4. Visualization Solutions

4.1. Network Metrics Visualization Solutions

You can utilize Grafana when utilizing the ONTP Real Time Platform Solution or Splunk.

1. Using Splunk see documentation on using splunk Using Splunk for Visualization.

2. Using Grafana for metric visualization/dashboards.

   • deploy docker image of grafana.

     • docker run -d –name=grafana -p 3000:3000 grafana/grafana

     • https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/next/setup-grafana/installation/docker/

   • we recommend you use the latest available version of grafana

   • Grafana Requirements

     • DataSource

       • PostgreSQL Data Source Plugin https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/postgres/

       • PostgreSQL Data Source doc https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v7.5/datasources/postgres/

       • Adding a datasource to Grafana doc https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v7.5/datasources/add-a-data-source/

         • You will need to set enable TLS/SSL Mode to require within the plugin configuration

     • Dashboards

       • You can download our example dashboards

• Other Visualization Solutions

  • As long as the tool can consume information from a database then integration should be the process of cobbling the code to query the data souce.

4.1.1. Setup Notes

Note

Database Reader For Grafana

• You should use the ‘read-only’ user for the database connection as it has only read permissions to the db.

  • ontp_reader posgreSQL database id

4.1.2. Dashboards Examples Views

4.1.2.1. Example Splunk Dashboards

4.1.2.2. Example Grafana Dashboards