Graphite: How to install and Configure graphite monitoring tool

docker-compose.yml
root@ip-172-31-37-11:~/graphite-linux-demo# more docker-compose.yml
version: "3.8"

services:
  graphite:
    image: graphiteapp/graphite-statsd:latest
    container_name: graphite
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8080:80"          # Graphite Web UI
      - "2003:2003"        # Carbon plaintext TCP
      - "2004:2004"        # Carbon pickle
      - "8125:8125/udp"    # StatsD UDP
      - "8126:8126"        # StatsD admin
    volumes:
      - graphite_data:/opt/graphite/storage
      - ./storage-schemas.conf:/opt/graphite/conf/storage-schemas.conf

  telegraf:
    image: telegraf:latest
    container_name: telegraf
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - graphite
    user: root
    volumes:
      - ./telegraf.conf:/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf:ro
      - /:/hostfs:ro
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
    environment:
      HOST_MOUNT_PREFIX: /hostfs

volumes:
  graphite_data:
root@ip-172-31-37-11:~/graphite-linux-demo# Code language: PHP (php)

root@ip-172-31-37-11:~/graphite-linux-demo# more storage-schemas.conf 
[telegraf]
pattern = ^telegraf\.
retentions = 10s:1d,1m:7d,10m:30d

[default]
pattern = .*
retentions = 10s:1d,1m:7d,10m:30d
root@ip-172-31-37-11:~/graphite-linux-demo# Code language: PHP (php)

root@ip-172-31-37-11:~/graphite-linux-demo# more telegraf.conf
[agent]
  interval = "10s"
  round_interval = true
  hostname = "linux-demo"
  omit_hostname = false

[[outputs.graphite]]
  servers = ["graphite:2003"]
  prefix = "telegraf"
  template = "host.measurement.field"

[[inputs.cpu]]
  percpu = true
  totalcpu = true
  collect_cpu_time = false
  report_active = true

[[inputs.mem]]

[[inputs.swap]]

[[inputs.system]]

[[inputs.disk]]
  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs", "iso9660", "overlay", "aufs", "squashfs", "nsfs", "cgroup", "cgroup2"]

[[inputs.net]]

[[inputs.kernel]]

[[inputs.processes]]
root@ip-172-31-37-11:~/graphite-linux-demo# Code language: PHP (php)

Commands to run all setup

docker-compose up -d

docker exec -it graphite find /opt/graphite/storage/whisper/telegraf -type f | head -20

docker exec -it graphite find /opt/graphite/storage/whisper/telegraf -type f | sed 's#/opt/graphite/storage/whisper/##; s#/#.#g; s#.wsp$##' | sortCode language: JavaScript (javascript)

root@ip-172-31-37-11:~/graphite-linux-demo# docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                COMMAND                  CREATED      STATUS      PORTS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  NAMES
e7345a01ea59   telegraf:latest                      "/entrypoint.sh tele…"   3 days ago   Up 3 days   8092/udp, 8125/udp, 8094/tcp                                                                                                                                                                                                                           telegraf
5d1ad13e09fd   graphiteapp/graphite-statsd:latest   "/entrypoint"            3 days ago   Up 3 days   2013-2014/tcp, 2023-2024/tcp, 8080/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2003-2004->2003-2004/tcp, [::]:2003-2004->2003-2004/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8126->8126/tcp, [::]:8126->8126/tcp, 8125/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8125->8125/udp, [::]:8125->8125/udp, 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp, [::]:8080->80/tcp   graphite
root@ip-172-31-37-11:~/graphite-linux-demo# Code language: PHP (php)

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