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overall monitoring solution and can be deployed or omitted according to
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+Architecture
+============
+
+The following illustration provides an overview of Monasca's metrics pipeline
+and the interaction of the involved components. For information on Monasca's
+log pipeline, refer to
+`this wiki page `_.
+
+.. image:: /_static/images/architecture.png
+ :width: 900 px
+
+Repositories
+------------
+
+* `monasca-api `_:
+ RESTful API for metrics, alarms, and notifications.
+* `monasca-agent `_:
+ Agent for retrieving metrics data.
+* `monasca-persister `_:
+ Writes metrics and alarm state transitions to a time-series database.
+* `monasca-thresh `_:
+ Thresholding engine for computing thresholds on metrics and determining alarm
+ states.
+* `monasca-notification `_:
+ Pluggable notification engine for consuming alarm state transitions and
+ sending notifications for alarms.
+* `monasca-transform `_:
+ Aggregation engine based on Apache Spark.
+* `monasca-aggregator `_:
+ Light-weight metrics aggregator.
+
+Apart from sending requests directly to the API, the following tools are
+available for interacting with Monasca:
+
+* `Monasca Client `_:
+ CLI and Python client.
+* `Horizon plugin `_:
+ Plugin adding the monitoring panel to Horizon.
+* `Grafana app `_:
+ Plugin for Grafana to view and configure alarm definitions, alarms, and
+ notifications.
+
+Libraries:
+
+* `monasca-common `_:
+ Common code used in the Monasca components.
+* `monasca-statsd `_:
+ StatsD-compatible library for sending metrics from instrumented applications.
+
+Grafana__ integration:
+
+* `monasca-grafana-datasource
+ `_:
+ Multi-tenant Monasca data source for Grafana.
+* `grafana `_:
+ Forked version of Grafana 4.1.2 with Keystone authentication added.
+
+__ https://grafana.com/
+
For Contributors
================