textarcana · March 18, 2024 11:21 · Jun 13, 2013 · Jan 24, 2013 · Jan 24, 2013 · Jan 24, 2013
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This gist contains everything you need to install StatsD and Graphite on CentOS 6.3. Unless I forgot something. If I did, shoot a reminder email to noah at one more bug dot com. tl;dr womm.
+This gist contains everything you need to install StatsD and Graphite on CentOS 6.3. Unless I forgot something. If I did, shoot a reminder email to noah at one more bug dot com. **tl;dr: womm, ymmv, yolo.**
 
 I (mostly) followed the steps shown in the [EZUnix wiki](http://www.ezunix.org/index.php?title=Install_statsd_and_graphite_on_CentOS_or_RHEL)
 

diff --git a/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh b/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cp graphite.wsgi.example graphite.wsgi
 
 # Graphite defaults to the Chicago time zone (because that's Django's default).
 cp /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py.example /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py
-# then just edit the TIME_ZONE line
+# then uncomment and edit the TIME_ZONE line. Etc./UTC is recommended.
 
 
 echo '
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Include "/etc/httpd/vhosts/*.conf"
 chown -R apache:apache /opt/graphite/storage/
 
 # or optionally:
-#     chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/graphite
+#     chown -R apache:apache /opt/graphite
 
 cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite
 sudo python manage.py syncdb

diff --git a/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh b/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ cp storage-aggregation.conf.example storage-aggregation.conf
 cp graphTemplates.conf.example graphTemplates.conf
 cp graphite.wsgi.example graphite.wsgi
 
+# Graphite defaults to the Chicago time zone (because that's Django's default).
+cp /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py.example /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py
+# then just edit the TIME_ZONE line
+
+
 echo '
 [stats]
 priority = 110

diff --git a/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh b/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ echo 0 >/selinux/enforce
 #
 # Start Apache. Graphite should now be running and you should be able
 # to see it in a Web browser on port 80
-apachectl start
+service apache start
 
 
 cd /tmp

diff --git a/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh b/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ cd /opt/graphite/
 
 # disable SELinux enforcement or all you will see is a stack trace to the effect of:
 # "DatabaseError: attempt to write a readonly database"
+#
+# See the comment thread on this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3319112/sqlite-read-only-database/3330616#3330616
+# and also see https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/178172
 
 echo 0 >/selinux/enforce
 

diff --git a/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh b/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh
@@ -56,18 +56,11 @@ sudo python manage.py syncdb
 cd /opt/graphite/
 ./bin/carbon-cache.py start
 
-# fix SElinux settings, see http://sergiy.kyrylkov.name/2006/05/15/13permission-denied-httpd-could-not-open-error-log-file/
-#
-# Note to find the right arguments for 'chcon -R' I said: ls -lZ /var/log/httpd
-chcon -R unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_log_t:s0 /opt/graphite/storage/
-chcon -R unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_log_t:s0 /opt/graphite/webapp/
-
-# disable SELinux enforcement or all you will see is a stack trace to the effect of: 
-
+# disable SELinux enforcement or all you will see is a stack trace to the effect of:
+# "DatabaseError: attempt to write a readonly database"
 
 echo 0 >/selinux/enforce
 
-
 # Note that if you do not have the 'graphite' vhost defined in DNS,
 # then you need to update your /etc/hosts and map 'graphite' to the
 # host IP address. This must be done on both the host and

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This gist contains everything you need to install StatsD and Graphite on CentOS 6.3. Unless I forgot something. If I did, shoot a reminder email to noah at one more bug dot com. tl;dr womm, fwiw.
+This gist contains everything you need to install StatsD and Graphite on CentOS 6.3. Unless I forgot something. If I did, shoot a reminder email to noah at one more bug dot com. tl;dr womm.
 
 I (mostly) followed the steps shown in the [EZUnix wiki](http://www.ezunix.org/index.php?title=Install_statsd_and_graphite_on_CentOS_or_RHEL)
 

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This gist contains everything you need to install StatsD and Graphite on CentOS 6.3.   
+This gist contains everything you need to install StatsD and Graphite on CentOS 6.3. Unless I forgot something. If I did, shoot a reminder email to noah at one more bug dot com. tl;dr womm, fwiw.
 
 I (mostly) followed the steps shown in the [EZUnix wiki](http://www.ezunix.org/index.php?title=Install_statsd_and_graphite_on_CentOS_or_RHEL)
 

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 This gist contains everything you need to install StatsD and Graphite on CentOS 6.3.   
 
-Based on the stesps shown in the [EZUnix wiki](http://www.ezunix.org/index.php?title=Install_statsd_and_graphite_on_CentOS_or_RHEL)
+I (mostly) followed the steps shown in the [EZUnix wiki](http://www.ezunix.org/index.php?title=Install_statsd_and_graphite_on_CentOS_or_RHEL)
 
-And also see [this gist by Michael Grace](http://geek.michaelgrace.org/2011/09/how-to-install-graphite-on-ubuntu/)
+And I also referred back to [this gist by Michael Grace](http://geek.michaelgrace.org/2011/09/how-to-install-graphite-on-ubuntu/)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+This gist contains everything you need to install StatsD and Graphite on CentOS 6.3.   
+
+Based on the stesps shown in the [EZUnix wiki](http://www.ezunix.org/index.php?title=Install_statsd_and_graphite_on_CentOS_or_RHEL)
+
+And also see [this gist by Michael Grace](http://geek.michaelgrace.org/2011/09/how-to-install-graphite-on-ubuntu/)
diff --git a/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh b/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # run as root
+#
+# based on http://www.ezunix.org/index.php?title=Install_statsd_and_graphite_on_CentOS_or_RHEL
 
 rpm -i http://ftp.uninett.no/linux/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
 yum -y update
@@ -33,8 +35,6 @@ xFilesFactor = 0.0
 aggregationMethod = sum
 ' >> storage-aggregation.conf
 
-mkdir /etc/httpd/wsgi
-
 echo '
 Include "/etc/httpd/vhosts/*.conf"
 ' >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ Include "/etc/httpd/vhosts/*.conf"
 
 chown -R apache:apache /opt/graphite/storage/
 
+# or optionally:
+#     chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/graphite
+
 cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite
 sudo python manage.py syncdb
 
@@ -53,7 +56,28 @@ sudo python manage.py syncdb
 cd /opt/graphite/
 ./bin/carbon-cache.py start
 
-apachectl restart
+# fix SElinux settings, see http://sergiy.kyrylkov.name/2006/05/15/13permission-denied-httpd-could-not-open-error-log-file/
+#
+# Note to find the right arguments for 'chcon -R' I said: ls -lZ /var/log/httpd
+chcon -R unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_log_t:s0 /opt/graphite/storage/
+chcon -R unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_log_t:s0 /opt/graphite/webapp/
+
+# disable SELinux enforcement or all you will see is a stack trace to the effect of: 
+
+
+echo 0 >/selinux/enforce
+
+
+# Note that if you do not have the 'graphite' vhost defined in DNS,
+# then you need to update your /etc/hosts and map 'graphite' to the
+# host IP address. This must be done on both the host and
+# client(s). You may have more luck using a Fully Qualified Domain
+# Name (FQDN) such as 'graphite.dev'
+#
+# Start Apache. Graphite should now be running and you should be able
+# to see it in a Web browser on port 80
+apachectl start
+
 
 cd /tmp
 git clone http://github.com/joyent/node.git

diff --git a/graphite-vhost.conf b/graphite-vhost.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi
+
 <VirtualHost *:80>
         ServerName graphite
         DocumentRoot "/opt/graphite/webapp"

diff --git a/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh b/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh
@@ -1 +1,79 @@
-rpm -i http://ftp.uninett.no/linux/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
+# run as root
+
+rpm -i http://ftp.uninett.no/linux/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
+yum -y update
+
+yum -y install python-devel.x86_64 python-pip.noarch mod_wsgi.x86_64 mod_python.x86_64 python-sqlite2.x86_64 \
+       bitmap.x86_64 pycairo.x86_64 python-zope-interface.x86_64 python-simplejson.x86_64 django-tagging.noarch \
+       python-pip.noarch python-twisted-web.x86_64 bitmap bitmap-fonts gcc-c++.x86_64  \
+       openssl-devel.x86_64 git.x86_64 make.x86_64
+
+pip-python install carbon
+pip-python install graphite-web
+pip-python install whisper
+
+pushd /opt/graphite/conf
+cp carbon.conf.example carbon.conf
+cp storage-schemas.conf.example storage-schemas.conf
+cp storage-aggregation.conf.example storage-aggregation.conf
+cp graphTemplates.conf.example graphTemplates.conf
+cp graphite.wsgi.example graphite.wsgi
+
+echo '
+[stats]
+priority = 110
+pattern = ^stats\..*
+retentions = 10:2160,60:10080,600:262974
+' >> storage-schemas.conf
+
+echo '
+[counters]
+pattern = stats.counts.*
+xFilesFactor = 0.0
+aggregationMethod = sum
+' >> storage-aggregation.conf
+
+mkdir /etc/httpd/wsgi
+
+echo '
+Include "/etc/httpd/vhosts/*.conf"
+' >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+
+# replace /etc/httpd/vhosts/graphite-vhost.conf with the
+# graphite-vhost.conf from this repo.
+
+chown -R apache:apache /opt/graphite/storage/
+
+cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite
+sudo python manage.py syncdb
+
+# This will create a Django admin user named 'root'. You will also
+# have to pick an email address and password.
+
+cd /opt/graphite/
+./bin/carbon-cache.py start
+
+apachectl restart
+
+cd /tmp
+git clone http://github.com/joyent/node.git
+cd node
+git checkout v0.8
+./configure && make && make install
+
+cd /tmp
+wget --no-check-certificate http://npmjs.org/install.sh
+sh install.sh
+/usr/local/bin/npm install express
+
+cd /tmp
+git clone http://github.com/etsy/statsd.git
+cp -R /tmp/statsd /opt/graphite
+
+cd /opt/graphite/statsd
+cp exampleConfig.js local.js
+
+# edit local.js and update the config for graphiteHost
+
+nohup /usr/local/bin/node stats.js local.js &
+
diff --git a/graphite-vhost.conf b/graphite-vhost.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<VirtualHost *:80>
+        ServerName graphite
+        DocumentRoot "/opt/graphite/webapp"
+        ErrorLog /opt/graphite/storage/log/webapp/error.log
+        CustomLog /opt/graphite/storage/log/webapp/access.log common
+
+        # I've found that an equal number of processes & threads tends
+        # to show the best performance for Graphite (ymmv).
+        WSGIDaemonProcess graphite processes=5 threads=5 display-name='%{GROUP}' inactivity-timeout=120
+        WSGIProcessGroup graphite
+        WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
+        WSGIImportScript /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi process-group=graphite application-group=%{GLOBAL}
+
+        # XXX You will need to create this file! There is a graphite.wsgi.example
+        # file in this directory that you can safely use, just copy it to graphite.wgsi
+        WSGIScriptAlias / /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi 
+
+        Alias /content/ /opt/graphite/webapp/content/
+        <Location "/content/">
+                SetHandler None
+        </Location>
+
+        # XXX In order for the django admin site media to work you
+        # must use the path to your django installation, which is
+        # probably something like:
+        # /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django
+
+        Alias /media/ "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/"
+        <Location "/media/">
+                SetHandler None
+        </Location>
+        # The graphite.wsgi file has to be accessible by apache. It won't
+        # be visible to clients because of the DocumentRoot though.
+        <Directory /opt/graphite/conf/>
+                Order deny,allow
+                Allow from all
+        </Directory>
+
+ </VirtualHost>
diff --git a/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh b/install-statsd-graphite-centos-6-3.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rpm -i http://ftp.uninett.no/linux/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
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		@@ -0,0 +1 @@
		rpm -i http://ftp.uninett.no/linux/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm