Nginx, Prometheus and Grafana with docker-compose!

It's a simple example, template of usage stack Nginx, Prometheus (Node Exporter, Nginx Exporter, Cadvisor) and Grafana.

I. What will you get here?

1. Nginx with https - selfsigned certificate.
2. Prometheus for storing metrics.
3. Prometheus-node-exporter for monitoring your operating system.
4. Prometheus-nginx-exporter for monitoring your nginx.
5. Cadvisor for monitoring your containers.
6. Grafana to visualize data.

II. How to run it?

1. Clone repository to your working directory:

https://github.com/rvva/nginx-prometheus-grafana/

2. Create Prometheus and Grafana data directory:

mkdir -p nginx-prometheus-grafana/{prometheus,grafana}/data
mkdir nginx-prometheus-grafana/nginx/log

3. Configure .env file

Modify GF_SECURITY_ADMIN parameters to set your personal Grafana credentials.

4. Run it!

docker-compose up -d

III. Post installation steps

1. Login into Grafana localhost:3000 and add Data Source -> Prometheus.
2. As url address use http://prometheus:9090
3. Add dashboards. I recommend you:

• for nginx: https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/12708
• for cadvisor: https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/13946
• for node: https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/1860