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Set Up & Data Collection

DownloadDeploy andyour runcontainer, the Grafanalog container.into the Web GUI. The navigate to Home ---> Connections ---> InfluxDB:

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Select "Add new Data Source" then follow the below steps to establish connection to your InfluxDB:

  • Change Query Language from Influxdb to Flux
  • Enter http://localhost:8086 as the URL
    • Make sure your containers are running on the same network. You can getverify morethis details about how to do so @DockerHub - Grafana. Or, you can just runvia the followingPortainer command:

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      • docker run -d --name=grafana -p 3000:3000 grafana/grafana
        • 3000:3000 specifies it'll be accesible from port 3000 of the docker engine, which in my case is 192.168.2.17.GUI
      • OnceEnter theyour containerInfluxdb isdetails, running,and gothen through the initial set up wizard via the Web GUI:

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          save&test

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      If your connection is successful, you'll see the following message display:

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