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 Hosts Dashboard

VMware vSphere Datastores Dashboard

VMware vSphere VMs Dashboard

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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 the most recent telegraf version, then read about the vSphere Plugin here - https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/inputs/vsphere/README.md
• 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 file and import them into your Grafana
• Enjoy (:

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Additional Information

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