Varken¶
What is it?¶
Varken is Dutch for PIG. PIG is an Acronym for Plex/InfluxDB/Grafana
Varken is a standalone application to aggregate data from the Plex ecosystem into InfluxDB using Grafana for a frontend
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1. Installation¶
sb install sandbox-varken
2. URL¶
- To access the Varken dashboard, visit 
https://grafana._yourdomain.com_ 
3. Setup¶
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Run the Saltbox varken role to install varken/influxdb/telegraf/grafana:
sb install sandbox-varken - 
Add your Maxmind API key to varken.ini:
nano /opt/varken/varken.ini - 
Restart Varken:
docker restart varken - 
Visit grafana
https://grafana._yourdomain.com_- The configured username/password are taken from your Saltbox 
accounts.ymlfile located in/srv/git/saltbox/accounts.yml 
 - The configured username/password are taken from your Saltbox 
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Add data source InfluxDB named InfluxDB:
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HTTP: URL =
http://influxdb:8086 - 
InfluxDB Details: Database = varken
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Save & Test
 
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Add data source InfluxDB named Telegraf:
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HTTP: URL =
http://influxdb:8086 - 
InfluxDB Details: Database = telegraf
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Save & Test
 
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You can find an example dashboard here which can be uploaded or pasted into Grafana to import.
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For app specific instructions refer to the grafana role and the upstream documentation Documentation