vSphere Monitoring
SexiGraf
- Official: http://www.sexigraf.fr/quickstart/
- OS-based: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
Download the OVA appliance
vCenter/vSphere Credential for monitor only
vCenter Web Client > 功能表 > 系統管理 > Single Sign On: 使用者與群組 > 新增
- 使用者名稱: winmon
- 密碼: xxxx
- 確認密碼: xxxx
vCenter Web Client > 功能表 > 主機與叢集 > 權限 > 新增權限
- 使用者: vsphere.local , 搜尋 winmon
- 角色: 唯讀
- 散佈到子係: 勾選
Deploy the OVA to vCenter/ESXi
ESXi Web Client >
First to Start the VM
1. SSH Credential: root / Sex!Gr@f
2. Need to manually configure the IP, Edit the /etc/network/interfaces
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3. Configure the hostname
hostnamectl set-hostname esx-mon
4. Configure the timezone and time server
timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Taipei
vi /etc/ntp.conf
#pool 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
#pool 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
#pool 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
#pool 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
# Use Ubuntu's ntp server as a fallback.
#pool ntp.ubuntu.com
# Added the local time server
server 192.168.21.86 prefer iburst
Restart the ntpd
systemctl stop ntp
systemctl start ntp
# Check the timeserver
ntpq -p
First to Login the Grafana Web
- Login: admin / Sex!Gr@f
- Add the credential to connect to the vCenter server managed: Search > SexiGraf > SexiGraf Web Admin > Credential Store
- vCenter IP: <vCenter/ESXi IP or FQDN>
- Username: <Username to login to vCenter/ESXi>
- Password: <Password to login to vCenter/ESXi>