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authorEmma Foley <efoley@redhat.com>2019-07-04 10:37:39 +0100
committerEmma Foley <efoley@redhat.com>2019-07-04 11:47:41 +0100
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[docs][install] Split the docker and ansible install guides
docker.userguide.rst contained two methods of installation: * Manual installation of all the docker containers * one-click install using ansible A new user is potentially going to be confused about which document to use, and may not be aware that the two options exist. This change splits the install guide into two documents, one for docker, and one for ansible. It also renames the docker guide to make it more obvious to the user what is contained in the guide. Change-Id: I1ecdd7d15f8f53c80221916379982bca2673a06d JIRA: BAROMETER-128 Signed-off-by: Emma Foley <efoley@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/release/userguide')
-rw-r--r--docs/release/userguide/index.rst4
-rw-r--r--docs/release/userguide/installguide.docker.rst (renamed from docs/release/userguide/docker.userguide.rst)339
-rw-r--r--docs/release/userguide/installguide.oneclick.rst331
3 files changed, 348 insertions, 326 deletions
diff --git a/docs/release/userguide/index.rst b/docs/release/userguide/index.rst
index e880f3a9..673d6c12 100644
--- a/docs/release/userguide/index.rst
+++ b/docs/release/userguide/index.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ OPNFV Barometer User Guide
feature.userguide
collectd.ves.userguide.rst
- docker.userguide.rst
+ installguide.docker.rst
+ installguide.oneclick.rst
+
.. The feature.userguide.rst file should contain the text for this document
.. additional documents can be added to this directory and added in the right order
.. to this file as a list below.
diff --git a/docs/release/userguide/docker.userguide.rst b/docs/release/userguide/installguide.docker.rst
index d0916cfa..7312a9f7 100644
--- a/docs/release/userguide/docker.userguide.rst
+++ b/docs/release/userguide/installguide.docker.rst
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
.. (c) <optionally add copywriters name>
.. _barometer-docker-userguide:
-===================================
-OPNFV Barometer Docker User Guide
-===================================
+====================================
+OPNFV Barometer Docker Install Guide
+====================================
.. contents::
:depth: 3
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ For steps to build and run VES and Kafka images please see section `Build and Ru
For overview of running VES application with Kafka please see the :ref:`VES Application User Guide <barometer-ves-userguide>`
+For an alternative installation method using ansible, please see the :ref:`Barometer One Click Install Guide <barometer-oneclick-userguide>`.
+
Barometer Docker Images Description
-----------------------------------
@@ -94,319 +96,6 @@ Kafka recieves and stores metrics recieved from Collectd. VES application pulls
which it normalizes into VES format for sending to a VES collector. Please see details in
:ref:`VES Application User Guide <barometer-ves-userguide>`
-One Click Install with Ansible
-------------------------------
-
-Proxy for package manager on host
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-.. note::
- This step has to be performed only if host is behind HTTP/HTTPS proxy
-
-Proxy URL have to be set in dedicated config file
-
-1. CentOS - /etc/yum.conf
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- proxy=http://your.proxy.domain:1234
-
-2. Ubuntu - /etc/apt/apt.conf
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- Acquire::http::Proxy "http://your.proxy.domain:1234"
-
-After update of config file, apt mirrors have to be updated via 'apt-get update'
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo apt-get update
-
-Proxy environment variables(for docker and pip)
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-.. note::
- This step has to be performed only if host is behind HTTP/HTTPS proxy
-
-Configuring proxy for packaging system is not enough, also some proxy
-environment variables have to be set in the system before ansible scripts
-can be started.
-Barometer configures docker proxy automatically via ansible task as a part
-of 'one click install' process - user only has to provide proxy URL using common
-shell environment variables and ansible will automatically configure proxies
-for docker(to be able to fetch barometer images). Another component used by
-ansible (e.g. pip is used for downloading python dependencies) will also benefit
-from setting proxy variables properly in the system.
-
-Proxy variables used by ansible One Click Install:
- * http_proxy
- * https_proxy
- * ftp_proxy
- * no_proxy
-
-Variables mentioned above have to be visible for superuser (because most
-actions involving ansible-barometer installation require root privileges).
-Proxy variables are commonly defined in '/etc/environment' file (but any other
-place is good as long as variables can be seen by commands using 'su').
-
-Sample proxy configuration in /etc/environment:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- http_proxy=http://your.proxy.domain:1234
- https_proxy=http://your.proxy.domain:1234
- ftp_proxy=http://your.proxy.domain:1234
- no_proxy=localhost
-
-Install Ansible
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-.. note::
- * sudo permissions or root access are required to install ansible.
- * ansible version needs to be 2.4+, because usage of import/include statements
-
-The following steps have been verified with Ansible 2.6.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04.
-To install Ansible 2.6.3 on Ubuntu:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo apt-get install python
- $ sudo apt-get install python-pip
- $ sudo -H pip install 'ansible==2.6.3'
-
-The following steps have been verified with Ansible 2.6.3 on Centos 7.5.
-To install Ansible 2.6.3 on Centos:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo yum install python
- $ sudo yum install epel-release
- $ sudo yum install python-pip
- $ sudo -H pip install 'ansible==2.6.3'
- $ sudo yum install git
-
-.. note::
- When using multi-node-setup, please make sure that 'python' package is
- installed on all of the target nodes (ansible during 'Gathering facts'
- phase is using python2 and it may not be installed by default on some
- distributions - e.g. on Ubuntu 16.04 it has to be installed manually)
-
-Clone barometer repo
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/barometer
- $ cd barometer/docker/ansible
-
-Edit inventory file
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Edit inventory file and add hosts: $barometer_dir/docker/ansible/default.inv
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- [collectd_hosts]
- localhost
-
- [collectd_hosts:vars]
- install_mcelog=true
- insert_ipmi_modules=true
-
- [influxdb_hosts]
- localhost
-
- [grafana_hosts]
- localhost
-
- [prometheus_hosts]
- #localhost
-
- [zookeeper_hosts]
- #NOTE: currently one zookeeper host is supported
- #hostname
-
- [kafka_hosts]
- #hostname
-
- [ves_hosts]
- #hostname
-
-Change localhost to different hosts where neccessary.
-Hosts for influxdb and grafana are required only for collectd_service.yml.
-Hosts for zookeeper, kafka and ves are required only for collectd_ves.yml.
-
-.. note::
- Zookeeper, Kafka and VES need to be on the same host, there is no
- support for multi node setup.
-
-To change host for kafka edit kafka_ip_addr in ./roles/config_files/vars/main.yml.
-
-Additional plugin dependencies
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-By default ansible will try to fulfill dependencies for mcelog and ipmi plugin.
-For mcelog plugin it installs mcelog daemon. For ipmi it tries to insert ipmi_devintf
-and ipmi_si kernel modules.
-This can be changed in inventory file with use of variables install_mcelog
-and insert_ipmi_modules, both variables are independent:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- [collectd_hosts:vars]
- install_mcelog=false
- insert_ipmi_modules=false
-
-.. note::
- On Ubuntu 18.04 the deb package for mcelog daemon is not available in official
- Ubuntu repository. In that case ansible scripts will try to download, make and
- install the daemon from mcelog git repository.
-
-Configure ssh keys
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Generate ssh keys if not present, otherwise move onto next step.
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo ssh-keygen
-
-Copy ssh key to all target hosts. It requires to provide root password.
-The example is for localhost.
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo -i
- $ ssh-copy-id root@localhost
-
-Verify that key is added and password is not required to connect.
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo ssh root@localhost
-
-.. note::
- Keys should be added to every target host and [localhost] is only used as an
- example. For multinode installation keys need to be copied for each node:
- [collectd_hostname], [influxdb_hostname] etc.
-
-Download and run Collectd+Influxdb+Grafana containers
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The One Click installation features easy and scalable deployment of Collectd,
-Influxdb and Grafana containers using Ansible playbook. The following steps goes
-through more details.
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo -H ansible-playbook -i default.inv collectd_service.yml
-
-Check the three containers are running, the output of docker ps should be similar to:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo docker ps
- CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
- a033aeea180d opnfv/barometer-grafana "/run.sh" 9 days ago Up 7 minutes bar-grafana
- 1bca2e4562ab opnfv/barometer-influxdb "/entrypoint.sh in..." 9 days ago Up 7 minutes bar-influxdb
- daeeb68ad1d5 opnfv/barometer-collectd "/run_collectd.sh ..." 9 days ago Up 7 minutes bar-collectd
-
-To make some changes when a container is running run:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo docker exec -ti <CONTAINER ID> /bin/bash
-
-Connect to <host_ip>:3000 with a browser and log into Grafana: admin/admin.
-For short introduction please see the:
-`Grafana guide <http://docs.grafana.org/guides/getting_started/>`_.
-
-The collectd configuration files can be accessed directly on target system in '/opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf.d'.
-It can be used for manual changes or enable/disable plugins. If configuration has been modified it is required to
-restart collectd:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo docker restart bar-collectd
-
-Download and run collectd+kafka+ves containers
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo ansible-playbook -i default.inv collectd_ves.yml
-
-Check the containers are running, the output of docker ps should be similar to:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo docker ps
- CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
- 29035be2dab5 zookeeper:3.4.11 "/docker-entrypoint._" 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes bar-zookeeper
- eb8bba3c0b76 opnfv/barometer-ves "./start_ves_app.s..." 6 minutes ago Up 6 minutes bar-ves
- 86702a96a68c opnfv/barometer-kafka "/src/start_kafka.sh" 6 minutes ago Up 6 minutes bar-kafka
- daeeb68ad1d5 opnfv/barometer-collectd "/run_collectd.sh ..." 6 minutes ago Up 6 minutes bar-collectd
-
-
-To make some changes when a container is running run:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo docker exec -ti <CONTAINER ID> /bin/bash
-
-List of default plugins for collectd container
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-.. note::
- The dpdk plugins dpdkevents and dpdkstat were tested with DPDK v16.11.
-
-By default the collectd is started with default configuration which includes the followin plugins:
- * csv, contextswitch, cpu, cpufreq, df, disk, ethstat, ipc, irq, load, memory, numa, processes,
- swap, turbostat, uuid, uptime, exec, hugepages, intel_pmu, ipmi, write_kafka, logfile, mcelog,
- network, intel_rdt, rrdtool, snmp_agent, syslog, virt, ovs_stats, ovs_events, dpdkevents,
- dpdkstat
-
-Some of the plugins are loaded depending on specific system requirements and can be omitted if
-dependency is not met, this is the case for:
- * hugepages, ipmi, mcelog, intel_rdt, virt, ovs_stats, ovs_events
-
-List and description of tags used in ansible scripts
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Tags can be used to run a specific part of the configuration without running the whole playbook.
-To run a specific parts only:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo ansible-playbook -i default.inv collectd_service.yml --tags "syslog,cpu,uuid"
-
-To disable some parts or plugins:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
- $ sudo ansible-playbook -i default.inv collectd_service.yml --skip-tags "en_default_all,syslog,cpu,uuid"
-
-List of available tags:
-
-install_docker
- Install docker and required dependencies with package manager.
-
-add_docker_proxy
- Configure proxy file for docker service if proxy is set on host environment.
-
-rm_config_dir
- Remove collectd config files.
-
-copy_additional_configs
- Copy additional configuration files to target system. Path to additional configuration
- is stored in $barometer_dir/docker/ansible/roles/config_files/vars/main.yml as additional_configs_path.
-
-en_default_all
- Set of default read plugins: contextswitch, cpu, cpufreq, df, disk, ethstat, ipc, irq,
- load, memory, numa, processes, swap, turbostat, uptime.
-
-plugins tags
- The following tags can be used to enable/disable plugins: csv, contextswitch, cpu,
- cpufreq, df, disk, ethstat, ipc, irq, load, memory, numa, processes, swap, turbostat,
- uptime, exec, hugepages, ipmi, kafka, logfile, mcelogs, network, pmu, rdt, rrdtool,
- snmp, syslog, virt, ovs_stats, ovs_events, uuid, dpdkevents, dpdkstat.
-
Installing Docker
-----------------
.. Describe the specific capabilities and usage for <XYZ> feature.
@@ -418,7 +107,7 @@ Installing Docker
use of Ansible-Playbook.
On Ubuntu
-^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^
.. note::
* sudo permissions are required to install docker.
* These instructions are for Ubuntu 16.10
@@ -886,7 +575,7 @@ Run the Influxdb and Grafana Images
-----------------------------------
Run the InfluxDB docker image
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. code:: bash
$ sudo docker run -tid -v /var/lib/influxdb:/var/lib/influxdb --net=host\
@@ -1017,7 +706,7 @@ folowing actions have to be performed
on shared folders to not affect new setup with an old configuration.
Build and Run VES and Kafka Docker Images
-------------------------------------------
+-----------------------------------------
Download VES and Kafka docker images
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -1169,10 +858,10 @@ wide metrics that are collected by barometer-ves container.
Setup instructions are located in: :ref:`Setup VES Test Collector`
Build and Run DMA and Redis Docker Images
------------------------------------------------------
+-----------------------------------------
Download DMA docker images
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you wish to use pre-built barometer project's DMA images, you can pull the
images from https://hub.docker.com/r/opnfv/barometer-dma/
@@ -1190,7 +879,7 @@ images from https://hub.docker.com/r/opnfv/barometer-dma/
`Run DMA Docker Image`_
Build DMA docker image
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Build DMA docker image:
@@ -1218,7 +907,7 @@ Output should contain a barometer image:
opnfv/barometer-dma latest 2f14fbdbd498 3 hours ago 941 MB
Run Redis docker image
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. note::
Before running DMA, Redis must be running.
@@ -1236,7 +925,7 @@ Check your docker image is running
sudo docker ps
Run DMA docker image
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. note::
Run DMA docker image with default configuration
@@ -1275,7 +964,7 @@ Run DMA docker image with default configuration
$ sudo ln -s ${PWD}/threshold /usr/local/bin/
References
-^^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^^
.. [1] https://docs.docker.com/engine/admin/systemd/#httphttps-proxy
.. [2] https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/centos/#install-using-the-repository
.. [3] https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/
diff --git a/docs/release/userguide/installguide.oneclick.rst b/docs/release/userguide/installguide.oneclick.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07bc8c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release/userguide/installguide.oneclick.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+.. (c) <optionally add copywriters name>
+.. _barometer-oneclick-userguide:
+
+=======================================
+OPNFV Barometer One Click Install Guide
+=======================================
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+ :local:
+
+The intention of this user guide is to outline how to use the ansible playbooks for a one click installation of Barometer. A more in-depth installation guide is available with the :ref:`Docker user guide <barometer-docker-userguide>`.
+
+
+One Click Install with Ansible
+------------------------------
+
+
+Proxy for package manager on host
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. note::
+ This step has to be performed only if host is behind HTTP/HTTPS proxy
+
+Proxy URL have to be set in dedicated config file
+
+1. CentOS - /etc/yum.conf
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ proxy=http://your.proxy.domain:1234
+
+2. Ubuntu - /etc/apt/apt.conf
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ Acquire::http::Proxy "http://your.proxy.domain:1234"
+
+After update of config file, apt mirrors have to be updated via 'apt-get update'
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo apt-get update
+
+Proxy environment variables (for docker and pip)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. note::
+ This step has to be performed only if host is behind HTTP/HTTPS proxy
+
+Configuring proxy for packaging system is not enough, also some proxy
+environment variables have to be set in the system before ansible scripts
+can be started.
+Barometer configures docker proxy automatically via ansible task as a part
+of 'one click install' process - user only has to provide proxy URL using common
+shell environment variables and ansible will automatically configure proxies
+for docker(to be able to fetch barometer images). Another component used by
+ansible (e.g. pip is used for downloading python dependencies) will also benefit
+from setting proxy variables properly in the system.
+
+Proxy variables used by ansible One Click Install:
+ * http_proxy
+ * https_proxy
+ * ftp_proxy
+ * no_proxy
+
+Variables mentioned above have to be visible for superuser (because most
+actions involving ansible-barometer installation require root privileges).
+Proxy variables are commonly defined in '/etc/environment' file (but any other
+place is good as long as variables can be seen by commands using 'su').
+
+Sample proxy configuration in /etc/environment:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ http_proxy=http://your.proxy.domain:1234
+ https_proxy=http://your.proxy.domain:1234
+ ftp_proxy=http://your.proxy.domain:1234
+ no_proxy=localhost
+
+Install Ansible
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. note::
+ * sudo permissions or root access are required to install ansible.
+ * ansible version needs to be 2.4+, because usage of import/include statements
+
+The following steps have been verified with Ansible 2.6.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04.
+To install Ansible 2.6.3 on Ubuntu:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo apt-get install python
+ $ sudo apt-get install python-pip
+ $ sudo -H pip install 'ansible==2.6.3'
+
+The following steps have been verified with Ansible 2.6.3 on Centos 7.5.
+To install Ansible 2.6.3 on Centos:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo yum install python
+ $ sudo yum install epel-release
+ $ sudo yum install python-pip
+ $ sudo -H pip install 'ansible==2.6.3'
+ $ sudo yum install git
+
+.. note::
+ When using multi-node-setup, please make sure that 'python' package is
+ installed on all of the target nodes (ansible during 'Gathering facts'
+ phase is using python2 and it may not be installed by default on some
+ distributions - e.g. on Ubuntu 16.04 it has to be installed manually)
+
+Clone barometer repo
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/barometer
+ $ cd barometer/docker/ansible
+
+Edit inventory file
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Edit inventory file and add hosts: $barometer_dir/docker/ansible/default.inv
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ [collectd_hosts]
+ localhost
+
+ [collectd_hosts:vars]
+ install_mcelog=true
+ insert_ipmi_modules=true
+
+ [influxdb_hosts]
+ localhost
+
+ [grafana_hosts]
+ localhost
+
+ [prometheus_hosts]
+ #localhost
+
+ [zookeeper_hosts]
+ #NOTE: currently one zookeeper host is supported
+ #hostname
+
+ [kafka_hosts]
+ #hostname
+
+ [ves_hosts]
+ #hostname
+
+Change localhost to different hosts where neccessary.
+Hosts for influxdb and grafana are required only for collectd_service.yml.
+Hosts for zookeeper, kafka and ves are required only for collectd_ves.yml.
+
+.. note::
+ Zookeeper, Kafka and VES need to be on the same host, there is no
+ support for multi node setup.
+
+To change host for kafka edit kafka_ip_addr in ./roles/config_files/vars/main.yml.
+
+Additional plugin dependencies
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+By default ansible will try to fulfill dependencies for mcelog and ipmi plugin.
+For mcelog plugin it installs mcelog daemon. For ipmi it tries to insert ipmi_devintf
+and ipmi_si kernel modules.
+This can be changed in inventory file with use of variables install_mcelog
+and insert_ipmi_modules, both variables are independent:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ [collectd_hosts:vars]
+ install_mcelog=false
+ insert_ipmi_modules=false
+
+.. note::
+ On Ubuntu 18.04 the deb package for mcelog daemon is not available in official
+ Ubuntu repository. In that case ansible scripts will try to download, make and
+ install the daemon from mcelog git repository.
+
+Configure ssh keys
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Generate ssh keys if not present, otherwise move onto next step.
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo ssh-keygen
+
+Copy ssh key to all target hosts. It requires to provide root password.
+The example is for localhost.
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo -i
+ $ ssh-copy-id root@localhost
+
+Verify that key is added and password is not required to connect.
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo ssh root@localhost
+
+.. note::
+ Keys should be added to every target host and [localhost] is only used as an
+ example. For multinode installation keys need to be copied for each node:
+ [collectd_hostname], [influxdb_hostname] etc.
+
+Download and run Collectd+Influxdb+Grafana containers
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The One Click installation features easy and scalable deployment of Collectd,
+Influxdb and Grafana containers using Ansible playbook. The following steps goes
+through more details.
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo -H ansible-playbook -i default.inv collectd_service.yml
+
+Check the three containers are running, the output of docker ps should be similar to:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo docker ps
+ CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
+ a033aeea180d opnfv/barometer-grafana "/run.sh" 9 days ago Up 7 minutes bar-grafana
+ 1bca2e4562ab opnfv/barometer-influxdb "/entrypoint.sh in..." 9 days ago Up 7 minutes bar-influxdb
+ daeeb68ad1d5 opnfv/barometer-collectd "/run_collectd.sh ..." 9 days ago Up 7 minutes bar-collectd
+
+To make some changes when a container is running run:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo docker exec -ti <CONTAINER ID> /bin/bash
+
+Connect to <host_ip>:3000 with a browser and log into Grafana: admin/admin.
+For short introduction please see the:
+`Grafana guide <http://docs.grafana.org/guides/getting_started/>`_.
+
+The collectd configuration files can be accessed directly on target system in '/opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf.d'.
+It can be used for manual changes or enable/disable plugins. If configuration has been modified it is required to
+restart collectd:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo docker restart bar-collectd
+
+Download and run collectd+kafka+ves containers
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo ansible-playbook -i default.inv collectd_ves.yml
+
+Check the containers are running, the output of docker ps should be similar to:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo docker ps
+ CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
+ 29035be2dab5 zookeeper:3.4.11 "/docker-entrypoint._" 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes bar-zookeeper
+ eb8bba3c0b76 opnfv/barometer-ves "./start_ves_app.s..." 6 minutes ago Up 6 minutes bar-ves
+ 86702a96a68c opnfv/barometer-kafka "/src/start_kafka.sh" 6 minutes ago Up 6 minutes bar-kafka
+ daeeb68ad1d5 opnfv/barometer-collectd "/run_collectd.sh ..." 6 minutes ago Up 6 minutes bar-collectd
+
+
+To make some changes when a container is running run:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo docker exec -ti <CONTAINER ID> /bin/bash
+
+List of default plugins for collectd container
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. note::
+ The dpdk plugins dpdkevents and dpdkstat were tested with DPDK v16.11.
+
+By default the collectd is started with default configuration which includes the followin plugins:
+ * csv, contextswitch, cpu, cpufreq, df, disk, ethstat, ipc, irq, load, memory, numa, processes,
+ swap, turbostat, uuid, uptime, exec, hugepages, intel_pmu, ipmi, write_kafka, logfile, mcelog,
+ network, intel_rdt, rrdtool, snmp_agent, syslog, virt, ovs_stats, ovs_events, dpdkevents,
+ dpdkstat
+
+Some of the plugins are loaded depending on specific system requirements and can be omitted if
+dependency is not met, this is the case for:
+ * hugepages, ipmi, mcelog, intel_rdt, virt, ovs_stats, ovs_events
+
+List and description of tags used in ansible scripts
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Tags can be used to run a specific part of the configuration without running the whole playbook.
+To run a specific parts only:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo ansible-playbook -i default.inv collectd_service.yml --tags "syslog,cpu,uuid"
+
+To disable some parts or plugins:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ $ sudo ansible-playbook -i default.inv collectd_service.yml --skip-tags "en_default_all,syslog,cpu,uuid"
+
+List of available tags:
+
+install_docker
+ Install docker and required dependencies with package manager.
+
+add_docker_proxy
+ Configure proxy file for docker service if proxy is set on host environment.
+
+rm_config_dir
+ Remove collectd config files.
+
+copy_additional_configs
+ Copy additional configuration files to target system. Path to additional configuration
+ is stored in $barometer_dir/docker/ansible/roles/config_files/vars/main.yml as additional_configs_path.
+
+en_default_all
+ Set of default read plugins: contextswitch, cpu, cpufreq, df, disk, ethstat, ipc, irq,
+ load, memory, numa, processes, swap, turbostat, uptime.
+
+plugins tags
+ The following tags can be used to enable/disable plugins: csv, contextswitch, cpu,
+ cpufreq, df, disk, ethstat, ipc, irq, load, memory, numa, processes, swap, turbostat,
+ uptime, exec, hugepages, ipmi, kafka, logfile, mcelogs, network, pmu, rdt, rrdtool,
+ snmp, syslog, virt, ovs_stats, ovs_events, uuid, dpdkevents, dpdkstat.
+
+