Initial documentation for validator metrics

README.md

@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ official release.
 #### Windows (x86_64-pc-windows-msvc)
 * [solana.tar.bz2](http://release.solana.com/edge/solana-release-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.bz2)
 * [solana-install-init.exe](http://release.solana.com/edge/solana-install-init-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe) as a stand-alone executable
-
+#### All platforms
+* [solana-metrics.tar.bz2](http://release.solana.com.s3.amazonaws.com/edge/solana-metrics.tar.bz2)
 
 ### Beta channel
 #### Linux (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ official release.
 #### Windows (x86_64-pc-windows-msvc)
 * [solana.tar.bz2](http://release.solana.com/beta/solana-release-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.bz2)
 * [solana-install-init.exe](http://release.solana.com/beta/solana-install-init-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe) as a stand-alone executable
+#### All platforms
+* [solana-metrics.tar.bz2](http://release.solana.com.s3.amazonaws.com/beta/solana-metrics.tar.bz2)
 
 Developing
 ===

book/src/testnet-participation.md

@@ -199,3 +199,20 @@ $ solana-keygen pubkey ~/.local/share/solana/install/active_release/config-local
 $ solana-keygen pubkey ./config-local/validator-vote-keypair.json
 ```
 
+
+#### Validator Metrics
+Metrics are available for local monitoring of your validator.
+
+Docker must be installed and the current user added to the docker group.  Then
+download `solana-metrics.tar.bz2` from the Github Release and run
+```bash
+$ tar jxf solana-metrics.tar.bz2
+$ cd solana-metrics/
+$ ./start.sh
+```
+
+A local InfluxDB and Grafana instance is now running on your machine.  Define
+`SOLANA_METRICS_CONFIG` in your environment as described at the end of the
+`start.sh` output and restart your validator.
+
+Metrics should now be streaming and visible from your local Grafana dashboard.