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Varken

Varken requires influxdb and grafana.

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Varken requires influxdb and grafana. Deploy those containers first. Dutch for PIG. PIG is an Acronym for Plex/InfluxDB/Grafana Varken is a standalone command-line utility to aggregate data from the Plex ecosystem into InfluxDB. Examples use Grafana for a frontend You must edit the varken.ini file in /mnt/user/appdata/varken.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 6 install platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)

Also on Docker Hub and GitHub

Health score

23/100 Low

Maintained
0last commit 2114 days ago
Popular
611,175 GitHub stars
Easy to install
201 install platform, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

How is this calculated?

A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 7 days ago

GitHub stars
1,175
Open issues
29
Last commit
2020-12-21
Latest release
v1.7.7
License
MIT
Activity
stale

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (Boerderij/Varken)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

No first-install notes yet.

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Common questions

Do I need separate InfluxDB and Grafana containers for Varken?

Yes. Varken requires InfluxDB and uses Grafana as a frontend example, so deploy those containers first.

Which config file should I edit?

You must edit varken.ini in /mnt/user/appdata/varken.

Does Varken need its own reverse proxy or published port?

Varken is described as a standalone command-line utility that aggregates Plex data into InfluxDB. The provided sources do not list a reverse proxy or port for Varken itself.

Was the new Varken dashboard released as stable?

A community announcement says the dashboard rewrite was beta tested and then announced as stable.

Answers sourced from github.com, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 6 days ago - public community threads