Grafana

This page provides simple instructions on how to install Grafana. Configuration is documented in another page.

tip

Grafana 7.4.0+ is recommended. Grafana 7.x or newer is required.

Plugins

This application uses a few Grafana plugins. Install them. Grafana must be installed first, see below.

• Clock
• Discrete (InfluxDB only)
• PieChart

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

Installing

note

You can find official instructions in the Grafana Docs.

This will set it up on localhost:3000 with admin/admin login.

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.

Configuring

To configure Grafana, you need to add a data source and import the dashboards. Learn how to do that in Grafana Setup.