graphite/statsd/grafana setup on new Amazon Linux instance

graphite_grafana.sh

# graphite/statsd/grafana setup on new Amazon Linux instance
# add http://graphite/ to grafana as a data source

sudo su
yum update --assumeyes
yum install --assumeyes docker
service docker start

docker \
  run \
  --name graphite \
  --detach=true \
  --publish 8125:8125/udp \
  hopsoft/graphite-statsd
# new 'official' is https://hub.docker.com/r/graphiteapp/docker-graphite-statsd/

# create /var/lib/grafana as persistent volume storage
docker run -d -v /var/lib/grafana --name grafana-storage busybox:latest

docker \
  run \
  --name grafana \
  --detach=true \
  --publish 80:3000 \
  --link graphite:graphite \
  --volumes-from grafana-storage \
  grafana/grafana

# or mount /var/lib/grafana to local dir
# -v ~/grafana-storage:/var/lib/grafana
# or just create a named data volume
# docker volume create --name grafana-storage-volume
# docker run ... -v grafana-storage-volume:/var/lib/grafana
  
# To turn off sending of idle stats in statsd:
# ssh to instance
# sudo su
# docker exec -it graphite bash
# Add "deleteIdleStats": true to /opt/statsd/config.js
# sv restart statsd

# https/ssl for Grafana - put the server behind a load balancer and set up AWS certificate on the LB