After install you must init graphite.db. Normally: django-admin makemigrations --pythonpath='/var/lib/graphite/webapp' --settings=graphite.settings django-admin migrate auth --pythonpath='/var/lib/graphite/webapp' --settings=graphite.settings django-admin migrate --run-syncdb --pythonpath='/var/lib/graphite/webapp' --settings=graphite.settings django-admin createsuperuser --pythonpath='/var/lib/graphite/webapp' --settings=graphite.settings But the first three things are done at package installation. You only can do if you want. It's not needed for icingaweb2-module-graphite: django-admin createsuperuser --pythonpath='/var/lib/graphite/webapp' --settings=graphite.settings You must start carbon-cache anyway: systemctl enable carbon-cache systemctl start carbon-cache