{"id":68004,"date":"2025-10-29T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=68004"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:41:40","slug":"monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Proxmox with InfluxDB and Grafana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68212 size-full\" title=\"monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-01.jpg\" alt=\"monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Monitoring <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/proxmox-ve-8-to-9-upgrade-guide\/\">Proxmox<\/a> environment is an essential administrative practice for maintaining a <strong>healthy and fully functional<\/strong> system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">It allows administrators to <strong>proactively identify and fix issues<\/strong> before they lead to service disruptions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">This guide uses an <strong>Ubuntu Linux machine<\/strong> to set up the monitoring stack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Install InfluxDB<\/h2>\n<p>The first step is to ensure the Ubuntu system is up to date.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68214\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-02-600x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"172\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Add the InfluxDB repository<\/h4>\n<p>An <strong>APT repository<\/strong> is available for InfluxDB that simplify the installation procedure. Add the repository with the following command:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"># sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/influxdb.list&lt;&lt;EOF<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&gt; deb [signed-by=\/usr\/share\/keyrings\/influxdb-keyring.gpg] https:\/\/repos.influxdata.com\/ubuntu jammy stable<br \/>\n&gt; EOF<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68216\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-03-600x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"116\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Import the <strong>InfluxDB GPG key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"># curl -fsSL https:\/\/repos.influxdata.com\/influxdata-archive_compat.key|sudo gpg --dearmor -o \/usr\/share\/keyrings\/influxdb-keyring.gpg<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68218\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-04-600x56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"56\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Update the list of available packages.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"># sudo apt update<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68220\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-05-600x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"203\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Run the following command to install InfluxDB.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"># sudo apt install influxdb2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68222\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-06-600x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"244\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Start<\/strong> the InfluxDB service.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"># sudo systemctl start influxdb <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68224\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-07-600x37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"37\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enable<\/strong> the service to start automatically on boot.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"># sudo systemctl enable influxdb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68226\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-08-600x45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"45\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Check the <strong>service status<\/strong> to ensure the service is running correctly.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"># systemctl status influxdb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68228\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-09-600x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"170\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>This article has been written for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StarWind blog<\/a>\u00a0and can be found in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/proxmox-monitoring-influxdb-grafana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>. It covers the full procedure to monitor Proxmox with InfluxDB and Grafana.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Monitoring Proxmox with InfluxDB and Grafana<\/h2>\n<p>Once the Dashboard is imported in Grafana, <strong>metrics begins to be displayed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68230\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/monitoring-proxmox-with-influxdb-and-grafana-10-600x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>By monitoring <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/proxmox-upgrade-ceph-reef-to-squid\/\">Proxmox<\/a> with this setup, administrators can ensure the <strong>correct functionality<\/strong> of their cluster and <strong>avoid dangerous issues<\/strong> that might otherwise go undetected.<\/p>\n<p>Read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/proxmox-monitoring-influxdb-grafana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full article<\/a>\u00a0on StarWind blog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monitoring Proxmox environment is an essential administrative practice for maintaining a healthy and fully functional system. 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