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Grafana Dashboard

Prerequisites​

First install Grafana and Prometheus on your machine.

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You can also use Grafana Cloud instead of installing it locally.

Enable metrics​

To enable metrics, you'll have to modify the CLI arguments of your node and farmer by adding the Prometheus option:

for a node: --prometheus-listen-on 127.0.0.1:9080

for a farmer: --metrics-endpoints 127.0.0.1:9081

To apply the changes, it's necessary to restart your node and farmer. You should then have the capability to reach the metrics at http://localhost:9080 and http://localhost:9081.

Configure Prometheus targets​

Locate the prometheus.yml file and add the following job entry under the scrape_configs section:

- job_name: "subspace"
  static_configs:
    - targets: ["localhost:9080"]
      labels:
        group: 'node'
    - targets: ["localhost:9081"]
      labels:
        group: 'farmer'

On Linux machines, you can typically find the prometheus.yml file at the following path: /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml

Restart Prometheus with the new configuration.

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Prometheus can reload its configuration without restarting by using the SIGHUP signal. If you're running on Linux this can be performed by using kill -s SIGHUP <PID>, replacing <PID> with your Prometheus process ID.

Configure Grafana​

By default, Grafana usually runs on port 3000. You can access Grafana by navigating to the following URL: http://localhost:3000.

The default username and password is admin.

Add your Prometheus Data Source:

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Click Save & test to test the configuration, if everything is alright you'll see the green message "Data source is working".

Import Grafana dashboard​

Copy and paste the Grafana Dashboard ID 20433 and click Load to complete importing:

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Select your Prometheus as Data Source and click Import.

At this point, you should be able to monitor your node.

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