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Grafana

Grafana

Grafana is an open-source analytics and monitoring solution. View their GitHub for more information.

Features:

  • Beautiful dashboards and visualizations
  • Support for multiple data sources
  • Alerting and notifications
  • User authentication and authorization

Installation​

  1. Create a docker-compose.yml file
touch docker-compose.yml
  1. Add the following content to the docker-compose.yml file
services:
  grafana:
    image: grafana/grafana:latest
    container_name: grafana
    ports:
      - 3001:3000
    volumes:
      - grafana-data:/var/lib/grafana
    restart: unless-stopped

volumes:
  grafana-data:
  1. Start the container
docker-compose up -d

Configuration​

Grafana can be configured using environment variables and configuration files. Here are some common configuration options:

  • GF_PATHS_CONFIG: Path to the Grafana configuration file
  • GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER: Admin username (default: "admin")
  • GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD: Admin password (default: "admin")
  • GF_SERVER_HTTP_PORT: HTTP port (default: 3000)
  • GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS: Comma-separated list of plugins to install
  • GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED: Enable anonymous access (true/false)
  • GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ORG_ROLE: Role for anonymous users (Viewer/Editor/Admin)

You can find the full list of configuration options in the Grafana Configuration Documentation.

Access Grafana​

Access your Grafana instance through your web browser:

http://<your-server-ip>:3001

Default login credentials:

  • Username: admin
  • Password: admin

Don't know the ip address of your host? Check out the Finding Host IP Address guide.