Chad Lucas – Nutanix Advisory Engineer
Setup OverviewThe v4 API exporter can extract all metrics from Prism Central. Legacy operation can be found in an earlier post. The v4 API exporter pulls most needed metrics for all cluster entities by only connecting to PC. (clusters managed by that PC). v4 API Exporter source: https://github.com/sbourdeaud/nutanix-prometheus-exporter Legacy API Exporter Quick View: v4 API ...
Two short videos show how to expand a Nutanix cluster and remove a node from a cluster. Cluster Expand Node Removal ...
IPFIX Exporter is a service that runs to collect network traffic information. The port is commonly seen on UDP 10000. If Security Central is uninstalled incorrectly and the VM is just deleted, the exporter could be left behind. Follow these steps to remove the left over exporter. ***Note: The proper uninstall method for Security Central ...
Base Server Setup Install the latest Ubuntu live: 25.04-live-server-amd64.isoInstall just the server minimum and create a user (i.e. nutanix) Once install is completed, change directory to /usr/local/nutanix-exporter ** Do not skip running ‘docker login‘ from the command prompt before running the add-cluster.sh script for the first time** Short Video on these steps ...
Configuring Grafana Datasource Once the environment is up and running, login to the Grafana UI:http://appliance_ip_address:3000 Then navigate to Grafana -> Data sources Configuring Dashboard Metric Charts: Then navigate to Home -> Dashboards -> New -> New Dashboard Customizing Legend Titles Before Override: After Override: Operations to convert metrics The exporter stats have default X & ...
This video illustrates how XFS handles booting after crash w/o having to run fsck on the file system. ...
Nutanix has been able to move back and forth between hypervisors from early on. This demo illustrates the steps needed and the workflow. ...