Installation

A simple way to get started is by pulling down our installer script.

For Debian-based systems, including Ubuntu:

curl -s https://YOUR-API-KEY@www.hostedgraphite.com/agent/installer/deb/ | sudo sh

   

or for RHEL-based systems:

curl -s https://YOUR-API-KEY@www.hostedgraphite.com/agent/installer/rpm/ | sudo sh

This can also be easily tested with Docker, among other virtual environments. Using Docker, pull down the installer script inside an Ubuntu container (ideal on an ubuntu:16.04 image):

  docker pull ubuntu:16.04
  docker run -it ubuntu:16.04

  apt-get update
  apt-get install -y curl sudo
  curl -s https://YOUR-API-KEY@www.hostedgraphite.com/agent/installer/deb/ | sudo sh

  /opt/hg-agent/bin/config --api-key YOUR-API-KEY
  /opt/hg-agent/bin/supervisord --nodaemon --configuration /etc/opt/hg-agent/supervisor.conf

If you would like to set up installation and configuration via Puppet, Chef or a similar configuration management system, see our repository install instructions.

Once your agent is sending metrics, you will find it in your Agent list, along with a link to an auto-generated Base Metrics dashboard named Hosted Graphite Agent (Base).