[QENG-4075] Allow specifying 'graphs:' for dashboard

Prior to this the dashboard front-end would use the configuration settings
for `graphite[:server]`/`graphite[:prefix]` to locate a graphite server
to use for rendering graphs.

Now that we have multiple possible metrics backends, the front-end graph
host for the dashboard could be entirely different from the back-end metrics
server that we publish to (if any).

This decouples those settings:

 - use `graphs[:server]` / `graphs[:prefix]` for the graphite-compatible web front-end to use for dashboard display graphs
 - fall back to `graphite[:server]`/`graphite[:prefix]` if `graphs` is not specified, in order to support legacy `vmpooler.yaml` configurations.

Note that since `statsd` takes precedence over `graphite`, it's possible to specify both `statsd` (for publishing) and `graphite` (for reading). We still prefer `graphs` over `graphite`.

Updated the example `vmpooler.yaml` config file.
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Rick Bradley 2016-07-12 15:22:13 -05:00
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server: 'redis.company.com'
# :graphs:
#
# This section contains the server and prefix information for a graphite-
# compatible web front-end where graphs may be viewed. This is used by the
# vmpooler dashboard to retrieve statistics and graphs for a given instance.
#
# NOTE: This is not the endpoint for publishing metrics data. See `graphite:`
# and `statsd:` below.
#
# NOTE: If `graphs:` is not set, for legacy compatibility, `graphite:` will be
# consulted for `server`/`prefix` information to use in locating a
# graph server for our dashboard. `graphs:` is recommended over
# `graphite:`
#
#
# Available configuration parameters:
#
#
# - server
# The FQDN hostname of the statsd daemon.
# (required)
#
# - prefix
# The prefix to use while storing statsd data.
# (optional; default: 'vmpooler')
# :statsd:
#
# This section contains the connection information required to store