grafana/docs/sources/shared/tutorials/create-plugin.md

title
Create Plugin

Tooling for modern web development can be tricky to wrap your head around. While you certainly can write your own webpack configuration, for this guide, you'll be using grafana create-plugin tool

Grafana create-plugin tool is a CLI application that simplifies Grafana plugin development, so that you can focus on code. The tool scaffolds a starter plugin and all the required configuration for you.

1. In the plugin directory, create a plugin from template using create-plugin. Select datasource when asked the kind of plugin:

   npx @grafana/create-plugin
   

2. Change directory to your newly created plugin:

   cd my-plugin
   

3. Install the dependencies:

   yarn install
   

4. Build the plugin:

   yarn dev
   

5. Restart the Grafana server for Grafana to discover your plugin.

6. Open Grafana and go to Configuration -> Plugins. Make sure that your plugin is there.

By default, Grafana logs whenever it discovers a plugin:

INFO[01-01|12:00:00] Registering plugin       logger=plugins name=my-plugin