Grafana, InfluxDB and Telegraf on Debian 8 (Jessie)

  • Debian default install, System utilities and ssh server
  • aptitude purge rpcbind nfs-common
  • aptitude install postfix
  • aptitude install aptitude tcpdump adduser libfontconfig
  • wget https://grafanarel.s3.amazonaws.com/builds/grafana_3.1.1-1470047149_amd64.deb
  • dpkg -i grafana_3.1.1-1470047149_amd64.deb
  • systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl enable grafana-server && systemctl start grafana-server
  • wget https://dl.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb_1.0.2_amd64.deb
  • dpkg -i influxdb_1.0.2_amd64.deb
  • systemctl enable influxdb && service influxdb restart
  • wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.0.1_amd64.deb
  • dpkg -i telegraf_1.0.1_amd64.deb
  • influx
    • CREATE DATABASE telegraf
  • curl -G http://localhost:8086/query –data-urlencode „q=SHOW DATABASES“ # check if database is available
  • service telegraf restart
  • https://ip:3000
  • admin / admin -> Change PW
  • Data Sources
    • Add source
      • Name telegraf (default)
      • Type InfluxDB
      • URL http://localhost:8086
      • Access proxy
      • No auth
      • Database telegraf
      • Save&Test