---
title: Cacti integration
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/infrastructure/host-integrations/host-integrations-list/cacti-integration
---

Integrating Cacti with New Relic provides you with a user-friendly, graphical representation of your RRD data, all within New Relic's unified platform.

![Cacti dashboard](https://docs.newrelic.com/images/infrastructure_screenshot-full_cacti-dashboard.webp "Cacti dashboard")

You can see your data in a dashboard after setting up the Cacti integration with New Relic.

## Set up the Cacti integration [#setup]

Complete the following steps to set up the Cacti integration:

## Install the infrastructure agent [#install]

To use the Cacti integration, you need to first [install the infrastructure agent](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/infrastructure/install-infrastructure-agent/get-started/install-infrastructure-agent-new-relic/) on the same host.

## Expose Cacti metrics [#Expose]

Complete the steps below to expose your RRD data in either a CSV or JSON format:

1.  Export data from Cacti's RRD files into the `XML format` using RRDTool.
2.  Convert the XML data into a `CSV or JSON` format.

## Use NRI-Flex to capture CSV format metrics [#capture-csv]

Flex comes bundled with the New Relic infrastructure agent. You need to configure NRI-Flex for Cacti and create a flex configuration file. Follow these steps:

1.  Create a file named `cacti-config.yml` in the `/newrelic-infra/integrations.d` path.
2.  Update the `cacti-config.yml` with the following configuration example:

    ```yml
    ---
    integrations:
      - name: nri-flex
        config:
          name: machineLoad
          apis:
           - name: machineLoad
             file: /home/ubuntu/xmlToCsv/local_linux_machine_load_1min_2.csv
           - name: memSwap
             file: /home/ubuntu/xmlToCsv/local_linux_machine_mem_swap_5.csv
           - name: proc
             file: /home/ubuntu/xmlToCsv/local_linux_machine_proc_1.csv
           - name: machineUser
             file: /home/ubuntu/xmlToCsv/local_linux_machine_users_3.csv
           - name: memBuffers
             file: /home/ubuntu/xmlToCsv/local_linux_machine_mem_buffers_4.csv
           - name: ApacheCpuLoad
             file: /home/ubuntu/xmlToCsv/local_linux_machine_apache_cpuload_6.csv
           - name: ApacheTotalHits
             file: /home/ubuntu/xmlToCsv/local_linux_machine_apache_total_hits_7.csv
           - name: ApacheTotalKbytes
             file: /home/ubuntu/xmlToCsv/local_linux_machine_apache_total_kbytes_8.csv
           - name: UserLogins
             file: /home/ubuntu/xmlToCsv/local_linux_machine_active_10.csv
    ```

## Forward Cacti logs [#forward]

Follow these steps to forward Cacti logs to New Relic:

1.  Edit the log file named `logging.yml` located at the following path:

    ```shell
    cd /etc/newrelic-infra/logging.d
    ```

2.  Add the following snippet to the `logging.yml` file. Replace `file` with your Cacti log file path if needed:

    ```yml
    logs:
      - name: cacti.log
        file: /var/www/html/cacti/log/LOG_FILE_NAME
        attributes:
          logtype: cacti_log
    ```

## Restart the New Relic infrastructure agent [#restart]

Restart your infrastructure agent:

````shell
sudo systemctl restart newrelic-infra.service
```

Your application will send metrics to [one.newrelic.com](https://one.newrelic.com) in a few minutes.

````

## Find your data [#find-data]

You can use our pre-built dashboard template to monitor your Cacti application metrics. Follow these steps to use our pre-built dashboard template:

1.  From [one.newrelic.com](https://one.newrelic.com), go to the **+ Integrations & Agents** page
2.  Click on **Dashboards**
3.  In the search bar, type `Cacti`
4.  The Cacti dashboard should appear. Click on it to install it

    Your Cacti dashboard is considered a custom dashboard and can be found in the **Dashboards** UI. For docs on using and editing dashboards, see [our dashboard docs](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/query-your-data/explore-query-data/dashboards/introduction-dashboards).

    Here is an example NRQL query to view the count of the user login  :

    ```sql
    SELECT latest(value) FROM UserLoginsSample FACET name
    ```

## What's next? [#whats-next]

To learn more about building NRQL queries and generating dashboards, check out these docs:

-   [Introduction to the query builder](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/query-your-data/explore-query-data/query-builder/introduction-query-builder) to create basic and advanced queries.
-   [Introduction to dashboards](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/query-your-data/explore-query-data/dashboards/introduction-dashboards) to customize your dashboard and carry out different actions.
-   [Manage your dashboard](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/query-your-data/explore-query-data/dashboards/manage-your-dashboard) to adjust your dashboard display mode or add more content.