From c93f1f36931d7dc4f49586b2442e735daee093ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gjed Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 20:49:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: added clarification to plugin provisioning (#50212) * Docs: added clarification to plugin provisioning * Update docs/sources/administration/provisioning.md * Lint docs Signed-off-by: Jack Baldry Co-authored-by: Christopher Moyer <35463610+chri2547@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Jack Baldry --- docs/sources/administration/provisioning/_index.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/administration/provisioning/_index.md b/docs/sources/administration/provisioning/_index.md index 721a565aa34..befc09072bc 100644 --- a/docs/sources/administration/provisioning/_index.md +++ b/docs/sources/administration/provisioning/_index.md @@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ datasources: > This feature is available from v7.1 -You can manage plugins in Grafana by adding one or more YAML config files in the [`provisioning/plugins`]({{< relref "../../setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#provisioning" >}}) directory. Each config file can contain a list of `apps` that will be updated during start up. Grafana updates each app to match the configuration file. +You can manage plugin applications in Grafana by adding one or more YAML config files in the [`provisioning/plugins`]({{< relref "../../setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#provisioning" >}}) directory. Each config file can contain a list of `apps` that will be updated during start up. Grafana updates each app to match the configuration file. + +> **Note:** This feature enables you to provision plugin configurations, not the plugins themselves. +> The plugins must already be installed on the grafana instance ### Example plugin configuration file