Getting Started with Docker Containers and

Grafana Monitoring of DataCore using Ubuntu

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Getting Started with Docker Containers and Grafana Monitoring of DataCore – using Ubuntu

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Getting Started with Docker Containers and Grafana Monitoring of DataCore – using Ubuntu Contents

Step 1: Installing Docker ................................................................................ 4

Step 2: Pulling Grafana dashboard .................................................................. 9

Step 3: Setting up the Container ................................................................... 11

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Step 1: Installing Docker

sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt install curl

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"

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sudo apt update

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apt-cache policy docker-ce

sudo apt install docker-ce

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Y (yes)

Docker is now installed…

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Step 2: Pulling Grafana dashboard

sudo docker login

sudo docker pull datacoresoftware/grafana-dashboard

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You are now ready to set up the Grafana Dashboard image in a new container!

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Step 3: Setting up the Container

To start the container the first time launch this by replacing -e variables:

DCSSVR -> DataCore Server (IP or hostname) DCSREST -> DataCore Rest API Server(IP or hostname) DCSUNAME -> DataCore User name DCSPWORD -> DataCore user password sudo docker run --ulimit nofile=66000:66000 \ -d \ --name grafana-datacore \ -p 3000:3000 \ -p 8888:8888 \ -p 8086:8086 \ -p 22022:22 \ -p 8125:8125/udp \ -e "DCSSVR=X.X.X.X" \ -e "DCSREST=X.X.X.X" \ -e "DCSUNAME=administrator" \ -e "DCSPWORD=password" \ datacoresoftware/grafana-dashboard:latest

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Find the IP address of the Docker host. Open a web browser that has connectivity to that Docker host and point the URL to: <IP Address>:3000

Username (default): grafana Password (default): grafana

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Click the “Home” button, in the top left hand corner.

Click Datacore Monitor V1.1.

From here, you could enable persistent storage using one of the following plugins: (see documentation for more info) CSI Plugin

o https://github.com/DataCoreSoftware/csi-plugin Docker Volume Plugin

o https://github.com/DataCoreSoftware/dvp

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Notes: