docker-tailscale-monitor

Docker setup consisting out of Grafana incl. a pre-configured dashboard, InfluxDB and Tailscale incl. a excelletn VPN network solution.

Installation

1. Make sure you've installed all requirements
2. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/xinmans/docker-tailscale-monitor.git

3. Create a copy of the sample .env file and adjust it at will:

cd docker-tailscale-monitor
cp .env.sample .env

4. edit .env, change TAILSCALE_SKEY & TAILSCALE_USER to your value login https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/keys to enable the API keys

TAILSCALE_SKEY=tsky-xxx-xxxxx
[email protected]

5. Spin up the containers:

docker-compose up -d

Configuration

You can make use of the following environment variables / configurations:

Environment variable	Default value	Description
GRAFANA_PORT	3000	Port to bind Grafana webinterface on the host system
TAILSCALE_INTERVAL	3600	Interval/pause (in seconds) between monitor
TAILSCALE_HOST	local	Display name of the client
TAILSCALE_SKEY	your tailscale skey	like tskey-XXXX-XXXXXXXX
TAILSCALE_USER	your tailscale userid	email like [email protected]
INFLUXDB_DB	tailscale	Database to save tailscale results
INFLUXDB_HOST	influxdb	Name of the InfluxDB host/containers
INFLUXDB_USERNAME	root	Username for InfluxDB authentication
INFLUXDB_PASSWORD	root	Password for InfluxDB authentication

Usage

Services

Start/create services

$ docker-compose up -d
Creating docker-tailscale_influxdb_1  ... done
Creating docker-tailscale_grafana_1   ... done
Creating docker-tailscale_monitor     ... done

Stop services

$ docker-compose stop
Stopping docker-tailscale_influxdb_1  ... done
Stopping docker-tailscale_grafana_1   ... done
Stopping docker-tailscale_monitor     ... done

Upgrade services

$ docker-compose stop
$ docker-compose pull
$ docker-compose rm
$ docker-compose up -d

Check logs

$ docker-compose logs -f

$ docker-compose logs -f grafana

Grafana

Dashboard

By default the dashboard shows all speedtest results. To filter for a specifc host, simply add a and host = 'local' statement in the WHERE clause of the SQL select.

Example (Download Time Serie):

SELECT  hostname,os,id,clientVersion,addresses,Relay901latencyMs  FROM "devicestatus" WHERE $timeFilter ORDER BY time DESC

Administrative access

Access http://${HOSTNAME}:${GRAFANA_PORT} (http://localhost:3000 by default) and login using the following default credentials:

• Username: admin
• Password: admin

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch:

git checkout -b feature/my-new-feature

3. Commit your changes:

git commit -am 'Add some feature'

4. Push to the branch:

git push origin feature/my-new-feature

5. Submit a pull request

Requirements / Dependencies

• Docker (incl. docker-compose)

Version

1.0.0

License

MIT