Configure Grafana's datasource
How to use configure a datasource on Grafana
Last updated 23th August, 2019
Objective
Grafana is an open source, feature rich metrics dashboard and graph editor for Graphite, Elasticsearch, OpenTSDB, Prometheus and InfluxDB. In this guide, you will learn how to configure a Metrics datasource.
Requirements
- a valid OVH Metrics account.
- a
READtoken that can be found on Metrics`s manager - A Grafana instance. You can either use your own Grafana instance or public OVH grafana.
Instructions
Datasource setup
Datasources depends on which protocol you want to use. Go to :
Menu > Data sources > Add datasource
How to fill the blanks:
Nameis the name of the datasource.Typeis the protocol that you want to use..URLdepends of your project region it's build as this https://PROTOCOL.REGION.metrics.ovh.net where region can be gra1 or bhs1. You can refer to the OVH manager to find your region. The protocol is the one that you want to use, for example "opentsdb"Accessis direct.Basic Authcheckbox must be checked.useris not used, you can use metrics as basic auth.passwordmust be fileld with a Metrics Read token. Tokens can be crafted on the manager.
Here's an example for using OpenTSDB with GRA1 cluster:
You can now use this datasource in any dashboard!
Go further
- Documentation: Guides
- Vizualize your data: https://grafana.metrics.ovh.net/login
- Community hub: https://community.ovh.com
- Create an account: Try it free!
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