install graphite with nginx and uwsgi on ubuntu 14.4 LTS

install_graphite_uwsgi_nginx.sh

# install needed packages

apt-get install python-pip python-dev
apt-get install python-twisted python-cairo
apt-get install fontconfig python-tz
apt-get install python-django python-django-tagging
apt-get install nginx uwsgi-plugin-python uwsgi

# "little helper"
export GRAPHITE=/opt/graphite
export PYTHONPATH=/opt/graphite/webapp

# install components
pip install carbon whisper graphite-web
pip install --upgrade twisted

cd /opt/graphite/conf/
# Create a directory with all configurations
# It will allow us to keep this dir clean and use the original
# files as templates
mkdir examples; mv *.example examples
# create a copy of the required files
cp examples/storage-schemas.conf.example storage-schemas.conf
cp examples/storage-aggregation.conf.example storage-aggregation.conf
cp examples/carbon.conf.example carbon.conf
cp examples/graphite.wsgi.example wsgi.py

# WebConfiguration Create
cp /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/{local_settings.py.example,local_settings.py}

sed -i -e "s|#TIME_ZONE = 'America/Los_Angeles'|TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Berlin'|g" /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py
sed -i -e "s|#SECRET_KEY = 'UNSAFE_DEFAULT\'|SECRET_KEY = \'ohg3acow8iekahThoquie4jigohmi9th\'|g" /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py



# Allow access to www-data to the webapp and storage directories
chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/graphite/webapp/ /opt/graphite/storage/

# create APP
cat <<EOT >> /etc/uwsgi/apps-available/graphite.ini
[uwsgi]
processes = 2
socket = 127.0.0.1:3031
gid = www-data
uid = www-data
chdir = /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite
pythonpath = /opt/graphite/webapp
env = DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=graphite.settings
module = django.core.handlers.wsgi:WSGIHandler()
EOT

# activate app
ln -s /etc/uwsgi/apps-available/graphite.ini /etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/


# activate nginx
if [ -d /etc/nginx/conf.d ]
then
        NGINXCONFIG=/etc/nginx/conf.d/graphite.conf

elif [ -d /etc/nginx/sites-available ]
then
        NGINXCONFIG=/etc/nginx/sites-available/graphite
fi

cat <<EOT >> ${NGINXCONFIG}
server {
        listen 8080;
        charset utf-8;
        access_log /var/log/nginx/graphite.access.log;
        error_log /var/log/nginx/graphite.error.log;

        location / {
                include uwsgi_params;
                uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:3031;
                }
}
EOT

# create the local database for the webapp
python /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/manage.py syncdb