Upgrading Cacti Under FreeBSD

Backup the old Cacti database.
```
shell> mysqldump -l --add-drop-table --lock-tables=false cacti > mysql.cacti
```
Note: You will probably have to specify the -u and -p flags for the MySQL username and password. This user must have permission to read from Cacti's database or you will end up with an empty backup.

Backup the old Cacti directory.

shell> cd /usr/local/share
shell> tar -zcf cacti_backup_YYYYMMDD.tgz cacti

Install new version from compiled packages or FreeBSD ports.

shell> pkg delete cacti
shell> pkg install cacti

or

shell> pkg install git
shell> git clone https://git.FreeBSD.org/ports.git /usr/ports
shell> git -C /usr/ports pull
shell> cd /usr/ports/net-mgmt/cacti
shell> make deinstall clean install

If you are using the optional feature Performance -> Image Caching, also recreate the folder and correct the permissions.
```
shell> cd /usr/local/share/cacti
shell> mkdir cache
shell> chown -R cacti cache
```
Point your web browser to:

http://your-server/cacti/

Follow the on-screen instructions so your database can be updated to the new version.

Note that starting with Cacti 1.0, all Data Collectors will upgrade themselves automatically within two polling cycles. If for some reason they do not, upgrade them one at a time.

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