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Alexander Zobnin
July 14, 2017
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Democratize Metrics with Grafana
Alexander Zobnin
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Transcript
Democratize Metrics with Grafana
• Metrics everyone can see • Visualizations anyone can build
• Mix and match data sources • In an open source platform
Grafana 1.x • Front-end application. Stores all dashboards in ES.
• Initially only supported graphite • Graph and single stat • Influxdb was added. • Opentsdb was added
Grafana 2.x • Backend (Go) • Store dashboards in DB
(sqlite/ mysql/postgres) • User, permissions, orgs • API • Elastic, CloudWatch, Prometheus • Table Panel • Mixed DS
Grafana 3.x • Improved plugin system • grafana.net • grafana-cli
• UX improvements
Grafana 4.x • Alerting • Histogram • Heatmap • MySQL
data source (alpha)
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UNIFY • 30+ data sources • Mixed data sources
Native Support OpenTSDB
Native Support OpenTSDB
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DYNAMIC • Template Variables • Ad hoc filters • Scripted
dashboards
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COLLABORATE • Share dashboard snapshots • Share dashboard on grafana.com
• Contribute to Grafana • Open issue on github • Write your own plugin
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VISUALIZE
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ES heatmap • Built on ES backend • 1 Series
for each bucket
• Prometheus histogram ? • StatsD ?
TEMPLATING
TEMPLATING node_load1{instance="host1"} node_load1{instance="$host"} $host
Template Variables • Query • Data Source • Interval •
Custom • Constant • Ad hoc (Influx, ES)
Multi-value variables
Variable interpolation host1, host2, host3 • {host1,host2,host3} • (host1|host2|host3) •
(“host1” OR “host2” OR “host3”)
Scripted Dashboard {js} =>
Scripted Dashboard var ARGS, $, jQuery, _, window, document, moment,
kbn, dateMath, services = { dashboardSrv, datasourceSrv, $q };
Scripted Dashboard console.log(services)
PLUGINS
PLUGINS
DS Plugin
ALERTING
Alerting
Alerting Problems • Alerts with template vars (#6557) • Alert
per series (#7832) • Multiple alert generation (#6685) • Clustering support (#6957) • More data sources
COLLABORATE
Roadmap (WIP) • Support for MySQL & Postgres • User
Groups & Dashboard folders • Docs! • Graph annotations
Roadmap • Improved panel layout • Backend plugins • Time
series transformations • Reporting • Web socket & live data streams • Migrate to Angular2
Roadmap • Dashboard revisions (done!) • Clustering for alert engine
(WIP)
timeShift • Weekly • Articles, links • Plugins and Dashboards
updates • This week’s Most Valuable Contributor
Александр Зобнин
[email protected]
github.com/alexanderzobnin grafana.com