home-monitor-docker

This repository contains a docker-compose file to run a basic home monitoring system with a Raspberry Pi or any other device that supports Docker. The system is composed of the following services:

• blackbox-exporter: Exposes an HTTP endpoint with metrics on ICMP probes and DNS lookups.
• prometheus: Collects metrics from blackbox-exporter and stores them in a time-series database.
• grafana: Visualizes the metrics stored in Prometheus.

Requirements

• Docker
• Docker Compose

Usage

1. Clone this repository.
2. Change to the repository directory and start the services:

   cd home-monitor-docker
   # -d flag runs the services in the background
   docker-compose up -d

3. Access Grafana at http://localhost:3000 with the following credentials:
   • Username: admin
   • Password: admin

Tips

• If you are new to docker, it would be helpful to install lazydocker so you can inspect the services running in your docker environment.
• docker-compose down will stop and remove the services, but will not remove the volumes. If you want to remove the volumes as well, use docker-compose down -v.