Comments on: Looking for the Perfect Dashboard: InfluxDB, Telegraf and Grafana – Part I (Installing InfluxDB, Telegraf and Grafana on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/ Everything about VMware, Veeam, InfluxData, Grafana, Zimbra, etc. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:39:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lars Knakkergaard https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-25213 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 09:34:59 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-25213 i have a veeam 12.2 and enterprise manager accordingly i have created local user and tried setting it for portal admin

but i still get this:

Unauthorized: Authentication failed

Any idea of where i failed?

]]> By: jorgeuk https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-3273 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:32:18 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-3273 In reply to Raviteja.

Hello,
You will need to use grouping of course. https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/query-data/influxql/explore-data/group-by/

Give it a try.

Why not using the dashboard I already created to use it as inspiration? Also what version of InfluxDB are you using?

]]> By: Raviteja https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-3207 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:37:31 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-3207 Hi ,
I entered the below in telegraf.conf file
[[inputs.http_response]]
# name_override = “_http_status”
address = [“https://example.com”]
response_timeout = “10s”
method = “GET”
And the query i entered in grafana was
SELECT last(“http_response_code”) FROM “http_response” WHERE $timeFilter
and the output its showing only http_response_code . i want to see to which url that “http_response code” belongs to.
Can anyone help me on this query

]]> By: Muz https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-1792 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:00:32 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-1792 Hi Jorgeuk,
I followed your recommended link and tested again (https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/). I am still unable to send vsphere data to influxdb. When I run it, it just stuck on Starting plugin as shown below:
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2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! Starting Telegraf 1.24.2
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! Available plugins: 222 inputs, 9 aggregators, 26 processors, 20 parsers, 57 outputs
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! Loaded inputs: cpu disk diskio kernel mem processes swap system vsphere (2x)
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! Loaded aggregators:
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! Loaded processors:
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! Loaded outputs: influxdb_v2
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! Tags enabled: host=grafana
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z W! Deprecated inputs: 0 and 2 options
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! [agent] Config: Interval:10s, Quiet:false, Hostname:”grafana”, Flush Interval:10s
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! [inputs.vsphere] Starting plugin
2022-10-31T14:53:14Z I! [inputs.vsphere] Starting plugin
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Below is the debug output.

2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! Starting Telegraf 1.24.2
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! Available plugins: 222 inputs, 9 aggregators, 26 processors, 20 parsers, 57 outputs
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! Loaded inputs: cpu disk diskio kernel mem processes swap system vsphere (2x)
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! Loaded aggregators:
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! Loaded processors:
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! Loaded outputs: influxdb_v2
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! Tags enabled: host=grafana
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z W! Deprecated inputs: 0 and 2 options
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! [agent] Config: Interval:10s, Quiet:false, Hostname:”grafana”, Flush Interval:10s
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [agent] Initializing plugins
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [agent] Connecting outputs
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [agent] Attempting connection to [outputs.influxdb_v2]
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [agent] Successfully connected to outputs.influxdb_v2
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [agent] Starting service inputs
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! [inputs.vsphere] Starting plugin
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Creating client: 10.10.10.10
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Option query for maxQueryMetrics failed. Using default
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] vCenter version is: 7.0.3
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] vCenter says max_query_metrics should be 256
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Running initial discovery
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discover new objects for 10.10.10.10
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for vm
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(VirtualMachine, /*/vm/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(ResourcePool, /*/host/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for datastore
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(Datastore, /*/datastore/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for datacenter
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(Datacenter, /*) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for cluster
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(ClusterComputeResource, /*/host/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for resourcepool
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(ResourcePool, /*/host/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for host
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(HostSystem, /*/host/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z I! [inputs.vsphere] Starting plugin
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Creating client: 10.10.10.10
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Option query for maxQueryMetrics failed. Using default
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] vCenter version is: 7.0.3
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] vCenter says max_query_metrics should be 256
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Running initial discovery
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discover new objects for 10.10.10.10
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for resourcepool
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(ResourcePool, /*/host/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for host
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(HostSystem, /*/host/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for vm
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for datastore
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(Datastore, /*/datastore/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for datacenter
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(Datacenter, /*) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Discovering resources for cluster
2022-10-31T14:43:24Z D! [inputs.vsphere] Find(ClusterComputeResource, /*/host/**) returned 0 objects
2022-10-31T14:43:34Z D! [outputs.influxdb_v2] Wrote batch of 22 metrics in 4.9024ms
2022-10-31T14:43:34Z D! [outputs.influxdb_v2] Buffer fullness: 0 / 10000 metrics
2022-10-31T14:43:44Z D! [outputs.influxdb_v2] Wrote batch of 25 metrics in 4.57513ms
2022-10-31T14:43:44Z D! [outputs.influxdb_v2] Buffer fullness: 0 / 10000 metrics
———————–
Here is my config for vSphere input plugin:
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# -# Read metrics from one or many vCenters
## Realtime instance
[[inputs.vsphere]]
interval = “60s”

vcenters = [ “https://10.10.10.10/sdk” ]
username = “user@vsphere.local”
password = “secret”

insecure_skip_verify = true
# force_discover_on_init = true

# Exclude all historical metrics
datastore_metric_exclude = [“*”]
cluster_metric_exclude = [“*”]
datacenter_metric_exclude = [“*”]
resourcepool_metric_exclude = [“*”]

collect_concurrency = 5
discover_concurrency = 5

# Historical instance
[[inputs.vsphere]]

interval = “300s”

vcenters = [ “https://10.10.10.10/sdk” ]
username = “user@vsphere.local”
password = “secret”

insecure_skip_verify = true
force_discover_on_init = true
host_metric_exclude = [“*”] # Exclude realtime metrics
vm_metric_exclude = [“*”] # Exclude realtime metrics

max_query_metrics = 256
collect_concurrency = 3

Could you please look into it and help me on this?
Thanks

]]> By: jorgeuk https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-1789 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 08:56:11 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-1789 In reply to Muz.

Hello,
What happens without the test option? What is the telegraf.log saying? If not enabled, the logging option, you should enable it first.

I can confirm it is a configuration issue on your side, as just followed all the steps and worked without any problem. The telegraf.log would show you more data.

]]> By: Muz https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-1787 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 04:53:40 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-1787 Hello jorgeuk,
I followed this guide with no issues. For some reason I am not able to see any data from vcenter. I loaded your dashboards and still unable to see any data. https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/

I used you “Recommended telegraph configuration for your VMware vSphere environments” in /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d/vsphere-monitor.conf file: https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2020/01/23/vmware-how-to-achieve-a-perfect-metric-collection-interval-with-telegraf-influxdb-and-grafana/

below is the failed test result with no data in the dashboard:

@grafana:/home/user# telegraf –config /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf –test
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z W! DeprecationWarning: Option “force_discover_on_init” of plugin “inputs.vsphere” deprecated since version 1.14.0 and will be removed in 2.0.0: option is ignored
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z I! Starting Telegraf 1.24.2
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z I! Available plugins: 222 inputs, 9 aggregators, 26 processors, 20 parsers, 57 outputs
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z I! Loaded inputs: system vsphere
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z I! Loaded aggregators:
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z I! Loaded processors:
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z W! Outputs are not used in testing mode!
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z I! Tags enabled: host=grafana
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z W! Deprecated inputs: 0 and 1 options
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z I! [inputs.vsphere] Starting plugin
> system,host=grafana load1=0,load15=0,load5=0.01,n_cpus=2i,n_users=2i 1666845380000000000
> system,host=grafana uptime=2246i 1666845380000000000
> system,host=grafana uptime_format=” 0:37″ 1666845380000000000
2022-10-27T04:36:20Z I! [inputs.vsphere] Stopping plugin
root@grafana:/home/user#

Any help please? Thank you.

]]> By: Grafana: Vistazo profundo a Grafana Alerting, recibiendo alertas sobre paneles, consultas, etc. - El Blog de Jorge de la Cruz https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-1779 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 17:02:19 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-1779 […] https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-… […]

]]> By: jorgeuk https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-1749 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:18:20 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-1749 In reply to johnfelipe2018.

Hello,
But those queries, you can find them inside the Dashboard themselves, minus the variables that you can not use on the Explore from Grafana – https://www.dropbox.com/s/fn9tc8bbbzvjjy8/2022-09-07_9-16-35.png?dl=1

Or, you can build those queries visually using Chronograf, the https://YOURINFLUXIP:8086 there you pick the stuff, click in edit and you will see the query you can copy/paste in Grafana.

Cheers

]]> By: johnfelipe2018 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-1748 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:51:26 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-1748 again, https://jorgedelacruz.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/grafana-influx2-003-750×382.jpg, can you post that query textable pls

]]> By: johnfelipe2018 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2021/04/14/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-i-installing-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/#comment-1747 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:49:37 +0000 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/?p=2915#comment-1747 https://jorgedelacruz.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/grafana-influx2-003-750×382.jpg, can you put in gist or editable txt for try?

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