Switch to mktxp

README.md

@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ Over the past years I replaced all my networking gear with Mikrotik devices. I a
 
 - [A blog post by Devin Smith that first got me interested](https://blog.devinsmith.co.za/home-internet-grafana-lockdown/)
 - [A somewhat useable Grafana Dashboard](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10950)
-- [A Prometheus exporter for Mikrotik devices](https://github.com/nshttpd/mikrotik-exporter)
+- [A Prometheus exporter for Mikrotik devices written in Python](https://github.com/akpw/mktxp).
-
+- [A Prometheus exporter for Mikrotik devices written in Go](https://github.com/nshttpd/mikrotik-exporter)
-NOTE: I recently stumbled across [mktxp](https://github.com/akpw/mktxp). This is an alternative for `mikrotik-exporter` and seems to be more actively maintained. I am currently thinking about switching to this exporter.
-
 ## Setup
 
 - Router running RouterOS 7.x.x
@@ -51,12 +49,26 @@ sudo pip3 install docker-compose
 sudo systemctl enable docker
 ```
 
-Spin up Grafana and Prometheus:
+Build the mktxp Docker image
+
+```bash
+# Get the mktxp repository
+git clone https://github.com/akpw/mktxp.git
+
+# Go into the newly downloaded repo
+cd mktxp
+
+# Build the docker image
+docker build -t mktxp
+```
+
+Now get this repo and install all services:
 
 ```bash
 # Clone this repo
 git clone https://github.com/M0r13n/mikrotik_monitoring.git
 
+
 # Go into the cloned directory
 cd mikrotik_monitoring
 
@@ -64,4 +76,9 @@ cd mikrotik_monitoring
 sudo docker-compose up -d
 ```
 
+You may need to adjust the following configuration files and add your own credentials for your router:
+
+- `mktxp/mktxp.conf`
+
+
 Done. You should now be able to open the Grafana dashboard on Port 3000 of your Raspberry Pi.

docker-compose.yml

@@ -6,19 +6,6 @@ volumes:
 
 
 services:
-  # Mikrotik Exporter
-  # https://github.com/nshttpd/mikrotik-exporter  
-  mikrotik_exporter:
-    image: nshttpd/mikrotik-exporter-linux-arm64:1.0.12-DEVEL # Change this depending on your version and/or if you built the image locally
-    volumes:
-      - './mikrotik_exporter:/config'
-    env_file: .env
-    ports:
-      - 9436:9436
-    networks:
-      - default
-    restart: unless-stopped
-
   # Prometheus
   # https://github.com/stefanprodan/dockprom
   prometheus:
@@ -58,4 +45,16 @@ services:
     networks:
       - default
     labels:
-      org.label-schema.group: "monitoring"
+      org.label-schema.group: "monitoring"
+
+  # MKTXP
+  # https://github.com/akpw/mktxp
+  mktxp:
+    image: mktxp:latest
+    volumes:
+      - './mktxp/:/root/mktxp/'
+    ports:
+      - 49090:49090
+    networks:
+      - default
+    restart: unless-stopped

mikrotik_exporter/config.yml

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-devices:
-  - name: Chateau
-    address: 192.168.0.1
-    user: prometheus
-    password: FOOO
- 
-features:
-  bgp: false
-  dhcp: true
-  dhcpv6: true
-  dhcpl: true
-  routes: true
-  firmware: true  
-  pools: true
-  monitor: true
-  health: true
-  resource: true
-  interface: true
-  health: true
-  pool: true
-  wlansta: true
-  wlanif: true
-  lte: false
-  netwatch: true

mktxp/_mktxp.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+## Copyright (c) 2020 Arseniy Kuznetsov
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+## modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+## as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+## of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+
+[MKTXP]
+    port = 49090
+    socket_timeout = 2
+    
+    initial_delay_on_failure = 120
+    max_delay_on_failure = 900
+    delay_inc_div = 5
+
+	bandwidth = True                # Turns metrics bandwidth metrics collection on / off    
+	bandwidth_test_interval = 420   # Interval for colllecting bandwidth metrics

mktxp/mktxp.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+## Copyright (c) 2020 Arseniy Kuznetsov
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+## modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+## as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+## of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+
+[Chateau]                               # Change to your Router
+    capsman_clients = True
+    firewall = True
+    wireless_clients = True
+    use_ssl = False
+    pool = True
+    wireless = True
+    monitor = True
+    capsman = True
+    netwatch = True
+    ssl_certificate_verify = False
+    enabled = True
+    use_comments_over_names = True
+    no_ssl_certificate = False
+    dhcp_lease = True
+    dhcp = True
+    route = True
+    interface = True
+    poe = False                         # Enable for PoE stats
+    hostname = 192.168.0.1              # Change to your IP
+    username = prometheus               # Change to your Mikrotik user
+    password = TOP_SECRET               # Change to your Mikrotik password
+    port = 8728                         # Default Port for Mikrotik API

prometheus/prometheus.yml

@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ scrape_configs:
     # scheme defaults to 'http'.
 
     static_configs:
-         - targets: ['mikrotik_exporter:9436']
+         - targets: ['mikrotik_exporter:9436', 'mktxp:49090']