PiMetric: Monitoring using a Raspberry Pi
PiMetric: Monitoring using a Raspberry Pi
About the Book
If you've heard about the Raspberry Pi you may know that it provides a fantastic method to learn about using a computer and to develop some skills that go beyond the basics.
What sort of things will we learn?
Good question!
- A bit about the Raspberry Pi
- A bit about the software language Python
- A bit about Linux and measuring 'stuff'
Is this book for you?
It's not written for experts. It's put together as a guide to get you started if you're unsure about how to make the first move with a Raspberry Pi.
If you like you can get straight to the code here on GitHub.
Why has the book been written?
Because writing things down is a great way to remember them.
Writing about how to do cool stuff with computers means that we're accumulating ways to help ourselves out when the going gets tricky. Making a book out of the information is a no-brainer since that way more people benefit from the process.
Enjoy.
So I hope you get something out of the book, please excuse the sometimes light-hearted conversational manner in which I approach the topic and enjoy the Raspberry Pi!
About the Author
Table of Contents
-
Introduction
- Welcome!
- What are we trying to do?
- Whare are we not going to be doing?
- Who is this book for?
- What will we need?
- Why on earth did I write this rambling tome?
- Where can you get more information?
-
PiMetric
- What’s this all about then?
- How is this different from Nagios / Icinga / Prometheus?
-
Overview
- Installation
-
Structure
- Measurement
- Management
- Operating
- The History of the Raspberry Pi
-
Raspberry Pi Versions
-
Raspberry Pi B+, B2, B3 and B3+
- USB Ports
- Video Out
- Ethernet Network Connection
- USB Power Input Jack
- MicroSD Flash Memory Card Slot
- Stereo and Composite Video Output
- 40 Pin Header
-
Raspberry Pi Zero
- USB Port
- Video Out
- USB Power Input Jack
- MicroSD Flash Memory Card Slot
- MIPI Camera Interface
- Stereo and Composite Video Output
- 40 Pin Header
-
Raspberry Pi B+, B2, B3 and B3+
-
Raspberry Pi Peripherals
- SD Card
- Keyboard / Mouse
- Video
- Network
- Power supply
- Cases
-
Operating Systems
-
Welcome to Raspbian
- Downloading
- Writing the Operating System image to the SD Card
- Enabling Secure Shell Access
-
Welcome to Raspbian
- Network connectivity
-
How are we going to access PiMetric?
-
Setting up a client for remote access
-
Remote access via SSH
- Setting up the Server (Raspberry Pi)
- Setting up the Client (Windows)
- WinSCP
-
Remote access via SSH
-
Wired Connection
- Connected with a keyboard and monitor (cheating)
-
Headless (kudos)
- Connecting to the Pi Remotely.
-
Wireless connection
- Headless (full kudos+)
-
Finalize basic setup
- Connecting to the Pi Remotely.
-
Setting up a client for remote access
-
PiMetric Installation
- Starting point
- Carry out the installation
- We’re done
-
Operation
- Measurement
-
Management
- Create
- Read
-
Edit
- Fields
- Delete
- Duplicate
-
Operating
-
Operating Environment
- Tree Hierarchy
- Limits
- Acknowledged
-
General Graphing
- View Metric
- Graphs
- Multi Graphs
-
Operating Environment
-
Configuration
- SNMP
-
How to…
- Set-up SNMP on a Raspberry Pi to monitor it
-
Linux Concepts
- What is Linux?
-
Linux Directory Structure
-
/ -
/bin -
/boot -
/dev -
/etc -
/etc/cron.d -
/etc/rc?.d -
/home -
/lib -
/lost+found -
/media -
/mnt -
/opt -
/proc -
/root -
/sbin -
/srv -
/tmp -
/usr -
/usr/bin -
/usr/lib -
/usr/local -
/usr/sbin -
/var -
/var/lib -
/var/log -
/var/spool -
/var/tmp
-
-
Everything is a file in Linux
- Traditional Files
- Directories
- System Information
- Devices
-
File Editing
- The nano Editor
-
Linux Commands
- Executing Commands in Linux
-
The Commands
-
- Options
- Arguments
- Putting it all together
-
apt-get-
The
apt-getcommand -
apt-get update -
apt-get upgrade -
apt-get install -
apt-get remove
-
The
-
cd-
The
cdcommand - Options
- Arguments
- Examples
- Test yourself
-
The
-
chmod-
The
chmodcommand - Options
- Arguments
- Examples
-
The
-
chown-
The
chowncommand - Options
- Arguments
- Examples
- Test yourself
-
The
-
crontab
-
The
crontabcommand - Options
- Examples
- Test yourself
-
The
-
ls-
The
lscommand - Options
- Arguments
- Examples
-
The
-
ping-
The
pingcommand - Options
- Test yourself
-
The
-
sudo-
The
sudocommand - The ‘sudoers’ file
-
sudovssu - Test yourself
-
The
-
- Directory Structure Cheat Sheet
-
Static IP Address
-
The Netmask
- CIDR Notation
- Distinguish Dynamic from Static
- Default Gateway
-
Lets edit the
dhcpcd.conffile
-
The Netmask
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