PiKVM

See ./pikvm.yaml for example config - I am manually keeping this in sync with what is on the device.

Editing Config

To edit config in pikvm terminal:

su -
rw
nano /etc/kvmd/override.yaml
ro
exit

Configure TeSMART

TODO this was tricky document before moving

Configure WOL

Monitoring

See notes here which I have copied below.

Monitoring

This is done ON the KVM!

Install node-exporter

pacman -S prometheus-node-exporter
systemctl enable --now prometheus-node-exporter

Install promtail

1. Install promtail

   pacman -S promtail
   systemctl enable promtail
   

2. Override the promtail systemd service

   mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/promtail.service.d/
   cat >/etc/systemd/system/promtail.service.d/override.conf <<EOL
   [Service]
   Type=simple
   ExecStart=
   ExecStart=/usr/bin/promtail -config.file /etc/loki/promtail.yaml
   EOL
   

3. Add or replace the file /etc/loki/promtail.yaml

   server:
     log_level: info
     disable: true
   
   client:
     url: "https://loki.devbu.io/loki/api/v1/push"
   
   positions:
     filename: /tmp/positions.yaml
   
   scrape_configs:
     - job_name: journal
       journal:
         path: /run/log/journal
         max_age: 12h
         labels:
           job: systemd-journal
       relabel_configs:
         - source_labels: ["__journal__systemd_unit"]
           target_label: unit
         - source_labels: ["__journal__hostname"]
           target_label: hostname
   

4. Start promtail

   systemctl daemon-reload
   systemctl enable --now promtail.service