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Version 4.1.0

Metric Panel Management - Grafana

After installing and configuring the observability components, the collected metrics will be available on Grafana dashboards, which make up the Metric Panel of the PostgreSYS platform.

If the Metric Panel service (watcher) is running, it can be accessed via the URL http://<IP>:3000.

In the URL, replace <IP> with the IP address or hostname of the machine where the observability service is installed. For the first login, use the default credentials: admin/admin.

Below are the available commands to manage the Metric Panel service using PgSmart.

Command Syntax
Terminal input
    pgsmart obs watcher [OPERATION] [FLAGS]

Operations:

  • Status — Allows checking the status of the Metric Panel service
  • Start — Allows starting the Metric Panel service
  • Stop — Allows stopping the Metric Panel service
  • Restart — Allows restarting the Metric Panel service

Flags:

  • -a, --agent=<agent> → Alias, hostname or IP address where the PgSmart Agent is installed
  • -h, --help → Help
  • -q, --quiet → Non-interactive execution for Metadata Database control (status|start|stop|restart|reload)
Non-Interactive Execution
Terminal input
    pgsmart obs watcher [status|start|stop|restart] -q -a <agent>

Interactive Execution

Metric Panel Service Status​

Terminal input
    pgsmart obs watcher status

  1. Select the PgSmart Agent or register a new one.

    Figure 1 - Metric Exporter - watcher - Status
    Figure 1 - Metric Exporter - watcher - Status

Stop Metric Panel Service​

Terminal input
    pgsmart obs watcher stop

  1. Select the PgSmart Agent or register a new one.

    Figure 2 - Metric Exporter - watcher - Stop
    Figure 2 - Metric Exporter - watcher - Stop

Start Metric Panel Service​

Terminal input
    pgsmart obs watcher start

  1. Select the PgSmart Agent or register a new one.

    Figure 3 - Metric Exporter - watcher - Start
    Figure 3 - Metric Exporter - watcher - Start

Restart Metric Panel Service​

Terminal input
    pgsmart obs watcher restart

  1. Select the PgSmart Agent or register a new one.

    Figure 4 - Metric Exporter - watcher - Restart
    Figure 4 - Metric Exporter - watcher - Restart