grafana
Analytics and monitoring visualization platform
TLDR
Start Grafana server
SYNOPSIS
grafana-server [options]
DESCRIPTION
Grafana is an open-source analytics and visualization platform. It creates dashboards for monitoring metrics from data sources like Prometheus, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, and many others.
Grafana provides rich visualization options including graphs, tables, heatmaps, and alerting. It is commonly used for infrastructure monitoring, application metrics, and business analytics.
PARAMETERS
--config file
Configuration file path.--homepath path
Grafana home directory.--pidfile file
PID file path.-v, --version
Show version.
CONFIGURATION
/etc/grafana/grafana.ini
Main server configuration file controlling ports, authentication, database, and data sources./etc/grafana/provisioning/
Directory for provisioning dashboards, data sources, and alerting via YAML files.
DEFAULT CREDENTIALS
Username: admin
Password: admin (change on first login)
KEY FEATURES
- Multi-source dashboards
- Alerting with notifications
- User authentication and teams
- Plugin ecosystem
- Dashboard templating
CAVEATS
Runs as service; requires systemd or init setup. Data sources need separate installation. Complex dashboards may impact performance. Consider security for internet exposure.
HISTORY
Grafana was created by Torkel Odegaard in 2014, initially as a fork of Kibana for Graphite visualization. It grew into a leading visualization platform, with Grafana Labs founded in 2015 to support commercial development.
SEE ALSO
prometheus(1), influxd(1), telegraf(1)