Mist is an open source multicloud management platform. Mist.io's goal is to make multicloud simple and offer a single interface from where you can manage everything. To help users make informed decisions about their infrastructure, Mist is integrating with Telegraf and InfluxDB for collecting and storing monitoring metrics. This is an evolution of a previous stack based on collectd and Graphite. This session will go over why Mist.io moved and the implementation details of its current stack. The session will also analyze the challenges faced and the solutions built. This session is a follow-up to the webinar presentation at https://www.influxdata.com/resources/how-to-gain-visibility-into-containers-vms-and-multi-cloud-environments-using-telegraf-influxdb-and-mist/ which focuses more on the technical details.

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email: vpap@mist.io

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Native cloud APIs
Multicloud API
Mist is an open
source multicloud
management
platform.

3. Single pane of glass to manage your infrastructure

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Mist helps you answer multicloud questions
● What resources do I have and where?
● How do I control user access?
● Can I automate self service workflows?
● How do I optimize usage, cost etc?

5. Collect system, application and custom metrics
Collect system, application and custom metrics
Collect system, application and custom metrics

6. Collect system, application and custom metrics
Collect system, application and custom metrics
Keep track of infrastructure costs

7. Collect system, application and custom metrics
Collect system, application and custom metrics
Stay on top of your inventory

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The evolution of Mist’s time series component
CollectD & Graphite Telegraf & InfluxDB
Mist v1.0 Mist v3.0

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Why we moved
Telegraf
Easier to install and is
better maintained.
InfluxDB
Allows us NOT to
preconfigure metrics
granularity and
preallocate disk space.

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What we love about Telegraf and InfluxDB
1. Flexibility
2. Real open source
3. Big and vibrant ecosystem
4. Wide user base

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Let’s put all the
pieces together and
add some glue
Telegraf
Gocky
InfluxDB
Cilia
Metrics
Monitoring data
Relay
Monitoring data query
Rule evaluation
Triggered action
Data store
Logs query
Metering data
Metering data

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Telegraf
● Bash & powershell
script
● Automatic or manual
installation

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Telegraf
● Python plugin for
custom metrics
through the web
● Single binary with all
plugins included

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Gocky
● Open source fork of InfluxDB Relay
● Scales horizontally
● Supports InfluxDB and Graphite
● Counts metrics and sends them to RabbitMQ

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Gocky
Load Balancer
Gocky 0
Monitoring data
Relay
Data store
Gocky N
InfluxDB Graphite
Metering data (AMQP)

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InfluxDB
● Running v1.x
● By default we ship it in a container
● You can bring your own
● Metering data also stored here

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Cilia
● Constantly queries
monitoring data in InfluxDB
and logs in ElasticSearch
● Evaluates rules
● Triggers actions, e.g.
webhooks, email alerts,
script exec
● Powered by Celery Beat

18. Next steps
In Mist v5.0:
● InfluxDB v2
● Multicloud CLI
After Mist v5.0:
● InfluxDB IOx
● Custom dashboards

19. Thanks!
For more info:
● https:/
/mist.io
● https:/
/github.com/mistio/mist-ce
Or on social:
● https:/
/www.linkedin.com/company/mist-io/
● https:/
/twitter.com/mist_io

20. Questions