Monitor vSphere

The Docker Monitoring template includes the following:

• one dashboard: vsphere
• one :
• label: vsphere
• one Telegraf configuration: InfluxDB v2 output plugin, vSphere input plugin
• one variable: bucket

1. on a server with network access to both the vSphere host and InfluxDB v2 API.

2. In your , do the following:

   • Set the following environment variables:
     • INFLUX_TOKEN: Token must have permissions to read Telegraf configurations and write data to the bucket. See how to view tokens.
     • INFLUX_ORG: Name of your organization. See how to .
     • INFLUX_HOST: Your InfluxDB host URL, for example, localhost, a remote instance, or InfluxDB Cloud.
     • INFLUX_BUCKET: Bucket to store data in. To use the bucket included, you must export the variable: export INFLUX_BUCKET=vsphere

View incoming data

1. In the InfluxDB user interface (UI), select Dashboards in the left navigation.

   Dashboards

2. Open the vsphere dashboard to start monitoring.