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home-grafana-victoriametrics-stack

home-grafana-victoriametrics-stack

Unsecured, minimal, Grafana + VictoriaMetrics + node_exporter stack that should cover your home monitoring needs.

Aims to be easy to set up and intended for small home network use.

Usage

0. Git clone

1. Create self-signed HTTPS certificates for Grafana:

   $ sudo ./makecert.sh

2. Set Grafana config and username/password

   $ cp config/templates/grafana.template.ini config/grafana.ini
   $ editor config/grafana.ini

3. Set up Prometheus targets

   $ cp config/templates/prometheus.template.yml config/prometheus.yml
   $ editor config/prometheus.yml 

4. Start it up

   $ docker-compose up -d

5. Check services

   • VictoriaMetrics http://0.0.0.0:8428
   • Grafana https://0.0.0.0:9080
   • node_exporter http://0.0.0.0:9100

6. Configure Grafana

   • https://0.0.0.0:9080/datasources/new

   • Add a Prometheus data source

     • Name: VictoriaMetrics
     • URL: http://0.0.0.0:8428

     See: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#grafana-setup

   • Add node_exporter dashboard

     • https://0.0.0.0:9080/dashboard/import
     • 1860 (node_exporter, https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/1860)
     • 10229 (VictoriaMetrics, https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229)

Optional

Set Docker networking

If you don't need host networking (to access private IPs for example), you can edit docker-compose.yml to remove network_mode: host.