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Publish Kasa plug metrics to Influx Cloud

Setup

• Setup your Kasa smart plug in the Kasa Home app
• Gather the IP address associated with your plug
• Create a free Influx Cloud account
• Create an Influx Cloud Bucket (power-usage) and API Token

Usage

The following env variables are required:

• INFLUX_TOKEN: API Token provided by Influx Cloud
• INFLUX_ORG: Your Influx Cloud organization name
• INFLUX_BUCKET: Your Influx Cloud bucket name (Default: power-usage)
• PLUG: IP Address of the Kasa plug to monitor

Additional supported env variables include:

• DEBUG: Enable or disable in-app debug logging (Default: False)
• DEVICE: Preferred name for this device (Default: My Device)
• INFLUX_HOST: Host of the Influx Cloud bucket (Default: https://us-central1-1.gcp.cloud2.influxdata.com)

Launch

The application can be launched with docker-compose:

docker-compose up -d

Dashboard

A sample dashboard is provided in this repo and can be imported:

• Ensure that emeter is running
• Login to Influx Cloud and go to Dashboards
• Use the dropdown on Create Dashboard to import the template