Docs: Add view settings and view stats (#28155)

* Added view-server-stats.md

* added view-server-settings

* Update docs/sources/administration/view-server-settings.md

Co-authored-by: Sofia Papagiannaki <papagian@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update view-server-stats.md

* Update view-server-stats.md

* Update view-server-stats.md

Co-authored-by: Sofia Papagiannaki <papagian@users.noreply.github.com>

docs/sources/administration/configuration.md

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Grafana has a number of configuration options that you can specify in a `.ini` c
 
 > **Note:** You must restart Grafana for any configuration changes to take effect.
 
+To see all settings currently applied to the Grafana server, refer to [View server settings]({{< relref "view-server-settings.md" >}}).
+
 ## Config file locations
 
 _Do not_ change `defaults.ini`! Grafana defaults are stored in this file. Depending on your OS, make all configuration changes in either `custom.ini` or `grafana.ini`.
@@ -89,9 +91,7 @@ export GF_PLUGIN_GRAFANA_IMAGE_RENDERER_RENDERING_IGNORE_HTTPS_ERRORS=true
 
 ## Variable expansion
 
-> Only available in Grafana 7.1+.
-
-> For any changes to `conf/grafana.ini` (or corresponding environment variables) to take effect, you must restart Grafana.
+> **Note:** Only available in Grafana 7.1+.
 
 If any of your options contains the expression `$__<provider>{<argument>}`
 or `${<environment variable>}`, then they will be processed by Grafana's

docs/sources/administration/view-server-settings.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
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+title = "View server settings"
+description = "How to view server settings in the Grafana UI"
+keywords = ["grafana", "configuration", "server", "settings"]
+type = "docs"
+[menu.docs]
+name = "Configuration"
+identifier = "config"
+parent = "admin"
+weight = 350
++++
+
+# View Grafana server settings
+
+If you are a Grafana server admin, then you can use the Settings tab to view the settings applied to your Grafana server by the [Configuration]({{< relref "configuration.md#config-file-locations" >}}) file and any environmental variables.
+
+> **Note:** Only Grafana server admins can access the **Server Admin** menu. For more information about about admin permissions, refer to [Grafana server admin]({{< relref "../permissions/_index.md" >}}).
+
+## View server settings
+
+1. Log in to your Grafana server with an account that has the Grafana Admin flag set.
+1. Hover your cursor over the **Server Admin** (shield) icon in the side menu and then click the **Settings** tab.
+
+## Available settings
+
+For a full list of server settings, refer to [Configuration]({{< relref "configuration.md" >}}).

docs/sources/administration/view-server-stats.md

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+title = "View server stats"
+type = "docs"
+keywords = ["grafana", "server", "statistics"]
+[menu.docs]
+weight = 1150
++++
+
+# View Grafana server stats
+
+If you are a Grafana server admin, then you can view useful statistics about your Grafana server in the Stats tab.
+
+> **Note:** Only Grafana server admins can access the **Server Admin** menu. For more information about about admin permissions, refer to [Grafana server admin]({{< relref "../permissions/_index.md" >}}).
+
+## View server stats
+
+1. Log in to your Grafana server with an account that has the Grafana Admin flag set.
+1. Hover your cursor over the **Server Admin** (shield) icon in the side menu and then click the **Stats** tab.
+
+## Available stats
+
+The following statistics are displayed in the Stats tab:
+
+- Total users
+  **Note:** Total users = Total admins + Total editors + Total viewers
+- Total admins
+- Total editors
+- Total viewers
+- Active users (seen last 30 days)
+  **Note:** Active users = Active admins + Active editors + Active viewers
+- Active admins (seen last 30 days)
+- Active editors (seen last 30 days)
+- Active viewers (seen last 30 days)
+- Active sessions
+- Total dashboards
+- Total orgs
+- Total playlists
+- Total snapshots
+- Total dashboard tags
+- Total starred dashboards
+- Total alerts
+
+## Counting users
+
+If a user belongs to several organizations, then that user is counted once as a user in the highest organization role they are assigned, regardless of how many organizations the user belongs to.
+
+For example, if Sofia is a Viewer in two organizations, an Editor in two organizations, and Admin in three organizations, then she would be reflected in the stats as:
+
+- Total users     1
+- Total admins    1

docs/sources/menu.yaml

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
       link: /administration/preferences/
     - name: Configuration
       link: /administration/configuration/
+    - name: View server settings
+      link: /administration/view-server-settings/
     - name: Configure Docker image
       link: /administration/configure-docker/
     - name: Security
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@
       link: /administration/cli/
     - name: Internal metrics
       link: /administration/metrics/
+    - name: View server stats
+      link: /administration/view-server-stats/
     - name: Jaeger instrumentation
       link: /administration/jaeger-instrumentation/
     - name: Set up Grafana for high availability