In this section, we will see how to implement a third-party solution to monitor the Ceph cluster. There are several options that can be used to monitor a Ceph cluster graphically, which are as follows:
- Calamari: https://ceph.com/category/calamari/
- Kraken dash: https://github.com/krakendash/krakendash
- The Ceph dashboard: https://github.com/Crapworks/ceph-dash
All three options are viable options used to monitor the Ceph cluster, but due to the simplicity and effectiveness of Ceph dashboard, we are going to see how to install the Ceph dashboard in this chapter. This is the only free monitoring dashboard, and it is read-only, without any management ability. This is also safer, since an unauthorized user cannot make Ceph changes. The Ceph Calamari and Kraken dashboards are both equally challenging to install and configure.
The Ceph...
