How to Install Graphite on OpenSUSE Latest

Graphite is a powerful open-source tool designed for real-time visualization and high-performance charting of time-series data. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Graphite on OpenSUSE latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Graphite, make sure that your system is up-to-date with the latest packages and dependencies.

To update your system, run the following command:

sudo zypper update

Installation

Follow the steps below to install Graphite:

1. Add the Graphite package repository to your system by running the following command:

sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/frispete:/graphite/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ graphite

2. Refresh your package repository index to make sure you can see the Graphite package:

sudo zypper refresh

3. Install Graphite by running the following command:

sudo zypper install graphite-web carbon

This will install both the graphite-web and carbon packages.

4. Once the installation is complete, start the Carbon service:

sudo systemctl start carbon-cache.service
sudo systemctl enable carbon-cache.service

5. Start the Graphite webserver:

sudo systemctl start apache2

6. Verify that the Graphite web interface is running by visiting http://localhost:80 in your web browser.

7. To configure Graphite, you need to edit the local_settings.py file, which is located in the /etc/graphite-web/ directory.

You can use any text editor of your choice to edit this file. For example, to use Nano, run:

sudo nano /etc/graphite-web/local_settings.py

8. Update the DATABASES variable in the local_settings.py file with your PostgreSQL configuration:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'NAME': 'graphite',
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'USER': 'graphite',
        'PASSWORD': 'password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '',
    }
}

Replace password with your PostgreSQL password.

9. Restart the Graphite webserver for changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Graphite on OpenSUSE Latest.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Graphite on OpenSUSE latest. We hope that this guide has been helpful to you, and if you have any suggestions or feedback, please leave a comment below.

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