Implementing Grafana dashboards for overall network and device health

[BerkhanBerkdemir]

In SCALE 21x, we discussed about potential improvements in Grafana installation. Currently, we only use OpenWRT dashboard, but it does not highlight overall network status. So, this issue is a place to keep track each request/idea.

I would like to highlight some of these requests/ideas from the team members.

• [ ] Overall state/health of each networked device such as Raspberry Pis, Access Points (OpenWRT), Switches (Juniper).
  • Total of +200 devices to graph
• [ ] Conference map overlay to visualize status of physically located device
• [ ] Bandwidth usage and health check on Juniper ports
• [ ] Some team members concerned about alarm fatigue. Alarms will only highlight critical problems
  • tech team members less concerned about Slack and notifications
• [ ] Collect stats from DHCP (Kea) and DNS

This list is not limited, so you are encouraged to add more items in here.

[sarcasticadmin]

Thanks @BerkhanBerkdemir this looks like a great list to start with

[BerkhanBerkdemir]

I couldn't attend this weekend to work on this issue. Do we have anyone who wants to work with me on this feature, @sarcasticadmin? I'd like to close this issue with proper PR before December.

[fossadmin]

Hey @BerkhanBerkdemir, not too familiar with Grafana but willing to learn and help out as much as possible.

[sarcasticadmin]

@BerkhanBerkdemir thanks for checking back in and no worries about not being able to make the work party.

I think setting a goal of December sounds like a good idea. I think it'd be good to work with @jshcmpbll and @fossadmin on this. I know @jshcmpbll has been working on getting a vmTest together for grafana to do some simple sanity checks on its deployment.

I'd be happy to setup a call to sync up with those who are interested if that sounds like a good idea.