Scylla-Monitoring is container-based, the simplest way to configure and start the monitoring is with the start-all.sh command.
The start-all.sh script is a small utility that sets the dashboards and starts the containers with the appropriate configuration.
-h Help, Print the help, and exit.
–version print the current Scylla-Monitoring stack version, and exit.
-l local. Use the host network. This is important when one of the containers need access to an application that runs on the host.
For example, when Scylla-Manager runs on the localhost next to the monitoring.
Because the monitoring applications run inside containers by default, their local IP address (127.0.0.1) is the container’s local IP address.
You cannot use port mapping when using the -l flag
-A bind-to-ip-address Bind the listening-address to an explicit IP address.
-D encapsulate docker param Allows passing additional parameters to all the docker containers.
-G path/to/grafana data-dir Use an external directory for the Grafana database. This flag places the Grafana data directory outside of its container, and by doing that makes it persistent. This is only important if you are creating your own dashboards using the Grafana GUI and wish to keep them. If not used, each run of the containers will clear all of Grafana’s information.
-v comma-separated versions Each Scylla version comes with its own set of dashboards. By default, Grafana starts with the two latest versions. The -v flag allows specifying a specific version or versions.
-M scylla-manager version Each Scylla-Manager version has its own dashboard. By default, Grafana starts with the latest Scylla Manager version. The -M flag allows specifying a specific version.
-j dashboard Allows adding dashboards to Grafana, multiple parameters are supported.
-c grafana environment variable Grafana allows overridden its configuration from the environment. The -c flag allows adding an environment variable to Grafana and altering its configuration by doing so.
-g grafana port Override the default Grafana port. This is done using port mapping. Note that the port mapping does not work when using the host network.
-a admin password Allows specifying the admin password.
-Q Grafana anonymous role By default, anonymous users have admin privileges. That means they can create and edit dashboards. The -Q fag change this behavior by setting the role privileges to one of Admin, Editor, or Viewer.
-d path/to/data-dir Use an external directory for the Prometheus data directory. This flag places the Prometheus data directory outside of its container, and by doing that makes it persistent.
Note
Specifying an external directory is important for systems in production. Without it, every restart of the monitoring stack will result in metrics lost.
-p prometheus-port Override the default Prometheus port. This is done using port mapping. Note that the port mapping does not work when using the host network.
-b command-line options Allows adding command-line options that will be passed to the Prometheus server.
-s scylla-target-file Specify the location of the Scylla target files. This file contains the IP addresses of the Scylla nodes.
-n node-target-file Scylla Monitoring collects OS metrics (Disk, network, etc.) using an agent called node_exporter. By default, Scylla Monitoring assumes that there is a node_exporter running beside each Scylla node. For situations that this is not the case, for example, Scylla runs inside a container, and the relevant metrics are of the host machine, it is possible to specify a target file for the node_exporter agents.
-N manager target file Specify the location of the Scylla Manager target file.
-R prometheus-alert-file By default, Prometheus alert rules are found in prometheus.rules.yml in the prometheus directory. The -R flag allows specifying a different location.
-L manager-address Using Scylla Manager Consul API to resolve the servers’ IP address. When using this option, Prometheus will ignore the target files even if they are explicitly passed in the command line.
-m alertmanager-port Override the default Alertmanager port. This is done using port mapping. Note that port mapping does not work when using the host network.
-r alert-manager-config By default, the Alertmanager takes its configuration from rule_config.yml in the prometheus directory. The -r override it to another file.prometheus
-C alertmanager-commands Allows adding an arbitrary command line to the alertmanager container starting command.