OpenStack and Grafana Integration
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Input and output integration overview
This plugin collects metrics from essential OpenStack services, facilitating the monitoring and management of cloud infrastructures.
This plugin enables Telegraf to stream metrics directly to Grafana dashboards in real-time, leveraging Grafana Live for instantaneous data visualization and operational insights.
Integration details
OpenStack
The OpenStack plugin allows users to collect performance metrics from various OpenStack services such as CINDER, GLANCE, HEAT, KEYSTONE, NEUTRON, and NOVA. It supports multiple OpenStack APIs to fetch critical metrics related to these services, enabling comprehensive monitoring and management of cloud resources. As organizations increasingly adopt OpenStack for their cloud infrastructure, this plugin plays a vital role in providing insights into resource usage, availability, and performance across the cloud environment. Configuration options allow for customized polling intervals and filtering unwanted tags to optimize performance and cardinals.
Grafana
Telegraf can be used to send real-time data to Grafana using the Websocket output plugin. Metrics collected by Telegraf are instantly pushed to Grafana dashboards, enabling real-time visualization and analysis. This plugin is ideal for use cases where low latency, live data visualization is essential, such as operational monitoring, real-time analytics, and immediate incident response scenarios. It supports authentication headers, customizable data serialization formats (like JSON), and secure communication via TLS, offering flexibility and ease of integration in dynamic, interactive dashboard environments.
Configuration
OpenStack
[[inputs.openstack]]
## The recommended interval to poll is '30m'
## The identity endpoint to authenticate against and get the service catalog from.
authentication_endpoint = "https://my.openstack.cloud:5000"
## The domain to authenticate against when using a V3 identity endpoint.
# domain = "default"
## The project to authenticate as.
# project = "admin"
## User authentication credentials. Must have admin rights.
username = "admin"
password = "password"
## Available services are:
## "agents", "aggregates", "cinder_services", "flavors", "hypervisors",
## "networks", "nova_services", "ports", "projects", "servers",
## "serverdiagnostics", "services", "stacks", "storage_pools", "subnets",
## "volumes"
# enabled_services = ["services", "projects", "hypervisors", "flavors", "networks", "volumes"]
## Query all instances of all tenants for the volumes and server services
## NOTE: Usually this is only permitted for administrators!
# query_all_tenants = true
## output secrets (such as adminPass(for server) and UserID(for volume)).
# output_secrets = false
## Amount of time allowed to complete the HTTP(s) request.
# timeout = "5s"
## HTTP Proxy support
# http_proxy_url = ""
## Optional TLS Config
# tls_ca = /path/to/cafile
# tls_cert = /path/to/certfile
# tls_key = /path/to/keyfile
## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
# insecure_skip_verify = false
## Options for tags received from Openstack
# tag_prefix = "openstack_tag_"
# tag_value = "true"
## Timestamp format for timestamp data received from Openstack.
## If false format is unix nanoseconds.
# human_readable_timestamps = false
## Measure Openstack call duration
# measure_openstack_requests = false
Grafana
[[outputs.websocket]]
## Grafana Live WebSocket endpoint
url = "ws://localhost:3000/api/live/push/custom_id"
## Optional headers for authentication
# [outputs.websocket.headers]
# Authorization = "Bearer YOUR_GRAFANA_API_TOKEN"
## Data format to send metrics
data_format = "influx"
## Timeouts (make sure read_timeout is larger than server ping interval or set to zero).
# connect_timeout = "30s"
# write_timeout = "30s"
# read_timeout = "30s"
## Optionally turn on using text data frames (binary by default).
# use_text_frames = false
## TLS configuration
# tls_ca = "/path/to/ca.pem"
# tls_cert = "/path/to/cert.pem"
# tls_key = "/path/to/key.pem"
# insecure_skip_verify = false
Input and output integration examples
OpenStack
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Cross-Cloud Management: Leverage the OpenStack plugin to monitor and manage multiple OpenStack clouds from a single Telegraf instance. By aggregating metrics across different clouds, organizations can gain insights into resource utilization and optimize their cloud architecture for cost and performance.
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Automated Scaling Based on Metrics: Integrate the metrics gathered from OpenStack into an automated scaling solution. For example, if the plugin detects that a specific service’s performance is degraded, it can trigger auto-scaling rules to launch additional instances, ensuring that system performance remains optimal under varying workloads.
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Performance Monitoring Dashboard: Use data collected by the OpenStack Telegraf plugin to power real-time monitoring dashboards. This setup provides visualizations of key metrics from OpenStack services, enabling stakeholders to quickly identify trends, pinpoint issues, and make data-driven decisions in managing their cloud infrastructure.
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Reporting and Analysis of Service Availability: By utilizing the metrics collected from various OpenStack services, teams can generate detailed reports on service availability and performance over time. This information can help identify recurring issues, improve service delivery, and make informed decisions regarding changes in infrastructure or service configuration.
Grafana
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Real-Time Infrastructure Dashboards: Deploy Telegraf to stream server health metrics directly to Grafana dashboards, enabling IT teams to visualize infrastructure performance in real-time. This setup allows immediate detection and response to critical system events.
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Interactive IoT Monitoring: Integrate IoT device metrics collected by Telegraf and push live data into Grafana, creating dynamic and interactive dashboards for monitoring smart city projects or manufacturing processes. This real-time visibility significantly enhances responsiveness and operational efficiency.
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Instantaneous Application Performance Analysis: Stream application metrics in real-time from production environments into Grafana dashboards, enabling development teams to rapidly detect and diagnose performance bottlenecks or anomalies during deployments, minimizing downtime and improving reliability.
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Live Event Analytics: Utilize Telegraf to capture and stream real-time audience or system metrics during major live events directly into Grafana dashboards. Event organizers can dynamically monitor and react to changing conditions or trends, significantly enhancing audience engagement and operational decision-making.
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Powerful Performance, Limitless Scale
Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-velocity data. Any data is more valuable when you think of it as time series data. with InfluxDB, the #1 time series platform built to scale with Telegraf.
See Ways to Get Started
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