azurehpc/examples/grafana/readme.md

Deploy an initialize a Grafana server

This example shows how deploy a Grafana server and configure Telegraf on monitored machines.

The configuration file requires the following variables to be set:

Variable	Description
location	The location of resources
resource_group	The resource group for the project
vm_type	Azure GPU VM full name (NC or ND series)
key_vault	Keyvault to store the GrafanaPassword secret

Note : Create an Azure Key Vault and store the Grafana Password in the secret named GrafanaPassword

Once deployed:

• Add port 3000 to the NSG of the grafana server
• access the portal thru the URL : http://[grafana server fqdn]:3000/
• Authenticate with the admin user and the password stored into your KeyVault
• Access the dashboard thru the left meny Dashboards/Manage and then select "Telegraf : system dashboard"

Note : To monitor other VMs, just add the telegraf tag to your resources and its associated install script as specified the in the configuration file

        {
            "script": "install-telegraf.sh",
            "tag": "telegraf",
            "sudo": true,
            "args": [
                "<grafana server or ip address>",
                "azhpc",
                "secret.{{variables.key_vault}}.GrafanaPassword"
             ] 
        }