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Using a single Graphite for multiple MITIGATOR complexes

Using a single Graphite for several MITIGATOR instances makes it possible to reduce the load on the computing resources of traffic processing complexes, simplify administration and set up complex monitoring.

Set up a set of subsystems

The setup is similar to migration of Graphite to a separate server.

If you have a host with Graphite subsystems configured, you must skip to the Configuring MITIGATOR to work with External Shared Graphite step.

Create docker-compose.yml for subsystems:

Create a directory for the services:

mkdir -p /opt/mitigator-graphite

Download docker-compose.yml:

wget https://docs.mitigator.ru/v22.08/dist/grafbase/docker-compose.yml \
    -O /opt/mitigator-graphite/docker-compose.yml

Create a service to start subsystems:

Download service file:

wget https://docs.mitigator.ru/v22.08/dist/grafbase/docker-compose@.service \
    -O /etc/systemd/system/docker-compose@.service

Activate service:

systemctl enable docker-compose@mitigator-graphite

Run services:

Sign in to your account:
```
docker login docker.mitigator.ru
```
Go to work directory:
```
cd /opt/mitigator-graphite
```
Download Images:
```
docker-compose pull
```

Run service:

systemctl start docker-compose@mitigator-graphite

Configuring MITIGATOR to work with External Shared Graphite

Create docker-compose.override.yml or add following to it:

version: "2.2"
services:
    backend:
        environment:
            BACKEND_GRAPHITE_URL: "http://192.168.10.20/render/"
            BACKEND_GRAPHITE_PREFIX: "mitigator.foobar"

    fwstats:
        environment:
            FWSTATS_GRAPHITE_ADDRESS: "192.168.10.20:2003"
            FWSTATS_GRAPHITE_PREFIX: "mitigator.foobar"

    clickhouse:
        scale: 0

    graphite-clickhouse:
        scale: 0

    carbon-clickhouse:
        scale: 0

    carbonapi:
        scale: 0

    grafana:
        scale: 0

Where:

192.168.10.20 is a nominal host address that needs to be replaced with the actual location address of the Graphite service.
mitigator.foobar is a nominal metrics prefix that needs to be replaced. The mitigator. part is required for rollup to work properly, foobar is replaced with whatever you want, for example a hostname.

On the MITIGATOR host, restart its service:

systemctl restart mitigator