I am interested in building the dashboard. On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Scott Hirleman <sc...@smartcat.io> wrote:
> We built a Cassandra metrics tracking and monitoring project > https://github.com/smartcat-labs/cassandra-diagnostics that will pump > said metrics into your monitoring system; we are working on adding new > features (maybe repair and restart) but I've also always heard good things > about Spotify's Reaper https://github.com/spotify/cassandra-reaper re > repairs > > Scott > SmartCat - Big Data Development Consulting That Doesn't Suck > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 3:48 AM, Michał Łowicki <mlowi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> My experience while looking for a replacement on >> >> https://medium.com/@mlowicki/alternatives-to-datastax-opscenter-8ad893efe063 >> <https://medium.com/@mlowicki/alternatives-to-datastax-opscenter-8ad893efe063#.icv7eukko> >> >> <https://medium.com/@mlowicki/alternatives-to-datastax-opscenter-8ad893efe063#.icv7eukko> >> On Thursday, 14 July 2016, Stefano Ortolani <ostef...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Replaced OpsCenter with a mix of: >>> >>> * metrics-graphite-3.1.0.jar installed in the same classpath of C* >>> * Custom script to push system metrics (cpu/mem/io) >>> * Grafana to create the dashboard >>> * Custom repairs script >>> >>> Still not optimal but getting there... >>> >>> Stefano >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Romain Hardouin <romainh...@yahoo.fr> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Juho, >>>> >>>> Out of curiosity, which stack did you use to make your dashboard? >>>> >>>> Romain >>>> >>>> Le Jeudi 14 juillet 2016 10h43, Juho Mäkinen <juho.maki...@gmail.com> >>>> a écrit : >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm doing some work on replacing OpsCenter in out setup. I ended >>>> creating a Docker container which contains the following features: >>>> >>>> - Cassandra 2.2.7 >>>> - MX4J (a JMX to REST bridge) as a java-agent >>>> - metrics-graphite-3.1.0.jar (export some but not all JMX to graphite) >>>> - a custom ruby which uses MX4J to export some JMX metrics to graphite >>>> which we don't otherwise get. >>>> >>>> With this I will get all our cassandra instances and their JMX exposed >>>> data to graphite, which allows us to use Grafana and Graphite to draw >>>> pretty dashboards. >>>> >>>> In addition I started writing some code which currently provides the >>>> following features: >>>> - A dashboard which provides a similar ring view what OpsCenter does, >>>> with onMouseOver features to display more info on each node. >>>> - Simple HTTP GET/POST based api to do >>>> - Setup a new non-vnode based cluster >>>> - Get a JSON blob on cluster information, all its tokens, machines >>>> and so on >>>> - Api for new cluster instances so that they can get a token slot >>>> from the ring when they boot. >>>> - Option to kill a dead node and mark its slot for replace, so the >>>> new booting node can use cassandra.replace_address option. >>>> >>>> The node is not yet packaged in any way for distribution and some parts >>>> depend on our Chef installation, but if there's interest I can publish at >>>> least some parts from it. >>>> >>>> - Garo >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Romain Hardouin <romainh...@yahoo.fr> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Do you run C* on physical machine or in the cloud? If the topology >>>> doesn't change too often you can have a look a Zabbix. The downside is that >>>> you have to set up all the JMX metrics yourself... but that's also a good >>>> point because you can have custom metrics. If you want nice >>>> graphs/dashboards you can use Grafana to plot Zabbix data. (We're also >>>> using SaaS but that's not open source). >>>> For the rolling restart and other admin stuff we're using Rundeck. It's >>>> a great tool when working in a team. >>>> >>>> (I think it's time to implement an open source alternative to >>>> OpsCenter. If some guys are interested I'm in.) >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Romain >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Le Jeudi 14 juillet 2016 0h01, Ranjib Dey <dey.ran...@gmail.com> a >>>> écrit : >>>> >>>> >>>> we use datadog (metrics emitted as raw statsd) for the dashboard. All >>>> repair & compaction is done via blender & serf[1]. >>>> [1]https://github.com/pagerduty/blender >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Kevin O'Connor <ke...@reddit.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Now that OpsCenter doesn't work with open source installs, are there >>>> any runs at an open source equivalent? I'd be more interested in looking at >>>> metrics of a running cluster and doing other tasks like managing >>>> repairs/rolling restarts more so than historical data. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> BR, >> Michał Łowicki >> >> > -- Best regards, Xiaolong Jiang Software Engineer at Apple Columbia University
