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authorElena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <valhalla@trueelena.org>2023-07-23 16:44:22 +0200
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kerbana - a data management platform
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+kerbana is a platform that receives data from MQTT, saves it into RRDs
+(Round Robin Databases) and generates and serves user-configured graphs.
+
+It is designed for ease of hosting and packaging inside distributions,
+and it's meant to be especially suitable for small installations with a
+few users. Think environmental monitoring at home, not data monitoring
+inside a datacenter (there are already many other versatile, if complex,
+solutions for that usecase).
+
+The name comes from kerbaną_, cognate of γράφω_
+
+.. _kerbaną: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kerban%C4%85
+.. _γράφω: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%86%CF%89#Ancient_Greek
Installation
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