HowTo/InstallGraphite

Inspired mostly by the official documentation here and here

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Required packages

apt-get install bzr python-sqlite python-memcache python-django python-cairo libapache2-mod-python python-zope.interface python-django-tagging python-twisted libapache2-mod-wsgi python-simplejson

method 1

bzr branch lp:graphite
cd graphite/
pushd whisper
python setup.py install
popd
pushd carbon
python setup.py install
pushd /opt/graphite/conf
cp carbon.conf.example carbon.conf
cp storage-schemas.conf.example storage-schemas.conf
popd
popd
python check-dependencies.py
bzr branch lp:txamqp
cd txamqp/
python setup.py install
cd ..
python setup.py install
=> setup apache wsgi
cp /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi.example /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi
cp /root/graphite/examples/example-graphite-vhost.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/graphite.conf
mkdir /etc/apache2/wsgi
chown www-data /etc/apache2/wsgi
vi /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/graphite.conf
=> setup servername, wsgi socket path, etc..
popd 
cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite
python manage.py syncdb
=> setup admin user
chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/graphite/storage/
vi settings.py
=> setup database, etc..
cp local_settings.py.example local_settings.py

method 2

wget http://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.9/+download/graphite-web-0.9.9.tar.gz
tar -zxvf graphite-web-0.9.9.tar.gz
mv graphite-web-0.9.9 graphite
rm graphite-web-0.9.9.tar.gz
easy_install django-tagging
pip install carbon
pip install whisper
cd /opt/graphite/conf
sudo cp carbon.conf.example carbon.conf
sudo cp storage-schemas.conf.example storage-schemas.conf
sudo vim storage-schemas.conf
### edited storage-schemas.conf to be the following
[stats]
priority = 110
pattern = .*
retentions = 10:2160,60:10080,600:262974
cd /opt/graphite/
sudo ./bin/carbon-cache.py start

cp ~/graphite/examples/example-graphite-vhost.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/graphite
cp /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi.example /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi
vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/graphite
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload

cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/
python manage.py syncdb
chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/graphite/storage/
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite
cp local_settings.py.example local_settings.py

Tests

cd ~/graphite/examples
chmod +x example-client.py
./example-client.py