Time for action - configuring Cacti

The database and some other special configuration tasks are done by editing the information in the config.php file:

1. Change to the cacti directory:

cd /var/www/html/cacti/include 

1. Edit config.php with vi:

vi config.php 

1. Change the $database_username and $database_password fields to the previously created username and password. The content of the file should now look like the following:

There are many other settings within this file that we will explain in later chapters, so leave them alone for now.