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When you click 'Add' you will be given a drop down of possible templates for the data source, select BGP Status MySQL. With the drop down labelled Host, select the correct VPN Proxy name.

** WARNING Do not use router names here such as mx1.fra.de.geant.net, look for the corresponding VPN Proxy, such as VPN-PROXY - Frankfurt. If you cannot find a relevant VPN-PROXY, then you will need to go and add the device using this link: http://cacti.geant.net/cacti/host.php?action=edit&host_template_id=-1&host_status=-1 . Have a look at this link as a example of how to create a new device: http://cacti.geant.net/cacti/host.php?action=edit&id=249

Clicking the  'create' button relevant one and click 'create' this will then take you through to a form with several fields already populated including the Data Source Path.

Update the Name so that it includes the NREN name and Service e.g. |host_description| -  SURFnet - PRACE

Note: No rrd file gets created as output is sent directly to the SQL table

The Table Name in the data source has to match completely (it’s case sensitive)  to the Table Name in the MySQL database.

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