From 619bf5c008f57be5e6d5e88ce214052a10238c18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:44:22 +0200 Subject: Some README --- README.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 406f785..6a00502 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -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 ------------ -- cgit v1.2.3