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on the lower part of the page, please fill in:
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and **Create** to see:
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Now let's add some Graph Template Items. They will specify, which Data Sources
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defined by some Data Template should be displayed on the Graph. Please click Add
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as shown on the last image:
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Now let's add some **Graph Template** **Graph Items**. They will specify,
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which **Data Sources** defined by some **Data Template** should be displayed
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on the **Graph**. Please click Add as shown on the last image:
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Now click Save to see:
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Now click Save to see the resulting image below. Not that both the
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**Graph Item** and the **Graph Item Input** have been created.
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I always appreciate some nice legends to see the numbers for e.g. maximum,
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average and last value. There's a shortcut for this:
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Next, we have to add a Legend in order for people viewing the **Graph** in the
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future to obtain numeric data about the **Graph** contents. We will create
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a very simple one, though Graph Legends can be a very complex subject.
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To add the Graph Legend, simply press the Add button again and fill out
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the **Graph Item** as shown in the image below. You should note that
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for this second **Graph Item**, it remembered the previous **Data Source**.
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Now let's turn to the second data source. This works very much the same way. So
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see all four images in sequence:
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Now we could have continued to add the UDP Datagrams In by adding a second
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RRDfile Data Source to our **Data Template**, but we will skip that for this
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exercise and continue now that our **Graph Template** is reasonably completed.
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At this point, since we only added **Graph Items** to the **Graph Template**
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there is no need to resave it at this point. We can simply continue to the
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next step.
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Now, you may add this new **Graph Template** to any **Devices** that
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responds to the udp OID we specified in the **Data Template**. But in this
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case, please wait a moment. Let's first proceed to the **Device Template**
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and use this new **Graph Gemplate** for our first own **Device Template**.
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## Device Templates
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**Device Templates** in Cacti, often times referred to as Host Templates
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serve as a way to group a set of common **Graph Templates** and **Data Queries**
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to **Devices** of a certain class, say a Cisco Router or Linux host using
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Net-SNMP. It really accelerates the deployment of a Cacti system across
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and enterprise of Devices.
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Please scroll down to the bottom of the page and Save your whole work.
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### Adding a Device Template
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Now, you may add this new Graph Template to any hosts that responds to those udp
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OIDs. But in this case, please wait a moment. Let's first proceed to the Host
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Templates and use this new Graph template for our first own Host Template.
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To create a new **Device Template** in Cacti, select the **Device* option under
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the `Console > Templates` menu selection. Once on that page, click Add on the
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right. Type a unique name for the **Device Template* and click the Create
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button. You will be redirected back to the edit page with the
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`Associated Graph Templates` and `Associated Data Queries` forms empty.
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These two forms allow you to associate **Graph Templates** and/or
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**Data Queries** with the **Device Template**. Simply select something
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from the drop-down menu and click Add to associate it with your
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**Device Template**.
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## Host Templates
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Host templates in Cacti serve a different purpose then data and graph templates.
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Instead of abstracting the fields of a host, a host template allows you to
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associate graph templates and data queries with a given host type. This way when
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you assign a host template to a host, all of the relevant graphs to that host
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type are only one click away from the user.
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### Adding a Host Template
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To create a new host template in Cacti, select the Host Templates option under
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the Templates heading. Once on that screen, click Add on the right. Type a
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unique name for the host template and click the Create button. You will be
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redirected back to the edit page with the Associated Graph Templates and
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Associated Data Queries boxes. These two boxes allow you to associate certain
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graph templates or data queries with the host template. Simply select something
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from the dropdown menu and click Add to associate it with your host template.
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In the case below, we show the Net-SNMP **Device Template**. Note the variety
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of Graph Templates and Data Queries available for this Class of **Devices**.
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### Walkthrough: My First Host Template
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### Walk-through: My First Device Template
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The next task is creating a new **Host Template**. Switch over to **Host
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Templates** and **Add**:
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The next task is to create a new **Device Template**. So, select **Device**
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under `Console > Templates` and press the Add button as in previous
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examples. When you do that, you will be presented with an page that
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resembles the one below.
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@@ -493,9 +498,11 @@ and fill in the name of this new Template:
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Now you'll find two sections added. First, let's deal with **Associated Graph
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Templates**. The Add **Graph template** select box holds all defined Graph
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Templates. Select the one we've just created
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Now you'll find two sections added. First, let's deal with
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**Associated Graph Templates**. The Add **Graph template** select drop-down
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contains all existing **Graph Templates**. In the images, you will see that
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we are creating a **Device Template** for a NetApp Filer and adding some
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common Graph Templates and Data Queries from the Cacti built-in collection.
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import a **Package** all of the required additional file changes will also be
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accommodated. We will discuss **Packages** later in the documentation.
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If the XML file was downloaded, simply select that file from the Downloads
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location on your local system. Cacti no longer supports pasting the XML into
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current and future versions of Cacti, you will be able to see all local
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modifications when performing a `Preview` prior to `Importing`.
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In the image below, you can see the output of a `Preview` of the Cisco WLC 5520
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**Device Template**. When Previewing, no changes are actually made ot your
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Cacti system.
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As mentioned previously, for a single OID based template, **Importing** the
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**Template** is all that will be required. However, for a script based template,
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the author will provide the script that has to be downloaded to the Cacti
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`./scripts` directory and for a **Data Query** based **Template**, a second XML
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file holding the Data Query definitions will have to be downloaded to the
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appropriate directory under `./resources`.
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appropriate directory under the `./resource` directory.
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When importing templates, Cacti will perform a version check. All XML templates
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hold the version of the Cacti system that generated this XML set. Cacti will
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import only, if your current Cacti version equals or is higher than the
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exporting one.
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exported one.
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## Export Templates
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Now that you know how to import, you may want to know in which way to export as
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well. Selecting the Export Templates gives
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You may select to export a graph template, a data template, a **Device
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Template** or a **Data Query**. When selecting `Include Dependencies`, e.g. a
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