Agent Check: Grafana

Overview

Grafana is a multi-platform open source analytics and interactive visualization web application. This check monitors Grafana through the Datadog Agent.

Setup

Installation

To install the Grafana check on your host:

1. Install the developer toolkit on any machine.

2. Run ddev release build grafana to build the package.

3. Download the Datadog Agent.

4. Upload the build artifact to any host with an Agent and run datadog-agent integration install -w path/to/grafana/dist/<ARTIFACT_NAME>.whl.

Configuration

1. Enable the internal Grafana metrics using the Grafana config file

   #################################### Internal Grafana Metrics ############
   # Metrics available at HTTP URL /metrics and /metrics/plugins/:pluginId
   [metrics]
   enabled = true
   

2. Edit the grafana/conf.yaml file in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent's configuration directory to start collecting your Grafana metrics. See the sample grafana/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

3. Restart the Agent.

Validation

Run the Agent's status subcommand and look for grafana under the Checks section.

Data Collected

Metrics

See metadata.csv for a list of metrics provided by this integration.

Events

The Grafana integration does not include any events.

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact the maintainer of this integration.