Publish AST v0.3.0

Author: Applciation Study Tool Builder

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -37,3 +37,8 @@ If the issue is in regards to missing data in dashboards, please also run the fo
 ```
 curl 'localhost:9090/federate?match[]=%7B__name__%3D~"f5.%2A"%7D'
 ```
+
+Logs for the collector can be gathered with:
+```
+docker logs application-study-tool-otel-collector-1 --tail 1000
+```

README.md

@@ -25,11 +25,20 @@ docker (or compatible) - [Installation Instructions](https://docs.docker.com/eng
 Clone the repo or download source tarball from the [release](https://github.com/f5devcentral/application-study-tool/releases) section.
 
 ```shell
+# Clone the repo
 git clone https://github.com/f5devcentral/application-study-tool.git
 cd application-study-tool
+# Edit the following file with Grafana variables as required
+cp .env-example .env
+# Edit the following file with device secrets as required (see "Configure Device Secrets" below)
+cp .env.device-secrets-example .env.device-secrets
+# Edit the config file with device / connection info (see "Configure Devices To Scrape" below)
+vi ./config/big-ips.json
+# Start the tool
+docker-compose up
 ```
 
-#### Configure Devices To Scrape
+### Configure Devices To Scrape
 Application Study Tool includes an init container which builds an OpenTelemetry
 Collector Configuration file based on a provided list of BIG-IPs in JSON format.
 
@@ -58,7 +67,7 @@ Edit config/big-ips.json to reflect your list of BIG-IPs and their access creden
 ]
 ```
 
-#### Configure Device Secrets
+### Configure Device Secrets
 The application study tool default configuration relies on environment variables
 which contain device access credentials. There are a number of ways to manage and
 inject secrets into a container environment (modifications to the docker-compose file
@@ -75,7 +84,37 @@ BIGIP_PASSWORD_2=bar-foo123!
 The variable name (the part on the left of the equal sign) must match the configured
 value for the devices that use this password in config/big-ips.json.
 
-#### Configure CA File
+#### Account Permissions
+The vast majority of telemetry data can be collected with read-only access to the BigIP. Some
+granular stats are only available as output to a iControl Rest 'bash' shell command, and these require
+read-write access. If a read-only account is used, the following metrics are unavailable:
+
+```
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_connection_count{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_bytes_out_total{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_http_responses_total{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_http_requests_total{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_records_out_total{}
+f5_plane_cpu_count{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_insecure_handshake_rejects_total{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_premature_disconnects_total{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_renegotiations_total{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_connection_max{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_insecure_handshake_accepts_total{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_bytes_in_total{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_handshake_count{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_records_in_total{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_connection_total{}
+f5_policy_ip_intelligence_feed_list_count{}
+f5_policy_ip_intelligence_info{}
+f5_virtual_server_profile_client_ssl_secure_handshakes_total{}
+f5_policy_ip_intelligence_generation{}
+f5_plane_cpu_utilization_5s{}
+```
+
+This will impact data output in several dashboards/panels (denoted with description fields indicating as such).
+
+### Configure CA File
 AST expects a valid TLS cert bundle unless `tls_insecure_skip_verify` is
 set to true for each device. In order to mount and use your CA file, you must
 configure the docker-compose.yaml file in this directory, and set the `ca_file` parameter to the resulting path. Example:
@@ -110,7 +149,7 @@ The configuration paramteter `tls_insecure_skip_verify` defaults to false. Insta
  that the connection between the OTEL collector and the BIG-IP does not have secure
  TLS termination.
 
-#### Configure Grafana
+### Configure Grafana
 The Grafana instance can be configured via environment variable using their standard
 [options](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#override-configuration-with-environment-variables).
 
@@ -122,7 +161,9 @@ cp .env-example .env
 <edit .env with desired admin password and any other variables>
 ```
 
-#### Run Application Study Tool
+### Run Application Study Tool
+Once the above configurations have been made, the tool can be started with:
+
 ```
 docker compose up
 ```

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.2.0
+v0.3.0

docker-compose.yaml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
     command: ["/bin/sh", "/app/init_entrypoint.sh"]
 
   otel-collector:
-    image: ghcr.io/f5devcentral/application-study-tool/otel_custom_collector:v0.2.0
+    image: ghcr.io/f5devcentral/application-study-tool/otel_custom_collector:v0.3.0
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
       - otel_collector:/etc/otel-collector-config

services/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/bigip/device/top-n.json

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "editable": true,
   "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
   "graphTooltip": 0,
-  "id": 16,
+  "id": 9,
   "links": [],
   "panels": [
     {
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
         "type": "prometheus",
         "uid": "PBFA97CFB590B2093"
       },
+      "description": "This panel requires data retrieved from a bash command. If the BigIP account used to scrape the device lacks this permission, it is expected to be blank.",
       "fieldConfig": {
         "defaults": {
           "color": {
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@
         "type": "prometheus",
         "uid": "PBFA97CFB590B2093"
       },
+      "description": "This panel requires data retrieved from a bash command. If the BigIP account used to scrape the device lacks this permission, it is expected to be blank.",
       "fieldConfig": {
         "defaults": {
           "color": {
@@ -623,32 +625,7 @@
             ]
           }
         },
-        "overrides": [
-          {
-            "__systemRef": "hideSeriesFrom",
-            "matcher": {
-              "id": "byNames",
-              "options": {
-                "mode": "exclude",
-                "names": [
-                  "Pool: /Common/pool-1 Member: /Common/172.29.67.197:80"
-                ],
-                "prefix": "All except:",
-                "readOnly": true
-              }
-            },
-            "properties": [
-              {
-                "id": "custom.hideFrom",
-                "value": {
-                  "legend": false,
-                  "tooltip": false,
-                  "viz": true
-                }
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        ]
+        "overrides": []
       },
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 8,
@@ -1322,6 +1299,7 @@
         "type": "prometheus",
         "uid": "PBFA97CFB590B2093"
       },
+      "description": "This panel requires data retrieved from a bash command. If the BigIP account used to scrape the device lacks this permission, it is expected to be blank.",
       "fieldConfig": {
         "defaults": {
           "color": {
@@ -2065,9 +2043,9 @@
     "list": [
       {
         "current": {
-          "selected": false,
-          "text": "bigip/Edge1.f5kc.local",
-          "value": "bigip/Edge1.f5kc.local"
+          "selected": true,
+          "text": "bigip/Edge2.f5kc.local",
+          "value": "bigip/Edge2.f5kc.local"
         },
         "datasource": {
           "type": "prometheus",
@@ -2118,11 +2096,10 @@
     "from": "now-1h",
     "to": "now"
   },
-  "timeRangeUpdatedDuringEditOrView": false,
   "timepicker": {},
   "timezone": "browser",
   "title": "Top N",
   "uid": "edrjqc81ub85cc",
-  "version": 5,
+  "version": 3,
   "weekStart": ""
 }