Use Shinken with Graphite

Graphite

Install graphite

The best installation guide is actually this youtube walkthrough from Jason Dixon (Obfuscurity). There is a Chef recipe for the above demonstration.

See http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html documentation tells what to install but not how to configure Apache and Django.

See Installing Graphite version 0.9.8 example. Just update for version 0.9.10 it is the exact same installation steps. The vhost example also worked for me, while the wsgi examples did not for me.

Make sure you set the timezone properly in ‘’/opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py’‘, for instance:

TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Paris'</code>

Using Shinken with Graphite

The Shinken Broker module graphite is in charge of exporting performance data from Shinken to the Graphite databases.

Configure graphite module

define module{
    module_name     Graphite-Perfdata
    module_type     graphite_perfdata
    host            localhost
    port            2003
    templates_path  /var/lib/shinken/share/templates/graphite/
}

Additional list of options for the Graphite export module and more in-depth documentation.

Enable it

Edit ‘’/etc/shinken/brokers/broker-master.cfg’’ and find the Broker object, and add the graphite module to its modules line:

define broker{
     broker_name      broker-1
    [...]
     modules          Livestatus,Simple-log,WebUI,Graphite-Perfdata
}

Use it

With Shinken UI

Still in ‘’/etc/shinken/modules/graphite.cfg’‘, find the GRAPHITE_UI object and configure the URL to your Graphite install. If you used a graphite_data_source in the Graphite-Perfdata section, make sure to specify it here as well.

define module {
    module_name GRAPHITE_UI
    uri http://monitoring.mysite.com/graphite/
    graphite_data_source shinken
    ...
}

Then find the WebUI object, and add GRAPHITE_UI to its modules (you’ll want to replace PNP_UI):

define module {
    module_name WebUI
    modules Apache_passwd, ActiveDir_UI, Cfg_password, GRAPHITE_UI, Mongodb
    ...
}

Restart Shinken to take the changes into account.

You have to possibility to use graphite template files. They are located in “templates_path”, (from the graphite_webui module) They are file containing graphite urls with shinken contextual variables. Ex :

‘’${uri}render/?width=586&height=308&target=alias(legendValue(${host}.${service}.’user’%2C%22last%22)%2C%22User%22)&target=alias(legendValue(${host}.${service}.’sys’%2C%22last%22)%2C%22Sys%22)&target=alias(legendValue(${host}.${service}.’softirq’%2C%22last%22)%2C%22SoftIRQ%22)&target=alias(legendValue(${host}.${service}.’nice’%2C%22last%22)%2C%22Nice%22)&target=alias(legendValue(${host}.${service}.’irq’%2C%22last%22)%2C%22IRQ%22)&target=alias(legendValue(${host}.${service}.’iowait’%2C%22last%22)%2C%22I%2FO%20Wait%22)&target=alias(legendValue(${host}.${service}.’idle’%2C%22last%22)%2C%22Idle%22)&fgcolor=000000&bgcolor=FFFFFF)&areaMode=stacked&yMax=100’‘

is used for check_cpu. Split this string using & as a separator to understand it. It’s quite easy. Use graphite uri api doc.

Shinken uses the templates tht matches the check_command, like pnp does.

Important

The suggested configuration below is not final and has just been created, the documentation needs to be updated for the correct usage of the .graph templates used in WebUI. There are a number of the already created, see the existing packs to learn how to use them properly. Sorry for the inconvenience.

with Thruk

Thruk offers a proper integration with PNP, but not with Graphite. Still, you can use graphite with Thruk. Simply use the action_url for your service/host to link toward the graphite url you want. Use HOSTNAME and SERVICEDESC macros. The action_url icon will be a link to the graph in Thruk UI. For ex :

‘’ http://MYGRAPHITE/render/?lineMode=connected&width=586&height=308&_salt=1355923874.899&target=cactiStyle($HOSTNAME$.$SERVICEDESC$.*)&xFormat=%25H%3A%25M&tz=Europe/Paris&bgcolor=DDDDDD&fgcolor=111111&majorGridLineColor=black&minorGridLineColor=grey‘’

is what I use in my Thruk.

A change has been pushed in thruk’s github to grant Thruk the features it has for pnp to graphite. The rule above (use action_url) still applies. Graphite will be displayed when the action_url contains the keyword “render”.

Important

The graphite template files feature is not used in Thruk. It is a “shinken UI only” feature.

Enjoy it

Restart shinken-arbiter and you are done.

/etc/init.d/shinken-arbiter restart</code>
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