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 # grafana-scripts
 Repo for api scripts written (both pushing and pulling) to aggregate data into influxdb for grafana
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+Requirements: Grafana, Python3, InfluxDB
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+Install Grafana: http://docs.grafana.org/installation/
+Install InfluxDB: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.5/introduction/installation/
+Install python3: use your distro's package management tool or compile from source
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+After completing the getting started portion of grafana (http://docs.grafana.org/guides/getting_started/), create your datasource for influxdb. At a minimum, you will need the plex database.
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+Now, click the + on your menu and click import. Using the .json provided in this repo, paste it in and customize as you like.