From 0d5579b4c04fa7c04c3ae59950f962775a3f0777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcus Efraimsson Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 14:31:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: what's new in v5.2 --- docs/sources/guides/whats-new-in-v5-2.md | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/sources/guides/whats-new-in-v5-2.md diff --git a/docs/sources/guides/whats-new-in-v5-2.md b/docs/sources/guides/whats-new-in-v5-2.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8cff353ff45 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/sources/guides/whats-new-in-v5-2.md @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ ++++ +title = "What's New in Grafana v5.2" +description = "Feature & improvement highlights for Grafana v5.2" +keywords = ["grafana", "new", "documentation", "5.2"] +type = "docs" +[menu.docs] +name = "Version 5.2" +identifier = "v5.2" +parent = "whatsnew" +weight = -8 ++++ + +# What's New in Grafana v5.2 + +Grafana v5.2 brings new features, many enhancements and bug fixes. This article will detail the major new features and enhancements. + +* [Elasticsearch alerting]({{< relref "#elasticsearch-alerting" >}}) it's finally here! +* [Cross platform build support]({{< relref "#cross-platform-build-support" >}}) enables native builds of Grafana for many more platforms! +* [Improved Docker image]({{< relref "#improved-docker-image" >}}) with support for docker secrets +* [Prometheus]({{< relref "#prometheus" >}}) with alignment enhancements +* [Alerting]({{< relref "#alerting" >}}) with alert notification channel type for Discord +* [Dashboards & Panels]({{< relref "#dashboards-panels" >}}) + +## Elasticsearch alerting + +{{< docs-imagebox img="/img/docs/v52/elasticsearch_alerting.png" max-width="800px" class="docs-image--right" >}} + +Grafana v5.2 ships with an updated Elasticsearch datasource with support for alerting. Alerting support for Elasticsearch has been one of +the most requested features by our community and now it's finally here. Please try it out and let us know what you think. + +
+ +## Cross platform build support + +Grafana v5.2 brings an improved build pipeline with cross platform support. This enables native builds of Grafana for ARMv7 (x32), ARM64 (x64), +MacOS/Darwin (x64) and Windows (x64) in both stable and nightly builds. + +We've been longing for native ARM build support for a long time. With the help from our amazing community this is now finally available. + +## Improved Docker image + +The Grafana docker image now includes support for Docker secrets which enables you to supply Grafana with configuration through files. More +information in the [Installing using Docker documentation](/installation/docker/#reading-secrets-from-files-support-for-docker-secrets). + +## Prometheus + +The Prometheus datasource now aligns the start/end of the query sent to Prometheus with the step, which ensures PromQL expressions with *rate* +functions get consistent results, and thus avoid graphs jumping around on reload. + +## Alerting + +By popular demand Grafana now includes support for an alert notification channel type for [Discord](https://discordapp.com/). + +## Dashboards & Panels + +### Modified time range and variables are no longer saved by default + +{{< docs-imagebox img="/img/docs/v52/dashboard_save_modal.png" max-width="800px" class="docs-image--right" >}} + +Starting from Grafana v5.2 a modified time range or variable are no longer saved by default. To save a modified +time range or variable you'll need to actively select that when saving a dashboard, see screenshot. +This should hopefully make it easier to have sane defaults of time and variables in dashboards and make it more explicit +when you actually want to overwrite those settings. + +
+ +## Changelog + +Checkout the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) file for a complete list +of new features, changes, and bug fixes.