Change graphite's default dashboard graph colors

1. cp -v /opt/graphite/conf/graphTemplates.conf.example /opt/graphite/conf/graphTemplates.conf
2. vi /opt/graphite/conf/graphTemplates.conf
3. change '[default]' section to '[uggs]'
4. change another section, e.g. '[solarized-dark]', to '[default]'
5. reload dashboard and you should see changed colors

Ganglia on Amazon Linux (and other RedHat derivatives)

The below is for setting up unicast, not multicast. AWS does not support multicast networking.

Key concepts: gmond daemons run on every server and use C code to collect the server's stats; this data is stored in local memory. Multiple gmonds can send their data on to one central gmond to hold, call this a gmond "bank"; this "bank" also uses only memory to store the server stats. gmetad comes along and collects the data from the gmond "banks" and stores in it rrds, these are files; the web interface uses these rrd files, and it usually runs on the same server as gmetad.

Cluster name: cluster name is key in grouping data and getting it from gmond to gmond and then on to gmetad. data_source is the way gmetad find the "banks"; and, by the way, you can have redundant "banks" for one cluster data_source.

Getting rid of multicast settings: comment out all references to multicast: bind_hostname, mcast_join, bind. Comment them all out.

UDP vs TCP, and port 8649: port 8649 is the default. UDP traffic on port 8649 is used for gmond intercommunication. And TCP traffic on port 8649 is used by the gmetad daemon to pull data from all your gmond "banks". Run "tcpdump -i any -nn port 8649" ALL THE TIME ON EVERY SERVER in a separate terminal when debugging.

Source: http://www.admin-magazine.com/HPC/Articles/Monitoring-HPC-Systems

1. mkdir ganglia_rpms
2. cd ganglia_rpms/
3. wget http://vuksan.com/centos/RPMS-6/x86_64/ganglia-gmond-3.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm
4. wget http://vuksan.com/centos/RPMS-6/x86_64/libganglia-3.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm
5. wget http://vuksan.com/centos/RPMS-6/x86_64/ganglia-debuginfo-3.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm
6. wget http://vuksan.com/centos/RPMS-6/x86_64/ganglia-devel-3.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm
7. wget http://vuksan.com/centos/RPMS-6/x86_64/ganglia-gmetad-3.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm
8. wget http://vuksan.com/centos/RPMS-6/x86_64/ganglia-gmond-modules-python-3.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm
9. wget http://vuksan.com/centos/RPMS-6/x86_64/libconfuse-2.6-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
10. wget http://vuksan.com/centos/RPMS-6/x86_64/libconfuse-devel-2.6-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
11. yum localinstall ganglia-*.rpm lib*.rpm
12. yum install httpd
13. yum install php
14. cd
15. mkdir ganglia-web-dev
16. cd ganglia-web-dev/
17. wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ganglia/ganglia-web/3.5.12/ganglia-web-3.5.12.tar.gz
18. tar zxvf ganglia-web-3.5.12.tar.gz
19. cd ganglia-web-3.5.12
20. vi Makefile 
1. GDESTDIR = /var/www/html/ganglia
2. APACHE_USER = apache
21. make install
22. cp apache.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/ganglia.conf
23. vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/ganglia.conf 
1. /usr/share/ganglia-webfrontend -> /var/www/html/ganglia
24. service httpd start
25. setenforce 0 
1. not needed on Amazon Linux
26. vi /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf
27. vi /etc/ganglia/gmetad.conf
28. service gmond start
29. service gmetad start

Latest graphite on Amazon Linux at AWS

NOTE: someone broke master branch, so reverting to 0.9.x

1. yum update -y;reboot
2. yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
3. yum -y install git-core python-pip mlocate
4. yum -y install python-rrdtool pycairo-devel
5. mkdir -p /root/graphite-install
6. cd /root/graphite-install
7. git clone https://github.com/graphite-project/carbon.git
8. git clone https://github.com/graphite-project/whisper.git
9. git clone https://github.com/graphite-project/ceres
10. git clone https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web.git
11. cd /root/graphite-install/whisper
12. git checkout 0.9.x
13. python setup.py install
14. cd /root/graphite-install/ceres
15. # only has master branch, but it works with others
16. pip install -r requirements.txt
17. python setup.py install
18. cd /root/graphite-install/carbon
19. git checkout 0.9.x
20. pip install -r requirements.txt
21. python setup.py install
22. cd /root/graphite-install/graphite-web
23. git checkout 0.9.x
24. yum install libffi-devel -y # some developer broke things, add this
25. pip install -r requirements.txt
26. python check-dependencies.py
27. python setup.py install 
28. cp -v /opt/graphite/conf/carbon.conf.example /opt/graphite/conf/carbon.conf
29. cp -v /opt/graphite/conf/storage-schemas.conf.example /opt/graphite/conf/storage-schemas.conf
30. cp -v /opt/graphite/conf/storage-aggregation.conf.example /opt/graphite/conf/storage-aggregation.conf
31. cp -v /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py.example /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py
32. cp -v /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi.example /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi
33. vi /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py
1. set SECRET_KEY param
2. uncomment DATABASE section
34. add these lines to /root/.bash_profile
1. export GRAPHITE_ROOT=/opt/graphite
2. export PYTHONPATH=$GRAPHITE_ROOT/webapp:$GRAPHITE_ROOT/whisper
35. source /root/.bash_profile
36. django-admin.py syncdb --settings=graphite.settings
37. yum -y install httpd24 mod24_wsgi
38. mkdir /etc/httpd/vhosts.d
39. add to end of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
1. IncludeOptional vhosts.d/*.conf
40. create /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/graphite.conf with below
41. mkdir /var/run/wsgi;chmod -v 777 /var/run/wsgi
42. apachectl -S
1. check for errors
43. service httpd start
44. /opt/graphite/bin/carbon-cache.py start
45. find /opt/graphite/storage -type d -exec chmod -v 777 {} \;
46. find /opt/graphite/storage -type f -exec chmod -v 666 {} \;
47. echo '127.0.1.3 graphite' >> /etc/hosts
48. curl -I http://graphite
49. on local machine
1. make same /etc/hosts entry
2. port forward 127.0.1.3:8081 to remote-server:80
3. curl -I http://graphite:8081
50. END

WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName graphite
    DocumentRoot "/opt/graphite/webapp"
    ErrorLog logs/webapp_error.log
    CustomLog logs/webapp_access.log common

    WSGIDaemonProcess graphite processes=5 threads=5 display-name='%{GROUP}' inactivity-timeout=120
    WSGIProcessGroup graphite
    WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
    WSGIImportScript /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi process-group=graphite application-group=%{GLOBAL}
    WSGIScriptAlias / /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi

    Alias /content/ /opt/graphite/webapp/content/
    <Location "/content/">
        SetHandler None
        Require all granted
    </Location>
  
    Alias /media/ "@DJANGO_ROOT@/contrib/admin/media/"
    <Location "/media/">
        SetHandler None
        Require all granted
    </Location>
 
    <Directory /opt/graphite/conf/>
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>