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How to monitor a VMware vSphere Environment using Telegraf, InfluxDB and Grafana

Once you import the Grafana Dashboards on your Environment, it should look all like these:

VMware vSphere Overview Dashboard VMware vSphere Overview Dashboard

VMware vSphere Hosts Dashboard VMware vSphere Hosts Dashboard

VMware vSphere Datastores Dashboard VMware vSphere Datastores Dashboard

VMware vSphere VMs Dashboard VMware vSphere VMs Dashboard


Getting started

You can follow the steps on the next Blog Post in English - https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2018/10/01/looking-for-the-perfect-dashboard-influxdb-telegraf-and-grafana-part-xii-native-telegraf-plugin-for-vsphere/

But in case you want a quick bullet point list:

  • Make sure you have Telegraf v1.8.0 or above, then read about the vSphere Plugin here - https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/release-1.8/plugins/inputs/vsphere
  • Edit the vSphere Plugin and add your vCenter IP or FQDN, user and credentials, and enable the sections you want to monitor or exclude from your vSphere.
  • Restart the Telegraf service
  • Download the VMware vSphere Grafana Dashboards JSON filee and import them into your Grafana
  • Enjoy (:

Additional Information

  • This repository it's just intended to provide the Dashboard json files and some help

Legacy steps for PowerShell Information

This project consists in two Powershell scripts by Mike Nisk - https://github.com/vmkdaily to retrieve the vSphere information and send it directly to InfluxDB, then in Grafana: a Dashboard is created to present all the information.

Getting started

You can follow the steps on the next Blog Post in Spanish - https://www.jorgedelacruz.es/2017/06/12/en-busca-del-dashboard-perfecto-influxdb-telegraf-y-grafana-parte-vii-monitorizar-vsphere/

But in case you can't read Spanish:

  • Download the Scripts from the official repo https://github.com/vmkdaily/vFlux-Stats-Kit to the computer you want to run the Scripts periodically
  • You should have VMware PowerCLI on this machine
  • Edit the Scripts and add your InfluxDB IP or FQDN, InfluxDB users and Database, logging, etc.
  • Run the Scripts to check that you can retrieve the information properly
  • Schedule the Scripts in Windows to run every X minutes, where you decide the X
  • Download the VMware Stats Grafana JSON file and import it into your Grafana
  • Change your inforamtion inside the Grafana and enjoy :)

VMware vSphere Overview Dashboard using PowerShell alt tag

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