tootbrute14h ago
random dudes with a tiny project on github have better docker compose docs than grafana. also, grafana really wants you to do this grafana cloud eh? hard to read docs cause it's so in your face.
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines

@tootbrute

#Grafana docs suck

For a while you couldn't even mod the JSON panels natively.

To be honest, if it wasn't for #AI, I would not have been able to kick off my dashboards

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Show threadtootbrute14h ago

@n_dimension ok a random github comment led me to fix my install.

i wanted to host it in docker at port 3333 instead of 3000.
https://github.com/vegasbrianc/prometheus/issues/180#issuecomment-2456587695

grafana doesn't even have environment variables posted anywhere. meh.

Can not change default grafana default port · Issue #180 · vegasbrianc/prometheus

When I use default Grafana port 3000 it work as expected but when I change Grafana port to 6000 it doesn't work Expected Behaviour Can access grafana admin at localhost:6000 Current Behaviour Can n...

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Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines14h ago

@tootbrute

I'll bookmark and check how I did my build next time I'm at my console.
I'll DM you my .yml

Show threadtootbrute14h ago

@n_dimension working now.

now i need to figure out how to get stats into this thing from prometheus

  • iocaine
  • cadvisor
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines13h ago

@tootbrute

Start with cadvisor, its got tons well documented queries and easy yml
But once you push it into prod, tune it down, the sucker takes 3% cpu on default.

Show threadtootbrute13h ago
@n_dimension yeah i found a good docker compose file for cadvisor. it's how i got prometheus working. cadvisor has better docs than prometheus and prometheus better than grafana.