Requirements:
Server with IDRAC 8 / 9
Redfish service enabled on IDRAC
IDRAC user configured with specific rights
Prometheus and Pushgateway service protected with nginx by basic auth
Debian 10
Python 3.7
Follow thoses steps for iDRAC user creation
Go into prometheus VM
Clone project in /var/lib/ directory:
cd /var/lib
git clone https://github.com/42School/redfish_exporter
Create user for running exporter (or take existing node-exp):
useradd my_new_user -s /sbin/nologin
Give new directory specific rights for particular user (node-exp or previous created)
chown node-exp:node-exp -R redfish-exporter
Copy config.yaml.sample and create a custom config file:
cp config.yaml.sample config.yaml
Add your iDRAC configuration (ip, protocol, https verification, version, username, password)
Install debian package for python virtualenv
sudo apt install python3-virtualenv
Create virtualenv and install dependencies:
python3.7 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
python setup.py install
Run the exporter to make sure everything's good:
python -m redfish_exporter --config ./config.yaml \
--port 9091 \
--ip 127.0.0.1 \
--user pushgateway \
--password <pushgateway-basic-password>
Copy systemd file in right place:
sudo cp redfish_exporter.service /etc/system/systemd/
Enable and start service:
sudo systemct enable redfish_exporter
sudo systemct start redfish_exporter
Check status, ensure everything's good:
systemctl status redfish_exporter
You can import grafana dashboard from this one
Common problems:
- Bad project ownership
- Invalid project path
