Puppet module to manage Chronograf

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Setup - The basics of getting started with chronograf
   • What chronograf affects
   • Setup requirements
   • Beginning with chronograf
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
4. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
5. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

Installs, configures and manages Chronograf, the monitoring and visualization UI of the Tick stack.

Setup

What chronograf affects

Default configuration

• manages GPG key, repository (default: manage_repo = true )

  • default: repo_location = https://repos.influxdata.com/ and repo_type = 'stable'

• manages package

• manages directories and configuration files (referring to templates)

  • Debian: /lib/systemd/system/chronograf.service

  • CentOS: /etc/systemd/system/chronograf.service

  • /etc/default/chronograf

• starts service "chronograf" immediately (default: manage_service = true)

• set up connection to influx and kapacitor upon request, also based on templates

  • /usr/share/chronograf/resources/

Setup Requirements

For an extensive list of requirements, see metadata.json.

Beginning with chronograf

The module comes along with several configuration files (see templates). Change configuration settings in according hiera level or via hash.

• service-defaults.erb

  • following keys are supported to be added in single line mode
    • host = '0.0.0.0'
    • port = 8888
    • tls_certificate
    • token_secret
    • log_level ['error','warn','info','debug']
    • public_url
    • generic_client_id
    • generic_client_secret
    • generic_auth_url
    • generic_token_url
    • use_id_token ['true','false']
    • jwks_url
    • generic_api_url
    • generic_api_key
    • generic_scopes
    • generic_domains
    • generic_name
    • google_client_id
    • google_client_secret
    • google_domains

• systemd.service.erb

• With two defines setup the connection to influx and kapacitor.

Please refer to Chronograf documentation for the defaults used.

Usage

In combination with other influxdata module

• when one of the other influxdata modules already handles GPG keys and repository

class { 'chronograf':
  manage_repo => false,
}

• when chronograf shall handle GPG keys and repository

class { 'chronograf':
  manage_repo => true,
}

Example

class { 'chronograf':
  manage_repo     => true,
  host            => '127.0.0.90',
  tls_certificate => 'cert-bar',
  log_level       => 'info',
  use_id_token    => 'false',
}

chronograf::connection::influx { 'MyInfluxDB':
  ensure               => 'present',
  id                   => '10000',
  username             => 'telegraf',
  password             => 'metricsmetricsmetrics',
  url                  => 'http://localhost:8086',
  type                 => 'influx',
  insecure_skip_verify => false,
  default              => true,
  telegraf             => 'telegraf',
  organization         => 'example_org',
}

chronograf::connection::kapacitor { 'MyKapacitor':
  ensure       => 'present',
  id           => '10010',
  src_id       => '10010',
  url          => 'http://localhost:9092',
  active       => true,
  organization => 'example_org',
}

Reference

Please see document REFERENCE.md.

Limitations

For an extensive list of supported operating systems, see metadata.json.

Release Notes/Contributors/Etc.

• module: kogitoapp-chronograf
• version: 1.0.0
• author: Kogito UG hello@kogito.network
• summary: Module for configuring Chronograf
• license: Apache-2.0
• source: https://github.com/kogitoapp/puppet-chronograf