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Install Graphite 0.9.10 on Ubuntu 12.04
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# 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
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cd
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
wget https://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.10/+download/graphite-web-0.9.10.tar.gz
wget https://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.10/+download/carbon-0.9.10.tar.gz
wget https://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.10/+download/whisper-0.9.10.tar.gz
tar -zxvf graphite-web-0.9.10.tar.gz
tar -zxvf carbon-0.9.10.tar.gz
tar -zxvf whisper-0.9.10.tar.gz
mv graphite-web-0.9.10 graphite
mv carbon-0.9.10 carbon
mv whisper-0.9.10 whisper
rm graphite-web-0.9.10.tar.gz
rm carbon-0.9.10.tar.gz
rm whisper-0.9.10.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 build-essential python3.2 python-dev libpython3.2 python3-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
sudo easy_install zope.interface
sudo easy_install twisted
sudo easy_install txamqp
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# INSTALL WHISPER
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cd ~/whisper
sudo python setup.py install
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# INSTALL CARBON
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cd ~/carbon
sudo python setup.py install
cd /opt/graphite/conf
sudo cp carbon.conf.example carbon.conf
sudo cp storage-schemas.conf.example storage-schemas.conf
sudo gedit storage-schemas.conf
### Replace contents of storage-schemas.conf to be the following
[stats]
priority = 110
pattern = .*
retentions = 10:2160,60:10080,600:262974
###
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# CONFIGURE GRAPHITE (webapp)
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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 mkdir /etc/httpd
sudo mkdir /etc/httpd/wsgi
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
#####
# Change the line: WSGISocketPrefix run/wsgi
# To: WSGISocketPrefix /etc/httpd/wsgi
#####
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
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# INITIAL DATABASE CREATION
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cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/
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
cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite
sudo cp local_settings.py.example local_settings.py
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# START CARBON
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cd /opt/graphite/
sudo ./bin/carbon-cache.py start
@EricShalov
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Great doc, thanks!
One thing - in order to start carbon, I first had to:

# pip install daemonize

then edit "/opt/graphite/lib/carbon/util.py" and change "from twisted.scripts._twistd_unix import daemonize" to just "import daemonize".

@davidbreitgand
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Thank you!
Here are three additional tips for those who need to install with Django higher than 1.6. Assuming that you've installed graphite in the standard location:

  1. Replace your /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/manage.py file by this one: https://pikacode.com/meister/cerberio-graphite/file/4593b7cf6eb684b4d2ee1361588459b7f2f54276/webapp/graphite/manage.py

Doing this will preclude calling the now deprecated function execute_manager.

  1. In /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py un-comment the last line:
    from graphite.app_settings import *
    If DEBUG = False in /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/settings.py, add ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*'] to /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/settings.py

This will allow you to connect.

  1. If not present in /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/settings.py, add SECRET_KEY = 'Something'

This will allow Django to start.

If commented out, un-comment:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'NAME': '/opt/graphite/storage/graphite.db',
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'USER': '',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': '',
'PORT': ''
}
}

This will spare you errors on database variables being not set.

Now you can create initial database by running:
sudo python manage.py syncdb

After starting carbon, don't forget starting graphite :)
python /opt/graphite/bin/run-graphite-devel-server.py --port 8080 /opt/graphite/

Now navigate from the browser to 0.0.0.0:8080
You should see Graphite composer up and running. Enjoy!

@shubhada-antapurkar
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While running the command python manage.py syncdb I am getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 13, in
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 382, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
self.execute(_args, *_options.dict)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 231, in execute
self.validate()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 266, in validate
num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/validation.py", line 30, in get_validation_errors
for (app_name, error) in get_app_errors().items():
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", line 158, in get_app_errors
self._populate()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", line 67, in _populate
self.load_app(app_name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", line 88, in load_app
models = import_module('.models', app_name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
import(name)
File "/opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/events/models.py", line 6, in
from tagging.managers import ModelTaggedItemManager
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tagging/managers.py", line 7, in
from tagging.models import Tag
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tagging/models.py", line 10, in
from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
ImportError: No module named fields

Can somebody help?

@Milindbagal
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HI shubhada-antapurkar ,
I faced the same problem.
In the official django documentation for ContentTypes, the import statement used for GenericForeignKey is given as -

from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey

This will raise an ImportError. Replace it with the following -

from django.contrib.contenttypes.generic import GenericForeignKey

It worked for me.

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