🎯 Welcome to Your Integration Journey
In enterprise environments, monitoring data is often siloed across different platforms. Network engineers use LibreNMS for SNMP device monitoring, system administrators rely on Telegraf for infrastructure metrics, and DevOps teams aggregate logs in VictoriaLogs. This comprehensive lab teaches you to break down these silos by creating unified Grafana dashboards that provide holistic visibility across your entire technology stack.
This modular lab is designed to be completed in sequence, with each module building upon the previous one. You'll progress from understanding the architecture to implementing production-ready monitoring solutions.
🎓 What You'll Master
- Configure three distinct data sources in Grafana with proper authentication and security
- Write advanced queries using SQL, InfluxQL, and LogQL
- Design dashboards that correlate network, system, and application data
- Implement dashboard variables for dynamic filtering across data sources
- Troubleshoot common integration issues and optimize query performance
- Apply production-grade best practices for enterprise monitoring
- Create alerting rules that leverage multiple data sources
📈 Your Progress
Track your completion across all modules
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📚 Lab Modules
Module 1: Overview & Architecture
Understand the monitoring stack architecture, data flow patterns, and how LibreNMS, Telegraf, and VictoriaLogs integrate with Grafana. Learn the foundational concepts before diving into configuration.
Start Module →Module 2: Prerequisites & Environment Setup
Prepare your lab environment with all required systems, verify network connectivity, install necessary plugins, and ensure you have proper access credentials before beginning configuration.
Start Module →Module 3: LibreNMS Data Source Configuration
Connect Grafana to LibreNMS MySQL database, create read-only users, write SQL queries for network device metrics, and build your first network monitoring panels with SNMP data.
Start Module →Module 4: Telegraf/InfluxDB Integration
Configure InfluxDB data source for both 1.x and 2.x versions, master InfluxQL and Flux queries, and visualize system metrics including CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network traffic.
Start Module →Module 5: VictoriaLogs Configuration
Set up VictoriaLogs with LogQL compatibility, create log aggregation queries, implement label-based filtering, and build log analysis panels for centralized observability.
Start Module →Module 6: Building Integrated Dashboards
Design three production-grade dashboards: Network Health (LibreNMS), System Performance (Telegraf), and Unified Correlation (all sources). Learn dashboard variables, panel design, and data correlation techniques.
Start Module →Module 7: Troubleshooting & Optimization
Diagnose and resolve common integration issues, optimize query performance, implement caching strategies, and learn debugging techniques for each data source type.
Start Module →Module 8: Verification & Knowledge Assessment
Validate your integration with comprehensive testing procedures, complete hands-on verification exercises, and assess your knowledge with an interactive quiz covering all modules.
Start Module →✅ Ready to Begin?
Start with Module 1: Overview & Architecture to build a strong foundation. Each module is designed to be completed independently, but following the sequence ensures the best learning experience.
Estimated Total Time: 3-4 hours for complete lab | Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced