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@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ kerbana - a data management platform ====================================== +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 ------------ |