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Grafana Operator (WIP)

1. Install operator

kubectl apply -k github.com/grafana-operator/grafana-operator/deploy/manifests/

3. Create Grafana

Be sure to deploy in the same namespace as the operator (grafana-operator-system).

  1. Create Grafana

    Option 1 (simple one):

    kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana-operator/grafana-operator/master/deploy/examples/Grafana.yaml -n grafana-operator-system

    Option 2 (HA with Postgres for session storage)

    kubectl apply -k ha -n grafana-operator-system

  2. Check status. 

    kubectl get grafana example-grafana -n grafana-operator-system -o jsonpath='{.status}'
{"message":"success","phase":"reconciling","previousServiceName":"grafana-service"}

  3. port forward.

    kubectl port-forward -n grafana-operator-system svc/grafana-service 3000

  4. Access to UI.

    http://localhost:3000

  5. Log in with admin.

    Get password.

    kubectl get secret -n grafana-operator-system grafana-admin-credentials -o jsonpath='{.data.GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD}' | base64 -D
9GD2tIHo-GrgTQ==%

kubectl get secret -n grafana-operator-system grafana-admin-credentials -o jsonpath='{.data.GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER}' | base64 --decode
admin%

    2. Datasource

2.1. Prometheus Datasource

  1. Deploy prometheus with Prometheus Operator. Prometheus Datasource expects prometheus service with port 9090.

    kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/master/bundle.yaml
kubectl apply -k ../prometheus-operator

  2. Create Prometheus Datasource 

    kubectl apply -f datasource-prometheus.yaml -n grafana-operator-system

3. Dashboard

simple-dashboard

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana-operator/grafana-operator/master/deploy/examples/dashboards/SimpleDashboard.yaml -n grafana-operator-system

keycloak-dashboard (data is empty)

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana-operator/grafana-operator/master/deploy/examples/dashboards/KeycloakDashboard.yaml -n grafana-operator-system

dashboard from grafana (need node exporter)

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana-operator/grafana-operator/7754cd15386ff6da1e3e7b820f8baf53e6dd9356/deploy/examples/dashboards/DashboardFromGrafana.yaml -n grafana-operator-system

4. Cleanup

kubectl delete --all grafana,grafanadashboard,grafanadatasource -n grafana-operator-system
kubectl delete -k github.com/grafana-operator/grafana-operator/deploy/manifests/

Debug

  1. Log: kubectl logs -l control-plane=controller-manager -c manager -n grafana-operator-system -f