Comments on: Looking for the Perfect Dashboard: InfluxDB, Telegraf and Grafana – Part XV – IPMI Monitoring of our ESXi Hosts

By: jorgeuk

jorgeuk — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:32:14 +0000

In reply to Jhony Hidayat. Oh, this is not expected. Would you mind to please report it on the InfluxDB Community? Also, can you try just the ipmi tool on linux, to see if it works.

By: Jhony Hidayat

Jhony Hidayat — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:45:10 +0000

Hi Jorge,

I am interested to use this tools, but I had tried to configure by testing it with result here:

2024-10-28T06:39:47Z W! DeprecationWarning: Value “agent_host” for option “agent_host_tag” of plugin “inputs.snmp” deprecated since version 1.29.0 and will be removed in 2.0.0: set to “source” for consistent usage across plugins or safely ignore this message and continue to use the current value
panic: runtime error: slice bounds out of range [:-1]

goroutine 33 [running]:
github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor.NewConnection({0xc00285cab1, 0x25}, {0x0, 0x0}, {0x0, 0x0})
/go/src/github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/connection.go:46 +0x2c5
github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor.(*Ipmi).parse(0xc0029623c0, {0xa109f40, 0xc002632f80}, {0xc00285cab1, 0x25}, {0x912b79a, 0x3})
/go/src/github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor.go:132 +0x27d
github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor.(*Ipmi).Gather.func1({0xa109f40, 0xc002632f80}, {0xc00285cab1, 0x25})
/go/src/github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor.go:99 +0x9a
created by github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor.(*Ipmi).Gather in goroutine 16
/go/src/github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor.go:96 +0x125
root@jhony-virtual-machine:/etc/telegraf/telegraf.d#

I used a configuration for testing the telegraf first, but failed as above log.

below is the configuration named ipmitools.conf:

## snmp v2 config
#[[inputs.snmp]]
#agents = [ “10.48.100.50” ]
#version = 1
#community = “snmpdppln”
#interval = “60s”

## snmp v3 config
[[inputs.snmp]]
agents = [ “10.48.100.50” ]
version = 3
sec_level = “authPriv”
sec_name = “snmpdppln”
auth_protocol = “sha”
auth_password = “kemalbadry”
priv_protocol = “des”
priv_password = “kemalbadry”
interval = “60s”

# # Read metrics from the bare metal servers via IPMI
[[inputs.ipmi_sensor]]
# ## Specify the path to the ipmitool executable
# # path = “/usr/bin/ipmitool”
#
# ## Use sudo
# ## Setting ‘use_sudo’ to true will make use of sudo to run ipmitool.
# ## Sudo must be configured to allow the telegraf user to run ipmitool
# ## without a password.
# # use_sudo = false
#
# ## Servers
# ## Specify one or more servers via a url. If no servers are specified, local
# ## machine sensor stats will be queried. Uses the format:
# ## [username[:password]@][protocol[(address)]]
# ## e.g. root:passwd@lan(127.0.0.1)
# # servers = [“USERID:PASSW0RD@lan(192.168.1.1)”]
#servers = [“kemal:kemalbadry@lan(10.48.100.50”]
servers = [“kemal:kemalbadry@lanplus(10.48.100.50”]
#
# ## Session privilege level
# ## Choose from: CALLBACK, USER, OPERATOR, ADMINISTRATOR
# # privilege = “ADMINISTRATOR”
#
# ## Timeout
# ## Timeout for the ipmitool command to complete.
# # timeout = “20s”
interval = “30s”
timeout = “20s”

Please advice and thanks in advanced

Regards,
Jhony

By: jorgeuk

jorgeuk — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:58:41 +0000

In reply to Lev. Hello, thanks for the feedback. Well as every server is different, you will need to play a bit with the queries, and point to your specific measurement. :)

By: Lev

Lev — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:46:14 +0000

Hi Jorge, THANK YOU for your dashboards, they are a work of art. I'm fairly new to Grafana/Prometheus/Influxdb/. . . I have you VMware dashboards working - WOW - amazing I'm trying to get this IPMI dashboard working but was wondering if you have instructions or can direct me to another URL on how to modify this for my servers HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 (currently a PoC) This is my ipmitool output : UID | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na SysHealth_Stat | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na 01-Inlet Ambient | 28.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 42.000 | 47.000 02-CPU 1 | 53.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 70.000 | na 03-CPU 2 | 48.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 70.000 | na 04-P1 DIMM 1-6 | 43.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 90.000 | na 05-PMM 1-6 | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 83.000 | na 06-P1 DIMM 7-12 | 46.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 90.000 | na 07-PMM 7-12 | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 83.000 | na 08-P2 DIMM 1-6 | 46.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 90.000 | na 09-PMM 1-6 | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 83.000 | na 10-P2 DIMM 7-12 | 48.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 90.000 | na 11-PMM 7-12 | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 83.000 | na 12-HD Max | 35.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 60.000 | na 13-Exp Bay Drive | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 57.000 | na 14-Stor Batt 1 | 26.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 60.000 | na 15-Front Ambient | 28.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 60.000 | na 16-VR P1 | 48.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 115.000 | 120.000 17-VR P2 | 50.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 115.000 | 120.000 18-VR P1 Mem 1 | 37.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 115.000 | 120.000 19-VR P1 Mem 2 | 34.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 115.000 | 120.000 20-VR P2 Mem 1 | 37.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 115.000 | 120.000 21-VR P2 Mem 2 | 39.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 115.000 | 120.000 22-Chipset | 53.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 100.000 | na 23-BMC | 82.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 110.000 | 115.000 24-BMC Zone | 51.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 90.000 | 95.000 26-HD Cntlr Zone | 39.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 85.000 | 90.000 29-I/O Zone | 43.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 90.000 | 95.000 31-PCI 1 Zone | 54.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 90.000 | 95.000 33-PCI 2 Zone | 52.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 90.000 | 95.000 35-PCI 3 Zone | 48.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 90.000 | 95.000 37-Rear HD Max | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 60.000 | na 38-Battery Zone | 45.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 75.000 | 80.000 39-P/S 1 Inlet | 36.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na 40-P/S 2 Inlet | 59.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na 41-P/S 1 | 45.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na 42-P/S 2 | 62.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na 43-E-Fuse | 48.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 100.000 | na 44-P/S 2 Zone | 55.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | 75.000 | 80.000 49-CPU 1 PkgTmp | 81.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na 50-CPU 2 PkgTmp | 78.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na 61-AHCI HD Max | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 60.000 | na 69-PCI 1 M2 | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 80.000 | na 70-PCI 1 M2 Zn | na | | na | na | na | na | na | na | na 71-PCI 2 M2 | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 80.000 | na 72-PCI 2 M2 Zn | na | | na | na | na | na | na | na | na 73-PCI 3 M2 | na | | na | na | na | na | na | 80.000 | na 74-PCI 3 M2 Zn | na | | na | na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 1 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 1 DutyCycle | 36.848 | percent | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 1 Presence | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 2 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 2 DutyCycle | 36.848 | percent | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 2 Presence | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 3 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 3 DutyCycle | 36.848 | percent | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 3 Presence | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 4 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 4 DutyCycle | 36.848 | percent | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 4 Presence | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 5 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 5 DutyCycle | 36.848 | percent | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 5 Presence | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 6 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 6 DutyCycle | 36.848 | percent | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 6 Presence | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 7 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 7 DutyCycle | 36.848 | percent | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Fan 7 Presence | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na Power Supply 1 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na PS 1 Input | 210.000 | Watts | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Power Supply 2 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na PS 2 Input | 150.000 | Watts | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Power Meter | 370.000 | Watts | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na Fans | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Power Supplies | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Memory Status | 0x0 | discrete | 0x4080| na | na | na | na | na | na Megacell Status | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0480| na | na | na | na | na | na Intrusion | na | discrete | na | na | na | na | na | na | na CPU Utilization | 109.000 | unspecified | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS 1 Output | 200.000 | Watts | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS_Volt_Out_01 | 12.000 | Volts | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS_Volt_In_01 | 236.000 | Volts | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS_Curr_Out_01 | 17.000 | Amps | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS_Curr_In_01 | 0.900 | Amps | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS 2 Output | 150.000 | Watts | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS_Volt_Out_02 | 12.000 | Volts | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS_Volt_In_02 | 236.000 | Volts | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS_Curr_Out_02 | 12.900 | Amps | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na PS_Curr_In_02 | 0.600 | Amps | ok | na | na | na | na | na | na 25.1-HD Controll | 35.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 75.000 | 80.000 | 85.000 25.2-HD Controll | 42.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 98.000 | 103.000 | 108.000 25.3-HD Controll | 39.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 73.000 | 78.000 | 83.000 27.1-LOM-Communi | 65.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 100.000 | 110.000 | 115.000 28.1-LOM Card-Ne | 46.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 55.000 | 65.000 | 85.000 28.2-LOM Card-Ne | 46.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 55.000 | 65.000 | 85.000 28.3-LOM Card-Ne | 44.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 55.000 | 65.000 | 85.000 30.1-PCI 1-I/O m | 69.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 100.000 | 105.000 | 110.000 30.2-PCI 1-Exter | 57.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 80.000 | 85.000 | 0.000 30.3-PCI 1-Exter | 59.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 80.000 | 85.000 | 0.000 32.1-PCI 2-Netwo | 42.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 55.000 | 65.000 | 85.000 32.2-PCI 2-Netwo | 45.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 55.000 | 65.000 | 85.000 32.3-PCI 2-Netwo | 41.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 55.000 | 65.000 | 85.000 34.1-PCI 3-I/O m | 63.000 | degrees C | ok | na | na | na | 100.000 | 105.000 | 115.000 NIC_Link_02P1 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na NIC_Link_02P2 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na NIC_Link_03P1 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na NIC_Link_03P2 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na LOM_Link_P1 | na | discrete | na | na | na | na | na | na | na LOM_Link_P2 | na | discrete | na | na | na | na | na | na | na LOM_Link_P3 | na | discrete | na | na | na | na | na | na | na LOM_Link_P4 | na | discrete | na | na | na | na | na | na | na ALOM_Link_P1 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na ALOM_Link_P2 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0280| na | na | na | na | na | na Dr_Stat_1I1_B001 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Dr_Stat_1I1_B002 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Dr_Stat_1I1_B003 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Dr_Stat_1I1_B004 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Dr_Stat_2I1_B005 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Dr_Stat_2I1_B006 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na Dr_Stat_2I1_B007 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na CPU_Stat_C1 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x8080| na | na | na | na | na | na CPU_Stat_C2 | 0x0 | discrete | 0x8080| na | na | na | na | na | na

By: Ahmet

Ahmet — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:56:36 +0000

Hi Jorge;

Thank you for your interest,

Yes i am using idrac. The problem is that these metrics are not coming. I took a look at the fan metrics. When I changed the defined ip address, the values came, but they are not correct. Also, when I change fan A and fan B values to fan1 and fan2, the values can be read. I also edited other metrics but the values did not improve. You can see the problem in the picture in the link.

https://ibb.co/vV1xmVB
https://ibb.co/9qd7rgD
https://ibb.co/12tbS2w

By: jorgeuk

jorgeuk — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:49:08 +0000

In reply to Ahmet. Hello Ahmet, are you using the Dell iDrac? What is the error? Can you navigate through the metrics on InfluxDB?

By: Ahmet

Ahmet — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:01:28 +0000

Hi;

dell poweredge servers are also not working. Will you make any improvements on this?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 11:12:29 +0000

Hi Jorge,

Fantastic information, thank you so much for sharing.

I have a Centos 8 KVM host and already have the ipmitool operating, and I would like to feed the data into an InfluxDB and Grafana dashboard. Can I assume I need to install telegraf on the Centos 8 KVM host, or can the ipmitool be run remotely?

Thanks, Mark

By: jorgeuk

jorgeuk — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:34:54 +0000

In reply to NJL. Hello NJL, you will need to play with the query, as my assumption is that all different vendors, and MODELS, have different IPMI I am afraid :( Let me know if you get stuck so I can help

By: NJL

NJL — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:28:50 +0000

Jorge,

Thanks for another great tutorial. I have 3 HP ESXi hosts and I wanted to know if there was a way to extend this dashboard to cover them? Also for The one HP server and my Supermicro server I am only getting inlet ambient temp and system temp. The rest of the metrics are not reporting. Any ideas why this would be?
Thanks!