grafana-cli

Grafana plugin and administration manager

TLDR

Install plugin

$ grafana-cli plugins install [plugin-id]

List installed plugins

$ grafana-cli plugins ls

Update all installed plugins

$ grafana-cli plugins update-all

Update plugin

$ grafana-cli plugins update [plugin-id]

Remove plugin

$ grafana-cli plugins remove [plugin-id]

List available plugins in the remote repository

$ grafana-cli plugins list-remote

Reset the admin password

$ grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password [newpassword]

SYNOPSIS

grafana-cli [global-options] command subcommand [args]

grafana-cli manages Grafana plugins and administration tasks. It installs, updates, and removes visualization plugins and data sources from the Grafana plugin repository.The tool handles plugin lifecycle management independently of the Grafana server. It also provides admin commands for password reset and database migration.

PARAMETERS

--config FILE

Use an alternate grafana.ini configuration file.

--homepath DIR

Grafana home directory used to locate config and plugin paths.

--pluginsDir DIR

Override the plugin install directory.

--pluginUrl URL

Install a plugin from a custom URL (zip) instead of the plugin repository.

--repo URL

Use a different plugin repository.

--insecure

Skip TLS verification when downloading plugins.

-d, --debug

Enable debug output.

-v, --version

Show the CLI version.

--help

Display help information.

COMMANDS

plugins install ID [VERSION]

Install a plugin, optionally pinning to a specific version.

plugins ls

List installed plugins.

plugins update ID

Update a single plugin to the latest compatible version.

plugins update-all

Update every installed plugin.

plugins remove ID

Remove an installed plugin.

plugins list-remote

List all plugins available in the configured repository.

plugins list-versions ID

List available versions for a given plugin.

admin reset-admin-password PASSWORD

Reset the built-in admin account password.

admin data-migration encrypt-datasource-passwords

Migrate plaintext data-source passwords to the secureJsonData field.

CAVEATS

Requires appropriate permissions. May need Grafana restart. Plugin compatibility varies.

HISTORY

grafana-cli was developed alongside Grafana to provide command-line management of the visualization platform.