The source code for the Cacti CLI can be found here: https://git.geant.net/gitlab/src/cacticli The main program is CactiCli.java

The Cacti Command Line Interface (CLI) is a Java based program that is called from a Bash script called cli.sh.

The program is located on the two production Cacti servers; prod-cacti01-fra-de.geant.net and prod-cacti02-vie-at.geant.net in the directory /home/cactiuser/scripts 

It is configured via a properties file called cacticli.properties

The CLI has a variety of useful functions that can be called using the following syntax

HELP

ABOUT

SHOW TEMPLATES

SHOW DEVICES

SHOW GRAPH-TREE

DELETE DS-ONLY <Data Source Id>

DELETE GRAPH-ONLY

DELETE DS-ONLY-FORCE <Data Source Id>

DISABLE DS-ONLY <Data Source Id>

ENABLE DS-ONLY <Data Source Id>

DISABLE COUNTRY <2 Character Country Code>

ENABLE COUNTRY <2 Character Country Code>

DISABLE DBEACON <Dbeacon Name>

ENABLE DBEACON <Dbeacon Name>

DISABLE CIRCUIT <Circuit Name>

ENABLE CIRCUIT <Circuit Name>

SHOW DATASOURCES <Router Name>

SHOW INTERFACES <Router Name>

DELETE DBEACON <Dbeacon Name>

DELETE CIRCUIT <Circuit Name>

DELETE COUNTRY <2 Character Country Code>

CREATE DBEACON <Something> <Something>

CREATE CIRCUIT <Something> <Something> 

CREATE BEACON <Something> <Something>

CREATE SITE <Something> <Something>

CREATE COUNTRY <Something> <Something>

PLACE GRAPH <Something> <Something>

REMOVE GRAPH <Something> <Something>

CREATE GRAPH-ONLY  <Something> <Something> <Something>

DELETE GRAPH-ONLY <Something> <Something> <Something>

CREATE DS-ONLY <Something> <Something> <Something>

DELETE DS-ONLY <Something> <Something> <Something>

CREATE GRAPH-WITH-DS  <Something> <Something> <Something>

DELETE GRAPH-WITH-DS <Something> <Something> <Something>

SHOW GRAPH-WITH-DS <Something> <Something> <Something>

SHOW GRAPH-ONLY <Something> <Something> <Something>

SHOW DS-ONLY <Something> <Something> <Something>

REMOVE GRAPH <Something> <Something> ALL

CREATE DATASOURCE <Something> <Something> <Something> <Something>

MOVE INTERFACE  <Something> <Something> <Something> <Something>

MOVE-ALL INTERFACE  <Something> <Something> <Something> <Something>

CREATE DS-ONLY  <Something> <Something> <Something> <Something>

CREATE GRAPH-WITH-DS  <Something> <Something> <Something> <Something>

CREATE GRAPH-WITH-DS IPv6  <Something> <Something> <Something>

CREATE DS-ONLY IPv6  <Something> <Something> <Something>

CREATE GRAPH-ONLY IPv6  <Something> <Something> <Something>

CREATE DATASOURCE <Something> <Something> <Something> <Something>  <Something>

MOVE INTERFACE  <Something> <Something> <Something> <Something>  <Something>

MOVE-ALL INTERFACE  <Something> <Something> <Something> <Something>  <Something>

CREATE GRAPH-WITH-DS IPv6  <Something> <Something> <Something>  <Something>

CREATE DS-ONLY IPv6  <Something> <Something> <Something>  <Something>

CREATE GRAPH-WITH-DS PLACE  <Something> <Something> <Something>  <Something>

CREATE DATASOURCE <Something> <Something> <Something> <Something>  <Something>   <Something>

MySQL Database Connection

The CactiCli connects to one MySQL databases:

cacti database on prod-cacti01-fra-de.geant.net using user cactiuser