This repository collects core vitals of any ubuntu based system and sends it to an influx database. It is intended and written for a Raspberry Pi, however it should be applicable for any ubuntu based system. Core vitals that are being logged:

• CPU usage
• CPU temperature
• RAM usage
• Disk usage of all mounted drives

This repository contains a bash script to setup a system service, such that the logging runs in the background. To run it, first just clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/jangeiger/rpi_logging.git

Now you need to add a configuration for influx, such that this code can write data to the database. Therefore, add a configuration via

sudo influx config create --config-name logging_conf --org <your_org> --token <your_token> --host-url http://localhost:8086 --active

You need to insert the information for your org and an API token. This code expects a bucked called rpi_logging to exist. If you want to store the data in a different bucket, you can change the configuration in src/logging.sh and modify the variable BUCKET_NAME. You can also adjust the device name there (RPI_NAME).

Lastly, once you have setup the influx configuration and adjusted the variables to your liking, install the logger by running the installer with

sudo bash setup.sh

Optionally, you can provide a custom name to this device as the first command line argument.

One you have finished the installation, you can check if everything is working by running

systemctl status rpi_logging

You should see the output 'Starting logging service.' on the bottom.

You should also immediately see the logging data appearing in influx. To nicely visualize the data, you can setup a grafana dashboard, that gives you a nice overview of the current status of your Pi.