
- feature #4299: Allow Cacti to use multiple possible LDAP servers
- feature #4344: Add a 15 minute polling/sampling interval
- feature #4385: Provide additional admin email notifications
- feature #4390: Add warnings for undesired changes to plugin hook return values
- feature #4409: When creating a Graph, make testing the Data Sources optional by Template
- feature #4412: Update phpseclib to 2.0.33
- feature #4413: Update jstree.js to 3.3.12
- feature #4414: Improve performance of Cacti poller on heavily loaded systems
- feature #4426: MariaDB recommendations need some tuning for recent updates
