Graphite is a highly scalable real-time graphing system that allows you to store and retrieve time-series data easily. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Graphite on NetBSD.
Before installing any packages on the system, it is important to update the system package repositories by running the following command as root:
pkgin update
To install Graphite on NetBSD, you can use the pkgin package manager by running the following command:
pkgin install py38-graphite-web py38-graphite-carbon
Once the installation is complete, start the Carbon and Apache web server by running:
/usr/pkg/graphite/sbin/carbon-cache.py start
/usr/pkg/apache2/bin/apachectl start
The main configuration files for Graphite are located in /usr/pkg/graphite/conf/. Edit the storage-schemas.conf file to define how long the metrics data should be retained.
Here is a sample configuration to retain data as follows:
[default_1min]
pattern = .*
xFilesFactor = 0.5
aggregationMethod = average
retention = 1m:1h, 10m:7d, 1h:2y
Graphite is built on Django, a Python web framework. You need to create an admin user to manage the Graphite web application. Run the following command:
/usr/pkg/graphite/bin/django-admin createsuperuser
Graphite can be accessed from the web interface at http://localhost/. You should see the Graphite web interface, which includes graphs for the stats.* family of metrics.
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured Graphite on NetBSD. You can now start monitoring your time-series data using Graphite.
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