Monitor with Grafana cloud
This guide will help you set up monitoring for your Wingbits clients using Grafana Cloud.
Prerequisites
A Grafana Cloud account (free tier available at grafana.com)
Step 1: Install Grafana Alloy
Grafana Alloy is a collector that will gather metrics from your Wingbits clients.
Go to https://{your-grafana-account}.grafana.net/a/grafana-collector-app/alloy
Follow the installation instructions
Enable Remote Configuration during setup
Step 2: Configure Metrics Collection
Wait a few minutes for your server to appear under Collector->Fleet Management
Select Remote Configuration and click Create Configuration Pipeline
Choose Custom Configuration
Paste this configuration (replace the IPs with your Wingbits clients):
prometheus.scrape "wingbits_hosts" {
targets = [
{__address__ = "192.168.10.1:8088", alias = "station1"},
{__address__ = "192.168.10.2:8088", alias = "station2"},
]
forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.default.receiver]
}
prometheus.remote_write "default" {
endpoint {
url = sys.env("GCLOUD_HOSTED_METRICS_URL")
basic_auth {
username = sys.env("GCLOUD_HOSTED_METRICS_ID")
password = sys.env("GCLOUD_RW_API_KEY")
}
}
}Click Test Configuration Pipeline
Select matching attributes (e.g., os=linux)
Save the configuration
Step 3: Create Dashboard
Go to Dashboards → New → Import
Paste the dashboard JSON below
Save and view your metrics
{
"annotations": {
"list": [
{
"builtIn": 1,
"datasource": {
"type": "grafana",
"uid": "-- Grafana --"
},
"enable": true,
"hide": true,
"iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
"name": "Annotations & Alerts",
"type": "dashboard"
}
]
},
"editable": true,
"fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
"graphTooltip": 0,
"id": 27,
"links": [],
"panels": [
{
"datasource": {
"type": "prometheus",
"uid": "grafanacloud-prom"
},
"fieldConfig": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "palette-classic"
},
"custom": {
"axisBorderShow": false,
"axisCenteredZero": false,
"axisColorMode": "text",
"axisLabel": "",
"axisPlacement": "auto",
"barAlignment": 0,
"barWidthFactor": 0.6,
"drawStyle": "line",
"fillOpacity": 0,
"gradientMode": "none",
"hideFrom": {
"legend": false,
"tooltip": false,
"viz": false
},
"insertNulls": false,
"lineInterpolation": "linear",
"lineWidth": 1,
"pointSize": 5,
"scaleDistribution": {
"type": "linear"
},
"showPoints": "auto",
"spanNulls": false,
"stacking": {
"group": "A",
"mode": "none"
},
"thresholdsStyle": {
"mode": "off"
}
},
"mappings": [],
"thresholds": {
"mode": "absolute",
"steps": [
{
"color": "green"
},
{
"color": "red",
"value": 80
}
]
}
},
"overrides": []
},
"gridPos": {
"h": 8,
"w": 12,
"x": 0,
"y": 0
},
"id": 1,
"options": {
"legend": {
"calcs": [],
"displayMode": "list",
"placement": "bottom",
"showLegend": true
},
"tooltip": {
"hideZeros": false,
"mode": "single",
"sort": "none"
}
},
"pluginVersion": "12.0.0-85820.patch2-86140",
"targets": [
{
"adhocFilters": [],
"datasource": {
"type": "prometheus",
"uid": "grafanacloud-prom"
},
"disableTextWrap": false,
"editorMode": "code",
"expr": "sum by(alias) (rate(wingbits_readsb_received_total[$__rate_interval]))",
"fromExploreMetrics": true,
"fullMetaSearch": false,
"includeNullMetadata": true,
"instant": true,
"interval": "",
"legendFormat": "__auto",
"range": true,
"refId": "A",
"useBackend": false
}
],
"title": "readsb recieved",
"type": "timeseries"
},
{
"datasource": {
"type": "prometheus",
"uid": "grafanacloud-prom"
},
"fieldConfig": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "palette-classic"
},
"custom": {
"axisBorderShow": false,
"axisCenteredZero": false,
"axisColorMode": "text",
"axisLabel": "",
"axisPlacement": "auto",
"barAlignment": 0,
"barWidthFactor": 0.6,
"drawStyle": "line",
"fillOpacity": 0,
"gradientMode": "none",
"hideFrom": {
"legend": false,
"tooltip": false,
"viz": false
},
"insertNulls": false,
"lineInterpolation": "linear",
"lineWidth": 1,
"pointSize": 5,
"scaleDistribution": {
"type": "linear"
},
"showPoints": "auto",
"spanNulls": false,
"stacking": {
"group": "A",
"mode": "none"
},
"thresholdsStyle": {
"mode": "off"
}
},
"mappings": [],
"thresholds": {
"mode": "absolute",
"steps": [
{
"color": "green"
},
{
"color": "red",
"value": 80
}
]
}
},
"overrides": []
},
"gridPos": {
"h": 8,
"w": 12,
"x": 12,
"y": 0
},
"id": 2,
"options": {
"legend": {
"calcs": [],
"displayMode": "list",
"placement": "bottom",
"showLegend": true
},
"tooltip": {
"hideZeros": false,
"mode": "single",
"sort": "none"
}
},
"pluginVersion": "12.0.0-85820.patch2-86140",
"targets": [
{
"adhocFilters": [],
"datasource": {
"type": "prometheus",
"uid": "grafanacloud-prom"
},
"disableTextWrap": false,
"editorMode": "code",
"expr": "sum by(alias) (rate(wingbits_server_sent_total[$__rate_interval]))",
"fromExploreMetrics": true,
"fullMetaSearch": false,
"includeNullMetadata": true,
"instant": true,
"interval": "",
"legendFormat": "__auto",
"range": true,
"refId": "A",
"useBackend": false
}
],
"title": "server sent",
"type": "timeseries"
}
],
"preload": false,
"schemaVersion": 41,
"tags": [],
"templating": {
"list": []
},
"time": {
"from": "now-5m",
"to": "now"
},
"timepicker": {},
"timezone": "browser",
"title": "wingbits",
"uid": "0681a362-4b83-45ac-af58-4eecb1f84034",
"version": 2
}Your dashboard will now show two graphs:
Readsb received: Shows the rate of data received by your Wingbits clients
Server sent: Shows the rate of data sent by your server
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