Grafana¶

Grafana is an observability platform that enables visualising and graphing data from one or many data sources in a powerful way.

You also have the option to install a local (to the instance) InfluxDB time series database to use as source for your Grafana instance.

To setup the service, first follow the general instructions on our Service catalog page.

• Give your service a name and optionally a description.

• Select which availability zone you want to provision in. We recommend the europe-se-1a availability zone.

• If you want backup, check the Backup checkbox and select an amount of days you want your history stored.

• Select your instance flavor. We recommend sticking with the default.

• If you want to also install an InfluxDB server, check the InfluxDB checkbox.

  • If you don’t, you can still use Grafana to visualise data from some already existent data source.

• Select your SSH-key.

• Under Local network, select the network on which you want to run the service.

• If you want your service publicly available on the internet, you can assign a floating IP (you can assign one later if you prefer) by checking the Public access checkbox.

  • If you don’t use a floating IP , you can only access it locally in your network or by using some kind of ingress solutions such as a VPN.

• Press Create. You will get further details on how to connect to the service.