When viewing the collected data and statistics regarding our highly available database, we could simply settle for the raw numbers. They tell a story and include the precise measurements necessary for making decisions regarding architecture and incidence response. However, many would argue that this is much easier with graphs and charts, as they enable the identification of trends.
There are a lot of graphing libraries and tools, but relatively few of them are tailored to the needs of an agile monitoring team. The developers at Grafana Labs helped fill this role by contributing Grafana, which is an extremely versatile tool. Grafana makes visualizing the collected system statistics easy. Better yet, it's extremely easy to install and use.
This recipe will describe how to obtain and install Grafana and get it ready to receive data from InfluxDB...
