Title: mrtg setup
Subject: notes on using mrtg

# graph the cisco3548

# fist get the stuff: i used rpms from suse
#     mrtg, gd library, libpng, and zlib

##Install mrtg
##Copy *.gif and *.png files from mrtg install dir to the working dir.
# cp /usr/lib/mrtg2/* /home/bigbrother/bb/www/mrtg/
#
##Use cfgmaker use snmp connection to host to probe for configuration
##Makes an intital config file.
# cfgmaker public@webber --global "workdir: /home/bigbrother/bb/www/mrtg" --output /home/bigbrother/bb/www/mrtg/webber.cfg
#
##Run mrtg a few times.
# mrtg	/home/bigbrother/bb/www/mrtg/webber.cfg
# mrtg	/home/bigbrother/bb/www/mrtg/webber.cfg
# mrtg	/home/bigbrother/bb/www/mrtg/webber.cfg
#
##Creates the inital html page.
# indexmaker --bodyopt='bgcolor="#738AA6" text="#000000" link="#000000" vlink="#000000" alink="#000000"
#                       /home/bigbrother/bb/www/mrtg/webber.cfg > /home/bigbrother/bb/www/mrtg/webber.html
#
# edit crontab to run every 5 minutes.
#  */5 * * * * /usr/bin/mrtg /home/bigbrother/bb/www/mrtg/webber.cfg
#
# now brows to it and look for the  <hostname>.html