We'll be demoing how to set up and configure influxdb and collectd to start gathering data about your system[s] (network bandwith, pings, memory and cpu usage, disk activity etc).

Then we'll show you how to use Grafana and configure a beautiful dashboard.

Bonus demo: Monitoring radio thermometers, minecraft kills and more!

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sudo apt install influxdb
sudo vim /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf

sudo apt install collectd
sudo vim /etc/collectd/collectd.conf

Set a hostname (if a FQDN doesn't work, i.e. on amazon EC2 default)

Hostname "MyVPS"

Enable (uncomment) the network Plugin:

LoadPlugin network

Enter the server details:

<Plugin network>
        <Server "monitor.yournserver.co.uk" "25726">
        SecurityLevel Sign
#        Username "user"
#        Password "PASSWORD"
#        </Server>
</Plugin>

Optionally uncomment out the relevant plugins, for example:

LoadPlugin apache
LoadPlugin mysql

Then set their specific config sections, for example:

<Plugin apache>
        <Instance "local">
                URL "http://localhost/server-status?auto"
                VerifyPeer false
        </Instance>
</Plugin>

Restart collectd

sudo service collectd restart

• Grafana
• InfluxDB
• collectd