Objectives :

This project is meant to be able to monitor computers/servers, the easiest way.

Requirements :

Docker engine & compose must be installed.

Stack :

• Grafana Alloy :
  • configured for remote writing to Grafana cloud
  • configured to scrape node exporter exposed metrics
• Node Exporter :
  • exposing metrics
• Prometheus :
  • configured for remote writing to Grafana cloud
  • disabled by default

Run it :

Use the following command to run the project :

docker compose up -d --remove-orphans

GPU monitoring :

To monitor Nvidia GPU, use this exporter.
Use this dashboard.

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
Invoke-Expression (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://get.scoop.sh')
scoop install nssm --global
scoop install git
scoop bucket add nvidia_gpu_exporter https://github.com/utkuozdemir/scoop_nvidia_gpu_exporter.git
scoop install nvidia_gpu_exporter/nvidia_gpu_exporter --global
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Nvidia GPU Exporter" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 9835
nssm install nvidia_gpu_exporter "C:\ProgramData\scoop\apps\nvidia_gpu_exporter\current\nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe"
Start-Service nvidia_gpu_exporter

Access via : http://localhost:9835/metrics

Windows monitoring :

To monitor a Windows machine, use this Windows exporter.
/!\ DOWNLOAD THE .MSI FILE NOT THE .EXE FILE /!\

Use this dashboard.

Then use this command in a cmd shell ran as administrator :

msiexec /i windows_exporter-0.16.0-amd64.msi ENABLED_COLLECTORS="ad,adfs,cache,cpu,cpu_info,cs,container,dfsr,dhcp,dns,fsrmquota,iis,logical_disk,logon,memory,msmq,mssql,netframework_clrexceptions,netframework_clrinterop,netframework_clrjit,netframework_clrloading,netframework_clrlocksandthreads,netframework_clrmemory,netframework_clrremoting,netframework_clrsecurity,net,os,process,remote_fx,service,tcp,time,vmware" TEXTFILE_DIR="C:\custom_metrics" LISTEN_PORT="9182"

Access via : http://localhost:9182/metrics