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Prometheus

BlockScout is setup to export Prometheus metrics at /metrics.
  1. Install prometheus: brew install prometheus
  2. Start the web server iex -S mix phx.server
  3. Start prometheus: prometheus --config.file=prometheus.yml

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Grafana

The Grafana dashboard may also be used for metrics display.
  1. Install grafana: brew install grafana
  2. Install Pie Chart panel plugin: grafana-cli plugins install grafana-piechart-panel
  3. Start grafana: brew services start grafana
  4. Add Prometheus as a Data Source a. open http://localhost:3000/datasources b. Click ”+ Add data source” c. Put “Prometheus” for “Name” d. Change “Type” to “Prometheus” e. Set “URL” to “http://localhost:9090” f. Set “Scrape Interval” to ”10s”
  5. Add the dashboards from https://github.com/deadtrickster/beam-dashboards: For each *.json file in the repo. a. open http://localhost:3000/dashboard/import b. Copy the contents of the JSON file in the “Or paste JSON” entry c. Click “Load”
  6. View the dashboards. (You will need to click-around and use BlockScout for the web-related metrics to show up.)
Examples of dashboards: