Grafana
This page provides simple instructions on how to install Grafana. Configuration is documented in another page.
Grafana 7.4.0+ is recommended. Grafana 7.x or newer is required.
Installing
You can find official instructions in the Grafana Docs.
This will set it up on localhost:3000 with admin/admin login.
Windows
Linux
CentOS 7
Get an RPM. https://grafana.com/docs/installation/rpm/
Ubuntu 18.04
curl https://packages.grafana.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://packages.grafana.com/oss/deb stable main"
sudo apt -y update && sudo apt -y install grafana
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start grafana-server
sudo systemctl enable grafana-server.service
sudo systemctl status grafana-server
macOS
You need Homebrew:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install grafana
brew services restart grafana
brew services list
Docker
Pull the container and run Grafana like this:
docker pull grafana/grafana
docker run -p 3000:3000 \
-v /YOURLOCALPATH/grafana:/var/lib/grafana \
-e GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=grafana-clock-panel,natel-discrete-panel,grafana-piechart-panel \
grafana/grafana
Replace YOURLOCALPATH with a location for the data Grafana needs to write to disk.
Plugins
This application uses a few Grafana plugins. Install them. Grafana must be installed first, see below.
- Clock
- Discrete (InfluxDB only)
- PieChart
Using the Grafana CLI tool grafana-cli in the Grafana directory:
grafana-cli plugins install grafana-clock-panel
grafana-cli plugins install natel-discrete-panel
grafana-cli plugins install grafana-piechart-panel
If you're running Grafana in Docker, pass this environment variable/value to Grafana to install the plugins:
GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=grafana-clock-panel,natel-discrete-panel,grafana-piechart-panel
Configuring
To configure Grafana, you need to add a data source and import the dashboards. Learn how to do that in Grafana Setup.