Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@MikeGrace
Created September 3, 2011 18:25
Show Gist options
  • Save MikeGrace/1191574 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save MikeGrace/1191574 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
####################################
# BASIC REQUIREMENTS
# http://graphite.wikidot.com/installation
# http://geek.michaelgrace.org/2011/09/how-to-install-graphite-on-ubuntu/
# Last tested & updated 10/13/2011
####################################
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
wget http://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.9/+download/graphite-web-0.9.9.tar.gz
wget http://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.9/+download/carbon-0.9.9.tar.gz
wget http://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.9/+download/whisper-0.9.9.tar.gz
tar -zxvf graphite-web-0.9.9.tar.gz
tar -zxvf carbon-0.9.9.tar.gz
tar -zxvf whisper-0.9.9.tar.gz
mv graphite-web-0.9.9 graphite
mv carbon-0.9.9 carbon
mv whisper-0.9.9 whisper
rm carbon-0.9.9.tar.gz
rm graphite-web-0.9.9.tar.gz
rm whisper-0.9.9.tar.gz
sudo apt-get install --assume-yes apache2 apache2-mpm-worker apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 python3.1 libpython3.1 python3.1-minimal libapache2-mod-wsgi libaprutil1-ldap memcached python-cairo-dev python-django python-ldap python-memcache python-pysqlite2 sqlite3 erlang-os-mon erlang-snmp rabbitmq-server bzr expect ssh libapache2-mod-python python-setuptools
sudo easy_install django-tagging
####################################
# INSTALL WHISPER
####################################
cd ~/whisper
sudo python setup.py install
####################################
# INSTALL CARBON
####################################
cd ~/carbon
sudo python setup.py install
# CONFIGURE CARBON
####################
cd /opt/graphite/conf
sudo cp carbon.conf.example carbon.conf
sudo cp storage-schemas.conf.example storage-schemas.conf
sudo vim storage-schemas.conf
### edited storage-schemas.conf to be the following
[stats]
priority = 110
pattern = .*
retentions = 10:2160,60:10080,600:262974
###
####################################
# CONFIGURE GRAPHITE (webapp)
####################################
cd ~/graphite
sudo python check-dependencies.py
sudo python setup.py install
# CONFIGURE APACHE
###################
cd ~/graphite/examples
sudo cp example-graphite-vhost.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
sudo cp /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi.example /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi
sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
# moved 'WSGIImportScript /opt/gr..' to right before virtual host since it gave me an error saying
# WSGIImportScript cannot occur within <VirtualHost> section
# if this path does not exist make it!!!!!!
# /etc/httpd/wsgi
sudo mkdir /etc/httpd
sudo mkdir /etc/httpd/wsgi
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
####################################
# INITIAL DATABASE CREATION
####################################
cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/
sudo cp local_settings.py.example local_settings.py
sudo python manage.py syncdb
# follow prompts to setup django admin user
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/graphite/storage/
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
####################################
# START CARBON
####################################
cd /opt/graphite/
sudo ./bin/carbon-cache.py start
####################################
# SEND DATA TO GRAPHITE
####################################
cd ~/graphite/examples
sudo chmod +x example-client.py
# [optional] edit example-client.py to report data faster
# sudo vim example-client.py
sudo ./example-client.py
@zanella
Copy link

zanella commented Jan 23, 2014

To install the 0.9.9 version make sure you're using django 1.3.1

@rflopsy
Copy link

rflopsy commented Dec 10, 2014

I have started apache and carbon but not getting any GUI from my browser

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment