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      bigjohns97 @erbalo
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      @erbalo That server ip and port should be fine.

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        bigjohns97 @erbalo
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        @erbalo said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

        Should that be ok so?

        #!/bin/sh
        /usr/local/sbin/unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf $* | grep -vE 'thread[0-9]+'
        unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf stats_noreset | grep total.num
        

        When I tried running that command that was originally in there (your top line) it didn't work.

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          erbalo @bigjohns97
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          @bigjohns97 said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

          @erbalo said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

          Should that be ok so?

          #!/bin/sh
          /usr/local/sbin/unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf $* | grep -vE 'thread[0-9]+'
          unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf stats_noreset | grep total.num
          

          When I tried running that command that was originally in there (your top line) it didn't work.

          Just it should be:

          #!/bin/sh
          unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf stats_noreset | grep total.num
          

          ?

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            bigjohns97 @erbalo
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            @erbalo said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

            @bigjohns97 said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

            @erbalo said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

            Should that be ok so?

            #!/bin/sh
            /usr/local/sbin/unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf $* | grep -vE 'thread[0-9]+'
            unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf stats_noreset | grep total.num
            

            When I tried running that command that was originally in there (your top line) it didn't work.

            Just it should be:

            #!/bin/sh
            unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf stats_noreset | grep total.num
            

            ?

            That is what I am running, correct, and it didn't affect any other metrics.

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              erbalo @bigjohns97
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              @bigjohns97 said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

              @erbalo said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

              @bigjohns97 said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

              @erbalo said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

              Should that be ok so?

              #!/bin/sh
              /usr/local/sbin/unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf $* | grep -vE 'thread[0-9]+'
              unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf stats_noreset | grep total.num
              

              When I tried running that command that was originally in there (your top line) it didn't work.

              Just it should be:

              #!/bin/sh
              unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf stats_noreset | grep total.num
              

              ?

              That is what I am running, correct, and it didn't affect any other metrics.

              I don't receive any data to grafana, what can be wrong?

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                bigjohns97 @erbalo
                last edited by bigjohns97

                @erbalo said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

                @bigjohns97 said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

                @erbalo said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

                @bigjohns97 said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

                @erbalo said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

                Should that be ok so?

                #!/bin/sh
                /usr/local/sbin/unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf $* | grep -vE 'thread[0-9]+'
                unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf stats_noreset | grep total.num
                

                When I tried running that command that was originally in there (your top line) it didn't work.

                Just it should be:

                #!/bin/sh
                unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf stats_noreset | grep total.num
                

                ?

                That is what I am running, correct, and it didn't affect any other metrics.

                I don't receive any data to grafana, what can be wrong?

                Make sure the data source and table is the same on your side as what I posted.

                @erbalo copy the JSON from above again I replaced some of my entries with variables so be more plug and play.

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                  von Papst @bigjohns97
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                  @bigjohns97 got it running. But still missing CPU, memory and system load data. What am I missing?

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                    bigjohns97 @von Papst
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                    @von-papst This is just a single panel, add it to the dashboard being developed in this thread.

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                      jpcapone @bigjohns97
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                        jpcapone
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                        I think I am late to the party but I am trying to figure some things out. I am running pfsense in a vm on esxi 6.7. I was able to figure out enough to get most of the panels working but I think the scripts arent working. I am not super familiar with FreeBSD so I am finding it difficult to determine how to test run the scripts so that I can remediate. I am pretty sure the scripts arent running because all of the panels aren't populated with data and when I do a show measurements on the DB I get only the entries listed below. Any advice would be appreciated.
                        cpu
                        disk
                        diskio
                        mem
                        net
                        pf
                        processes
                        swap
                        system

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                          bigjohns97 @jpcapone
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                          @jpcapone This is the best way to troubleshoot the plugins

                          Taken from https://github.com/VictorRobellini/pfSense-Dashboard

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                            jpcapone @bigjohns97
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                              jpcapone @bigjohns97
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                              @bigjohns97
                              Thanks for that. I was able to figure out the issues with the plugins. Now I am just left with what I have pasted below. Can you please advise?

                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Loaded inputs: cpu disk diskio exec kernel logparser (2x) mem net pf processes swap system
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Loaded aggregators:
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Loaded processors:
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Loaded outputs: influxdb
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Tags enabled: host=xxxxpfSense.xxxxolutions.co
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! [agent] Config: Interval:10s, Quiet:false, Hostname:"xxxxpfSense.xxxxolutions.co", Flush Interval:10s
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Initializing plugins
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z W! [inputs.logparser] The logparser plugin is deprecated; please use the 'tail' input with the 'grok' data_format
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z W! [inputs.logparser] The logparser plugin is deprecated; please use the 'tail' input with the 'grok' data_format
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Connecting outputs
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Attempting connection to [outputs.influxdb]
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Successfully connected to outputs.influxdb
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Starting service inputs
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z E! [inputs.logparser] Error in plugin: open /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log: no such file or directory
                              2021-02-23T19:01:58Z E! [inputs.logparser] Error in plugin: open /var/log/pfblockerng/ip_block.log: no such file or directory
                              2021-02-23T19:02:00Z E! [inputs.logparser] Error in plugin: open /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log: no such file or directory
                              2021-02-23T19:02:00Z E! [inputs.logparser] Error in plugin: open /var/log/pfblockerng/ip_block.log: no such file or directory

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                                bigjohns97 @jpcapone
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                                @jpcapone said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

                                @bigjohns97
                                Thanks for that. I was able to figure out the issues with the plugins. Now I am just left with what I have pasted below. Can you please advise?

                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Loaded inputs: cpu disk diskio exec kernel logparser (2x) mem net pf processes swap system
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Loaded aggregators:
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Loaded processors:
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Loaded outputs: influxdb
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! Tags enabled: host=xxxxpfSense.xxxxolutions.co
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z I! [agent] Config: Interval:10s, Quiet:false, Hostname:"xxxxpfSense.xxxxolutions.co", Flush Interval:10s
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Initializing plugins
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z W! [inputs.logparser] The logparser plugin is deprecated; please use the 'tail' input with the 'grok' data_format
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z W! [inputs.logparser] The logparser plugin is deprecated; please use the 'tail' input with the 'grok' data_format
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Connecting outputs
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Attempting connection to [outputs.influxdb]
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Successfully connected to outputs.influxdb
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z D! [agent] Starting service inputs
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z E! [inputs.logparser] Error in plugin: open /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log: no such file or directory
                                2021-02-23T19:01:58Z E! [inputs.logparser] Error in plugin: open /var/log/pfblockerng/ip_block.log: no such file or directory
                                2021-02-23T19:02:00Z E! [inputs.logparser] Error in plugin: open /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log: no such file or directory
                                2021-02-23T19:02:00Z E! [inputs.logparser] Error in plugin: open /var/log/pfblockerng/ip_block.log: no such file or directory

                                Looks like you aren't using pfblockerng is that the case?

                                Are you now getting data on the influxdb side and in turn on your dashboard?

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                                  jpcapone @bigjohns97
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                                  @bigjohns97
                                  yup, I am getting data but I am still not seeing the same measurements in my DB that you see in the in the troubleshooting section. Also, I had to turn on pfblockerng and now but I am still not getting any data from it in grafana. Any suggestions?
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                                    jpcapone @bigjohns97
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                                    @bigjohns97 I think I got it. No data was being generated because I wasn't surfing after I set up pfblockerng. I am very new to this as you can tell. Thanks for your help!!!!

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                                      VictorRobellini
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                                      I've made some updates to the dashboard. I would love feedback.

                                      https://github.com/VictorRobellini/pfSense-Dashboard/commit/520eea4f49b5107cb79e887ec94951c015d52a6e

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                                        bigjohns97 @VictorRobellini
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                                        @victorrobellini said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

                                        I've made some updates to the dashboard. I would love feedback.

                                        https://github.com/VictorRobellini/pfSense-Dashboard/commit/520eea4f49b5107cb79e887ec94951c015d52a6e

                                        You didn't like my unbound cache hit panel above?

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                                          VictorRobellini
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                                          More updates and bugfixes

                                          telegraf config update required! Please read this in the Readme or things won't work

                                          I updated the parser for the pfBlocker logs. It now uses the non-deprecated tails plugin and also fixes parsing errors that prevented data from being inserted into the influxdb.

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                                            VictorRobellini @bigjohns97
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                                            @bigjohns97 said in Grafana Dashboard using Telegraf with additional plugins:

                                            The extra panels are great, but it's not something I use and since I don't know how to properly partition and rollup influx data, I haven't implemented the unbound data. If influx had an automatic rollup like RRD, I would absolutely include it. I'm just being mindful of database growth.

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