Dashboard Stack installation on Docker i.e Telegraf, InfluxDB, Node-red and, Grafana.

You should have docker installed on your pc either on window, linux or mac. You can download it from https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ If you are using windows download and install git on your pc. You can download git from https://git-scm.com/downloads On windows, have Gitbash or powershell to run commands on the terminal.

1. On your terminal(gitbash or powershell), clone the repo using the code

git clone https://github.com/oves-embedded/web-docker-tickStack.git

2. Once you have cloned the repo, change the directory to the cloned repo

cd web-docker-tickstack

3. Run the command for the first time to start of the project

docker-compose up -d

3. Run the command to check if the containers have started

docker-compose ps

N/B The first time you run this command it will take sometime to finish downloading the images.

1. http://localhost:3000 - grafana
2. http://localhost:1880 - node-red
3. http://localhost:8186 - telegraf
4. http://localhost:8086 - influxdb
5. http://localhost:1883 - open mosquitto broker
6. http://localhost:8883 - protected mosquitto broker

• Start Node-Red on http://localhost:1880

  How to Import a default flow on Node-Red

  • On Node-Red, import a default flow from the top right hamburger menu.
  • Select import
  • Import the default flow from the folder named resources
  • After importing, click the deploy button on your right to get the changes.

• Start Grafana on http://localhost:3000.
• Use the below credentials on first start

  username - admin
  password - admin

• After you have successfully logged in as an admin you will need to connect to a data source to be able to view metrics on dashboards. To do so you need to set up the data source for the following:

• Once you have logged in, on the sidebar under configurations open data sources page.

• On Data Sources, click add data source.

• Search for Influxdb and select it.

• Under influxdb settings, add the following:

  Name: Oves InfluxDB Datasource
  Query Language: InfluxQL
  HTTP:
    url: http://influxdb:8086
  InfluxDB Details:
    Database: telegraf
    User: telegraf
    Password: telegraf

• Save & Test

• You will get an acknowledge message if everything is set correctly.

• You can now create your first dashboard while fetching data from influxdb.

Prerequistes for GraphQL Datasource - Have installed the GraphQL data source Plugin and Installed it. If not use the below Link to install the plugin https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/fifemon-graphql-datasource/ - Also have an endpoint to your GraphQL APi. - Access Token of the API Endpoint.(Admin Access Token)

Setting up - Open data sources page. - On Data Sources, click add data source. - Search for GraphQl and select it. - Under GraphQl settings, add the following:

    ```sh
    Name: Oves GraphQL Datasource
      HTTP:
          url: https://dev-microservices-apigateway.omnivoltaic.com/graphql
      Custom HTTP Headers:
          Header: Authorization
          Value: Bearer {Accesstoken}
    ```

- Save & Test
- You will get an acknowledge message if everything is set correctly.
- You can now create your first dashboard while fetching data from GraphQL.

• When new changes have been pushed to the repository, you will need to pull them to your local enviroment to get the new changes.
• To get new changes use the below commands:
  • Use this command to pull changes from github

    ./updates.sh