Summary

You should now be able to create your own data input methods and create custom scripts to gather remote data.

This chapter covered the creation of a new data input method which gathers data from the local Cacti system using a local script. You've also learned how to create more complex data queries and understand the underlying XML file required for gathering indexed data. Finally, you have set up a remote SSH data input method and looked at how to retrieve and display data from a remote system using the SSH public key authentication method.

Having covered the data management chapter, you should now be able to comfortably manage a Cacti system. In the next chapter, you're going to have a closer look into maintaining Cacti by scheduling backup jobs, maintaining log files and more.