Using Grafana v2 with InfluxDB V0.9

martin-magakian — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:30:54 +0000

InfluxDB is often used with Grafana for dashboard monitoring. Grafana is a powerful metrics dashboard and graph editor. When Grafana is used with InfluxDB you can watch your metrics in real time.

Requirements

InfluxDB must be up and running, with some metrics recorded
(Optional) At least some CollectdD metrics have been sent to InfluxDB

Install and Start Grafana

On Debian / Ubuntu:

cd /tmp/
wget https://grafanarel.s3.amazonaws.com/builds/grafana_2.0.2_amd64.deb
apt-get install -y adduser libfontconfig
dpkg -i grafana_2.0.2_amd64.deb

systemctl start grafana-server #start grafana

On CentOS / Fedora (RedHat):

yum install https://grafanarel.s3.amazonaws.com/builds/grafana-2.0.0_beta3-1.x86_64.rpm

systemctl start grafana-server #start grafana

Grafana will start automatically at boot time:

Environment variables are located in /etc/default/grafana-server
Configuration file can be found in /etc/grafana/grafana.ini

By default, Grafana UI will start on port 3000. Open a web browser to http://myserver.com:3000 (default password: admin / admin )

Setting InfluxDB as Grafana’s Data Source

Let’s set up Grafana and add InfluxDB as a data source for live monitoring. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, follow these graphical steps:

1- Click on the Menu

2- Select a New Data Source

3- Add InfluxDB as Grafana Data Source

4- Create a New Dashboard

5- Add a New Graph

6- Edit the Default Graph

7- Configure the Graph

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