Graphite is a powerful monitoring tool used for collecting and visualizing real-time data. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing Graphite on Elementary OS Latest by using some basic commands in the terminal.
Before we start the installation process, make sure that your system is up to date.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Graphite requires several dependencies to be installed before we can proceed with the installation process. Install them by running the following commands on your terminal.
sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip apache2 libapache2-mod-wsgi libpq5 libpq-dev libapache2-mod-python pkg-config
Now we can proceed to install Graphite using pip, which is a package installer for Python.
sudo pip install graphite-web
sudo pip install carbon
sudo pip install whisper
After the installation process, we need to configure Graphite. Start by setting up the database and creating the necessary directories.
sudo graphite-manage migrate auth
sudo graphite-manage migrate --run-syncdb
sudo graphite-manage create-dirs
Next, we need to set up the Apache virtual host file.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/graphite.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
WSGIScriptAlias / /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/graphite/wsgi/graphite.wsgi
Alias /static/ /usr/share/graphite/static/
<Location "/static/">
Options -Indexes
</Location>
<Directory /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/graphite/>
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory /usr/share/graphite/static/>
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save the changes and enable the virtual host.
sudo a2ensite graphite
sudo service apache2 reload
Finally, start the Carbon cache and Apache.
sudo service carbon-cache start
sudo service apache2 restart
To check if Graphite is installed correctly, visit http://your-server-ip-address in your web browser. You should see the Graphite dashboard.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Graphite on Elementary OS Latest.
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