diff --git a/docs/sources/index.md b/docs/sources/index.md index 537d1494ca9..f7a66ff9cf2 100644 --- a/docs/sources/index.md +++ b/docs/sources/index.md @@ -4,35 +4,35 @@ page_keywords: grafana, introduction, documentation, about # About Grafana -Grafana is a general purpose dashboard and graph composer. It's focused on providing -rich ways to visualize time series metrics, mainly though graphs but supports other ways to visualize data through -a pluggable panel architecture. It currently has rich support for [Graphite](http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/), -[InfluxDB](http://influxdb.org) and [OpenTSDB](http://opentsdb.net). But supports other data sources via plugins. +Grafana is a leading open source application for visualizing your large scale time series measurement data. -It is most commonly used for infrastructure monitoring, application monitoring and metric analytics. But Grafana -has an open architecture and design that enables it to be used in other domains as well, like home automation, -weather and industrial sensors analytics. +It provides a powerful and elegant way to create and share dashboards and data from your metrics, either with your team or with the world. -## Support +Grafana is most commonly used for Internet infrastructure and application monitoring and analytics, but many use it in other domains including industrial sensors, home automation, weather, and process control. -If you have any trouble with Grafana, either the install or some feature you do not understand or you suspect isn't working -correctly there are a number of sources where you can get help. +Grafana features pluggable panels and data sources allowing easy extensibility. There is currently rich support for [Graphite](http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/), [InfluxDB](http://influxdb.org) and [OpenTSDB](http://opentsdb.net). There is also experimental support for KairosDB, and SQL is on the roadmap. Grafana has a variety of panels, including a fully featured graph panel with rich visualization options. + +Version 2.0 was released in April 2015: Grafana now ships with its own backend server that brings [many changes and features](../guides/whats-new-in-v2/). + +## Community, Feedback, Help + +Thousands of organizations large and small rely on Grafana, and we have a vibrant and active community that constantly inspires us. + +Please don't hesitate to open a new issue on Github with your suggestions, ideas, and bug reports. + +Most of the new features and improvements that go into Grafana come from our users. We greatly value your feedback and suggestions; we consider them paramount to making the product better! + +If you have any trouble with Grafana, whether you can't get it set up or you just want clarification on a feature, there are a number of ways to get help: - [Troubleshooting guide](../troubleshooting) -- \#grafana IRC channel on freenode +- \#grafana IRC channel on the freenode network (chat.freenode.net) - Search closed and open [issues on github](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues) - [Mailing list](https://groups.io/org/groupsio/grafana) -Do not hesitate to open a new issue with a question, bug report or an idea for improvement. +## Commercial Support -User feedback and involvement is paramount to making a product better so please take the time and create an issue. - -## Paid support -If you wish to get paid support please [contact us](mailto:contact@grafana.org). +[raintank](http://www.raintank.io), the company behind Grafana, will be launching a SaaS Grafana-based platform later this year that will also include commercial support for all your existing Grafana installations. Please sign up for [early access at raintank](http://www.raintank.io) for more information. ## License -Grafana is licensed under Apache 2.0. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/LICENSE.mdhttps://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/LICENSE.md) -for full license text. - - +By utilizing this software, you agree to the terms of the included license. Grafana is licensed under the Apache 2.0 agreement. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/LICENSE.mdhttps://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for the full license terms.