NexusDash

Program

Nexus Dash

• A Django based monitoring web dashboard for Nexus machines. Simply drop-in the app and go!

Features

• A beautiful web-based dashboard for monitoring Nexus info
• Interactive graphs showing historical data of Nexus
• Live, on-demand monitoring of RAM, CPU, Load, Uptime, Disk Allocation, Interface Throughput and many more system stats
• Make your own Django App Plugin and easily add to this website
• Cross platform application (Windows and Unix supported)
• Uses Celery to allow asynchronously polling devices

Installation (Unix)

1) Install Dependencies using Conda

Follow these CLI commands to install all dependencies:

$ # No need to sudo
$ cd /tmp/
$ # Install Miniconda
$ wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda-3.5.5-Linux-x86_64.sh
$ chmod +x Miniconda-3.5.5-Linux-x86_64.sh
$ ./Miniconda-3.5.5-Linux-x86_64.sh
$
$ # Create a Python env
$ conda create --name nexusdash
$ source activate nexusdash
$ conda install pip
$
$ # Download ./requirements.txt from source
$ ## Use following args for pip if server doesn't allow SSL: --index-url http://pypi.gocept.com/simple/ --allow-all-external --timeout 60
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

2) Start the Django Server

Follow these CLI commands to run the Django Server:

$ source activate nexusdash
$ # Key can be any string
$ export SECRET_KEY=asdaduy7683ybhby
$
$ # Set Django Setting, to run in production env, use nexusdash.settings.production
$ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=nexusdash.settings.local
$
$ # Sync Database and create root admin account
$ python manage.py syncdb
$
$ # To run in Development env
$ python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:5555 --noreload
$
$ # To run in Production env
$ python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:5555 --noreload

3) Start Celery for polling

Follow these CLI commands to start Celery:

$ source activate nexusdash
$ # Key can be any string
$ export SECRET_KEY=asdaduy7683ybhby
$
$ # Set Django Setting, to run in production env, use nexusdash.settings.production
$ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=nexusdash.settings.local
$
$ cd \path\to\nexusdash-with-manage.py
$
$ # Start Periodic polling
$ celery -A nexusdash beat
$
$ # Start celery
$ celery -A nexusdash worker -l info

4) Navigate to website

Enjoy!!

Settings

1) Polling Interval

• To change the interval at which the devices get polled periodically, change the variable CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE in ./nexusdash/settings/base.py
• Default value is every 30 minutes (e.i: '*/30')