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Grafana is a tool for building and saving slick-looking visualization dashboards. It has a lot of built-in chart types and works with many types of backend databases. | |||
==Installing== | |||
Grafana is written and implemented in Go. The easiest way to install it is to run it in a Docker container. | |||
Dockerhub link to Grafana container: https://hub.docker.com/r/grafana/grafana/ | |||
git.charlesreid1.com repo with Docker file: https://git.charlesreid1.com/docker/d-grafana | |||
This uses a script from Grafana to build the container, and a customized run command that gives more control over the container setup. | |||
==Grafana Data== | |||
When running Grafana in a container, it is a good idea to create a bound directory to store all Grafana data. This will keep all data sources and dashboards persistent across sessions. | |||
==Connecting== | |||
To connect other components in other Docker containers to Grafana, start by getting the Grafana container up and running. It will be bound to the local machine port 3000. | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:40, 10 March 2019
Notes on Grafana
Grafana is a tool for building and saving slick-looking visualization dashboards. It has a lot of built-in chart types and works with many types of backend databases.
Installing
Grafana is written and implemented in Go. The easiest way to install it is to run it in a Docker container.
Dockerhub link to Grafana container: https://hub.docker.com/r/grafana/grafana/
git.charlesreid1.com repo with Docker file: https://git.charlesreid1.com/docker/d-grafana
This uses a script from Grafana to build the container, and a customized run command that gives more control over the container setup.
Grafana Data
When running Grafana in a container, it is a good idea to create a bound directory to store all Grafana data. This will keep all data sources and dashboards persistent across sessions.
Connecting
To connect other components in other Docker containers to Grafana, start by getting the Grafana container up and running. It will be bound to the local machine port 3000.
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