Grafana Dashboard
Grafana
is an open source visualization and analytics platform that helps you easily create, share and monitor dashboards. In this article, we will cover how to useGrafana
to display historical data inHertzBeat
.
Prerequisites
- The
Grafana
version 8.1.0 or later is installed and running. - The
Grafana
service is started and the account password is configured. - The
HertzBeat
service is started and theVictoriaMetrics
time-series database is configured (note: theVictoriaMetrics
data source is required).
Grafana
can only show historical data for Prometheus
type of monitoring, currently it does not support monitoring data defined by yml
in HertzBeat
.
enable Grafana embedded url
ref: https://grafana.com/blog/2023/10/10/how-to-embed-grafana-dashboards-into-web-applications/
In the Grafana
configuration file grafana.ini
, set the allow_embedding = true
.
In the Grafana
configuration file grafana.ini
, set the [auth.anonymous]
option to true
.
allow_embedding = true
[auth.anonymous]
# enable anonymous access
enabled = true
Configuring Grafana in HertzBeat
In the configuration file application.yml
in HertzBeat
, configure the Grafana
data source.
grafana:
enabled: true
url: http://127.0.0.1:3000
username: admin
password: admin
Upload Grafana monitor template json file in HertzBeat monitor
In HertzBeat
, when creating or editing a Prometheus
type monitor, click Enable Grafana Templates and select the Grafana template json file to upload.
The monitor template json file can be downloaded at https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/.
For example, create a new monitor in HertzBeat
for VictoriaMetrics
single node, then open https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229-victoriametrics-single-node/, click Download JSON
button on the right side. Download JSON
button on the right to download the template json file. Upload the template json file in the HertzBeat
monitor, save it.
View Grafana historical charts
On the HertzBeat
monitoring page, click the Grafana
button, select Grafana
Historical Charts, select a monitoring template, and click the Query
button to view the Grafana
historical charts.