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IntroductionDuckbill is an open-source monitoring tool that provides real-time visibility into your cloud infrastructure. It collects metrics from various sources, including EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and RDS databases, and stores them in a central repository. This data can then be used to create dashboards, alerts, and reports to help you identify and resolve issues quickly.

PrerequisitesBefore you install Duckbill, you will need the following:
An AWS account
An EC2 instance with at least 4GB of RAM and 10GB of storage
A MySQL database
A Grafana instance

InstallationFollow these steps to install Duckbill:
Log into your AWS account and create a new EC2 instance.
Select the following instance type:
(4GB RAM, 10GB storage)
(8GB RAM, 20GB storage)
(16GB RAM, 40GB storage)
Once the instance is created, log into it using SSH.
Update the system packages:
sudo yum update -y

Install the Duckbill prerequisites:
sudo yum install git python3 python3-pip mysql-client -y

Clone the Duckbill repository:
git clone /DataDog/

Install Duckbill:
cd duckbill
sudo python3 install

Create a configuration file for Duckbill:
sudo nano /etc/duckbill/

Add the following content to the file:
[main]
database_url = mysql://:@/
grafana_url = :3000
grafana_user =
grafana_password =

Save the file and exit.
Start the Duckbill service:
sudo systemctl start duckbill

Enable the Duckbill service to start automatically on boot:
sudo systemctl enable duckbill

Log into your Grafana instance and create a new dashboard.
Add the following panel to the dashboard:
Type: Graph
Title: Duckbill Metrics
Data source: Duckbill
Query: SHOW METRICS
Save the dashboard.
You can now view your Duckbill metrics in Grafana.