Grafana - Capabilities and Limitations
Discover the capabilities and limitations of Public Cloud Databases for Grafana
Last updated July 13, 2022
Objective
This page provides the technical capabilities and limitations of the Public Cloud Databases for Grafana offer.
We continuously improve our offers. You can follow and submit ideas to add to our roadmap at https://github.com/ovh/public-cloud-roadmap/projects/2.
Capabilities and limitations
Supported regions and multi-AZ
The Public Cloud Databases offer is available in the following regions:
BHS(Beauharnois, Canada)DE(Frankfurt, Germany)GRA(Gravelines, France)SBG(Strasbourg, France)UK(London, United Kingdom)WAW(Warsaw, Poland)
Grafana nodes have to be in the same region. Multi-AZ is currently not supported.
Grafana versions
The Public Cloud Databases offer supports the following Grafana versions:
- Grafana 8.3
You can follow the Grafana Release Cycle on their official page: https://grafana.com/.
Grafana clients
You can use your browser to access your Grafana cluster.
Plans
The only plan available is Essential.
Here is an overview of the Essential plan capabilities:
| Plan | Number of nodes by default | Additional nodes | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | 1 | No | Public |
The Essential plan offers an automatic backup retention of 2 days and doesn't support private networks (vRack).
Nodes and replicas
- Essential: the cluster is delivered with 1 node.
License type
Grafana software is under the GNU Affero General Public License, a liberal open-source license. More information on https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/grafana/main/LICENSE.
Hardware resources
Here are the node types you can choose from:
Essential plans
| Name | Disk (GB) | Cores | Memory (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| db1-4 | n/a | 1 | 4 |
| db1-7 | n/a | 2 | 7 |
Features
Network
Grafana clusters are reachable through a random port, attributed during cluster creation.
Once your cluster is in RUNNING status, the Service URI will display the port to use.
Public networking can be used for all the offers.
For both public and private networks, Ingress and Egress traffic are included in the service plans and unmetered.
Advanced parameters
We do not currently support Grafana advanced parameters.
Backups
Essential plan clusters are automatically backed up daily during their backup window. Backup retention is 1 day.
Logs and metrics
Logs and metrics are available via the OVHcloud Public Cloud Control Panel. As of today, you can't export logs and metrics, nor plug them into a remote tool.
- Logs retention: 1000 lines of logs
- Metrics retention: 1 calendar month
Please note that if the database instance is deleted, logs and metrics are also automatically deleted.
Users and roles
Creation of users must be done through the Grafana Web interface.
Only one user is created by default and its name is admin. You must reset its password to connect for the first time to the Grafana web interface.
We want your feedback!
We would love to help answer questions and appreciate any feedback you may have.
Are you on Discord? Connect to our channel at https://discord.gg/PwPqWUpN8G and interact directly with the team that builds our databases service!
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