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python setup.py build && python setup.py install
python setup.py build && python setup.py install
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=Hello World=
Once you've installed everything, assuming you went with the default installation configuration, graphite will be in <code>/opt/graphite</code>. That includes Graphite web app frontends, Carbon, and Whisper.
Now I'll cover how to get each component running and get simple I/O working.


==Hello Graphite World==
==Hello Graphite World==


More good:
Getting Graphite set up and installed and running and all that:


* http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html
* http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html


==Hello Carbon World==


To get Carbon running, you have to start with some configuration files, described on this page:


* http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/config-carbon.html


Not so good:
Basically, you give some thought to your schema - see this page http://graphite.wikidot.com/getting-your-data-into-graphite for information on what I mean. Decide your time series data naming convention, then decide how much data to gather, at what frequency.


* http://graphite.wikidot.com/getting-your-data-into-graphite
You'll enter information in your <code>storage-schemas.conf</code> file, located in <code>/opt/graphite/conf/storage-schemas.conf</code>.

Revision as of 18:06, 24 June 2014

Prerequisites

PyCairo prerequisite: PyCairo

Installing

Installing Graphite

Git checkout

cd git dir

python setup.py build && python setup.py install

Installing Carbon

python setup.py build && python setup.py install

Installing Whisper

python setup.py build && python setup.py install

Hello World

Once you've installed everything, assuming you went with the default installation configuration, graphite will be in /opt/graphite. That includes Graphite web app frontends, Carbon, and Whisper.

Now I'll cover how to get each component running and get simple I/O working.

Hello Graphite World

Getting Graphite set up and installed and running and all that:

Hello Carbon World

To get Carbon running, you have to start with some configuration files, described on this page:

Basically, you give some thought to your schema - see this page http://graphite.wikidot.com/getting-your-data-into-graphite for information on what I mean. Decide your time series data naming convention, then decide how much data to gather, at what frequency.

You'll enter information in your storage-schemas.conf file, located in /opt/graphite/conf/storage-schemas.conf.