carbon, graphite and grafana

install carbon-cache service

apt-get install graphite-carbon

extend retention to 1 year

[carbon]
pattern = ^carbon\.
retentions = 60:90d
 
[default]
pattern = .*
retentions = 30s:7d,5m:30d,10m:1y,1d:10y

web interface

apt-get install graphite-web
 
# choose user and password
python /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/graphite/manage.py syncdb

adjust user and password and SECRET_KEY (with random string) in /etc/graphite/local_settings.py

apt install uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python

/etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/graphite.ini

[uwsgi]
 
vacuum = true
master = true
processes = 2
pidfile = /tmp/uwsgi.pid
socket = /tmp/uwsgi.sock
chmod-socket = 666
gid = _graphite
uid = _graphite
chdir = /usr/share/graphite-web
wsgi-file = graphite.wsgi
pymodule-alias = graphite.local_settings=/etc/graphite/local_settings.py
buffer-size = 65536
plugin = python

systemctl restart uwsgi

/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/graphite

upstream graphite {
    server unix:///tmp/uwsgi.sock;
}
 
server {
    listen 9002;
    server_name localhost;
 
    access_log /var/log/nginx/graphite-access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/graphite-error.log;
 
    root /usr/share/graphite-web/static;
 
    location / {
        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*";
        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Methods "GET, OPTIONS";
        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Headers "origin, authorization, accept";
 
        uwsgi_pass graphite;
        include /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params;
    }
 
    location /media {
        # This makes static media available at the /media/ url.  The
        # media will continue to be available during site downtime,
        # allowing you to use styles and images in your maintenance page.
        alias /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/media;
    }
}

echo "deb https://packagecloud.io/grafana/stable/debian/ jessie main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list
curl https://packagecloud.io/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
apt update
apt install -y grafana
systemctl enable grafana-server
systemctl start grafana-server

Login to http://localhost:3000 (admin/admin)

add datasource