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 Check out our [[/events]] page for the next How To event. Check out our [[/events]] page for the next How To event.
  
-==== Links ====+===== influxdb ===== 
 +On the server you want the data to be sent to (make sure to open the relevant port [8096] in your firewall). 
 +<code bash> 
 +sudo apt install influxdb 
 +sudo vim /​etc/​influxdb/​influxdb.conf 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +===== grafana ===== 
 +<code bash> 
 +sudo apt install grafana 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +===== collectd ===== 
 +=== Adding a server === 
 +<code bash> 
 +sudo apt install collectd 
 +sudo vim /​etc/​collectd/​collectd.conf 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +Set a hostname (if a FQDN doesn'​t work, i.e. on amazon EC2 default) 
 +<​code>​ 
 +Hostname "​MyVPS"​ 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +Enable (uncomment) the network Plugin: 
 +<​code>​ 
 + 
 +LoadPlugin network 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +Enter the server details: 
 +<​code>​ 
 +<Plugin network>​ 
 +        <Server "​monitor.yournserver.co.uk"​ "​25726">​ 
 +        SecurityLevel Sign 
 +#        Username "​user"​ 
 +#        Password "​PASSWORD"​ 
 +#        </​Server>​ 
 +</​Plugin>​ 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +Optionally uncomment out the relevant plugins, for example: 
 +<​code>​ 
 +LoadPlugin apache 
 +LoadPlugin mysql 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +Then set their specific config sections, for example: 
 +<​code>​ 
 +<Plugin apache>​ 
 +        <​Instance "​local">​ 
 +                URL "​http://​localhost/​server-status?​auto"​ 
 +                VerifyPeer false 
 +        </​Instance>​ 
 +</​Plugin>​ 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +Restart collectd 
 +<​code>​ 
 +sudo service collectd restart 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +====== Links ======
   * [[https://​grafana.com/​|Grafana]]   * [[https://​grafana.com/​|Grafana]]
   * [[https://​www.influxdata.com/​|InfluxDB]]   * [[https://​www.influxdata.com/​|InfluxDB]]
   * [[https://​collectd.org/​|collectd]]   * [[https://​collectd.org/​|collectd]]
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