Grafana Integration

ainix

Hi, has anyone linked Grafana to ARTIQ? I think I have InfluxDB set up correctly, but I don't know how to proceed with getting it to read database.

sb10q

There are two parts to this:

Sending ARTIQ updates into InfluxDB. This is done with the InfluxDB bridge in artiq-comtools.
Linking Grafana to InfluxDB.

Which part do you need help with?

ainix

sb10q Definitely the first part, thank you. I am not sure what to do with the InfluxDB bridge on port 3248.

sb10q

The artiq_influxdb tool connects simultaneously to the ARTIQ master and to the InfluxDB server. Port 3248 is simply used for controlling the bridge after it has been started (e.g. terminating it, or modifying the filter). Please see the output of artiq_influxdb -h and let me know if you have further questions.

ainix

sb10q It tells me artiq_influxdb: command not found. (Does it have anything to do with the fact that the command artiq_influxdb is in the artiq manual v. 4.0 but not 5.7x?)

sb10q

I moved it into the artiq-comtools package in ARTIQ-5 - install it.

ainix

sb10q thank you for the help! It worked.

A question: is Grafana supposed to be able to read arrays (in pyon I think)? It reads the format int.

sb10q

Boolean, integer, float, and string data types will be sent into InfluxDB using the native InfluxDB data type and e.g. floats can be then plotted in Grafana. Other types are not well supported and the PYON representation is sent instead into InfluxDB; I don't think Grafana can do something useful with them.

ainix

sb10q wonderful to know, thanks!

pof31xun

Hi,
I am confused here. I have this ARTIQ system in our lab, but couldn't connect it to the computer. Where should I start with? Where can I get this software? How does this interaction work? Can somebody help me?

sb10q

@pof31xun Please start a new forum thread instead of posting on this unrelated one.