[[external_metric_server]]
External Metric Server
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In {pve}, you can define external metric servers, which will periodically
receive various stats about your hosts, virtual guests and storages.

Currently supported are:

 * Graphite (see http://graphiteapp.org )
 * InfluxDB (see https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/influxdb/ )

The external metric server definitions are saved in '/etc/pve/status.cfg', and
can be edited through the web interface.

[[metric_server_graphite]]
Graphite server configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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The default port is set to *2003* and the default graphite path is *proxmox*.

By default, {pve} sends the data over UDP, so the graphite server has to be
configured to accept this. Here the maximum transmission unit (MTU) can be
configured for environments not using the standard *1500* MTU.

You can also configure the plugin to use TCP. In order not to block the
important `pvestatd` statistic collection daemon, a timeout is required to cope
with network problems.

[[metric_server_influxdb]]
Influxdb plugin configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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{pve} sends the data over UDP, so the influxdb server has to be configured for
this. The MTU can also be configured here, if necessary.

Here is an example configuration for influxdb (on your influxdb server):

----
[[udp]]
   enabled = true
   bind-address = "0.0.0.0:8089"
   database = "proxmox"
   batch-size = 1000
   batch-timeout = "1s"
----

With this configuration, your server listens on all IP addresses on port 8089,
and writes the data in the *proxmox* database