browbeat/ansible/README.cfme-allinone.md

Setting up a CFME or ManageIQ VM for All-In-One Performance Monitoring

1. Deploy ManageIQ/CFME appliance
2. Add additional disk to host Graphite's whisper database, mount disk at /var/lib/carbon
3. Clone browbeat

[root@manageiq ~]# git clone https://github.com/jtaleric/browbeat.git
[root@manageiq ~]# cd browbeat/ansible

4. Create ansible inventory file

[graphite]
localhost ansible_connection=local

[grafana]
localhost ansible_connection=local

[cfme-all-in-one]
localhost ansible_connection=local

5. Install ansible

[root@manageiq ansible]# easy_install pip
[root@manageiq ansible]# yum install -y python-devel gcc-c++
[root@manageiq ansible]# pip install ansible

6. Setup installation variables at install/group_vars/all by modifying following variables

graphite_host: localhost
graphite_port: 9000
graphite_prefix: manageiq
grafana_host: localhost
grafana_port: 9001

7. Run playbooks for collectd/graphite/grafana install

[root@manageiq ansible]# ansible-playbook -i hosts install/graphite.yml
[root@manageiq ansible]# ansible-playbook -i hosts install/grafana.yml
[root@manageiq ansible]# ansible-playbook -i hosts install/collectd-generic.yml --tags="cfme-all-in-one"

8. Upload dashboards via ansible

[root@manageiq ansible]# ansible-playbook -i hosts install/dashboards-generic.yml

9. Enjoy your now performance monitored CFME/ManageIQ appliance, view grafana dashboards at http://(manageiq-ip-address):9001/