How to send metrics & logs from Elastic Metal servers to Cockpit

Monitoring your dedicated servers with Scaleway Cockpit offers detailed information about performance and health, ensuring optimal functionality and proactive issue resolution.

Cockpit provides a user-friendly interface for real-time monitoring of CPU, memory, disk usage, and network activity, enhancing the reliability and performance of bare metal servers.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
• An Elastic Metal or Dedibox server running on a Linux operating system

Accessing Cockpit

1. Create a token with the push permission for metrics/logs to Cockpit by following the instructions provided in the dedicated documentation.
2. Configure the Grafana Agent to push metrics/logs to Cockpit. Refer to the official documentation for detailed instructions.
   Tip

   For efficient cost management and near real-time resource monitoring, it is recommended to set the interval to 1 minute.

3. Retrieve your Grafana credentials, then use them to access your Cockpit dashboards.

Importing dashboards

To monitor your bare metal servers, you can import pre-configured dashboards from the Grafana dashboard repository. One such dashboard is the Node Exporter Full dashboard, offering detailed server metrics. Follow these steps to import it:

1. Visit the Node Exporter Full dashboard on the Grafana dashboard repository.
2. Copy the dashboard ID by clicking Copy ID.
3. In Cockpit, navigate to the Dashboards section.
4. Click Import and paste the copied dashboard ID.
5. Follow the prompts to complete the import process.

This process allows you to push metrics and logs to Scaleway’s Cockpit (Grafana) and monitor your Elastic Metal servers with real-time tracking of their health and performance.