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Configuration | Configuration guide for Grafana. | grafana, configuration, documentation |
Configuration
The Grafana back-end has a number of configuration options that can be
specified in a .ini
configuration file or specified using environment variables.
Config file locations
- Default configuration from
$WORKING_DIR/conf/defaults.ini
- Custom configuration from
$WORKING_DIR/conf/custom.ini
- The custom configuration file path can be overridden using the
--config
parameter
Note. If you have installed Grafana using the
deb
orrpm
packages, then your configuration file is located at/etc/grafana/grafana.ini
. This path is specified in the Grafana init.d script using--config
file parameter.
Using environment variables
All options in the configuration file (listed below) can be overridden using environment variables using the syntax:
GF_<SectionName>_<KeyName>
Where the section name is the text within the brackets. Everything
should be upper case, .
should be replaced by _
. For example, given these configuration settings:
[security]
admin_user = admin
[auth.google]
client_secret = 0ldS3cretKey
Then you can override them using:
export GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=true
export GF_AUTH_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=newS3cretKey
instance_name
Set the name of the grafana-server instance. Used in logging and internal metrics and in
clustering info. Defaults to: ${HOSTNAME}
, which will be replaced with
environment variable HOSTNAME
, if that is empty or does not exist Grafana will try to use
system calls to get the machine name.
[paths]
data
Path to where Grafana stores the sqlite3 database (if used), file based sessions (if used), and other data. This path is usually specified via command line in the init.d script or the systemd service file.
logs
Path to where Grafana will store logs. This path is usually specified via command line in the init.d script or the systemd service file. It can be overridden in the configuration file or in the default environment variable file.
[server]
http_addr
The IP address to bind to. If empty will bind to all interfaces
http_port
The port to bind to, defaults to 3000
. To use port 80 you need to
either give the Grafana binary permission for example:
$ sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /usr/sbin/grafana-server
Or redirect port 80 to the Grafana port using:
$ sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3000
Another way is put a webserver like Nginx or Apache in front of Grafana and have them proxy requests to Grafana.
protocol
http
or https
domain
This setting is only used in as a part of the root_url
setting (see below). Important if you
use GitHub or Google OAuth.
enforce_domain
Redirect to correct domain if host header does not match domain. Prevents DNS rebinding attacks. Default is false.
root_url
This is the full URL used to access Grafana from a web browser. This is important if you use Google or GitHub OAuth authentication (for the callback URL to be correct).
Note
This setting is also important if you have a reverse proxy in front of Grafana that exposes it through a subpath. In that case add the subpath to the end of this URL setting.
static_root_path
The path to the directory where the front end files (HTML, JS, and CSS
files). Default to public
which is why the Grafana binary needs to be
executed with working directory set to the installation path.
cert_file
Path to the certificate file (if protocol
is set to https
).
cert_key
Path to the certificate key file (if protocol
is set to https
).
[database]
Grafana needs a database to store users and dashboards (and other
things). By default it is configured to use sqlite3
which is an
embedded database (included in the main Grafana binary).
type
Either mysql
, postgres
or sqlite3
, it's your choice.
path
Only applicable for sqlite3
database. The file path where the database
will be stored.
host
Only applicable to MySQL or Postgres. Includes IP or hostname and port.
For example, for MySQL running on the same host as Grafana: host = 127.0.0.1:3306
name
The name of the Grafana database. Leave it set to grafana
or some
other name.
user
The database user (not applicable for sqlite3
).
password
The database user's password (not applicable for sqlite3
).
ssl_mode
For Postgres, use either disable
, require
or verify-full
.
For MySQL, use either true
, false
, or skip-verify
.
ca_cert_path
(MySQL only) The path to the CA certificate to use. On many linux systems, certs can be found in /etc/ssl/certs
.
client_key_path
(MySQL only) The path to the client key. Only if server requires client authentication.
client_cert_path
(MySQL only) The path to the client cert. Only if server requires client authentication.
server_cert_name
(MySQL only) The common name field of the certificate used by the mysql
server. Not necessary if ssl_mode
is set to skip-verify
.
[security]
admin_user
The name of the default Grafana admin user (who has full permissions).
Defaults to admin
.
admin_password
The password of the default Grafana admin. Set once on first-run. Defaults to admin
.
login_remember_days
The number of days the keep me logged in / remember me cookie lasts.
secret_key
Used for signing keep me logged in / remember me cookies.
disable_gravatar
Set to true
to disable the use of Gravatar for user profile images.
Default is false
.
[users]
allow_sign_up
Set to false
to prohibit users from being able to sign up / create
user accounts. Defaults to true
. The admin user can still create
users from the Grafana Admin Pages
allow_org_create
Set to false
to prohibit users from creating new organizations.
Defaults to true
.
auto_assign_org
Set to true
to automatically add new users to the main organization
(id 1). When set to false
, new users will automatically cause a new
organization to be created for that new user.
auto_assign_org_role
The role new users will be assigned for the main organization (if the
above setting is set to true). Defaults to Viewer
, other valid
options are Admin
and Editor
and Read-Only Editor
.
[auth.anonymous]
enabled
Set to true
to enable anonymous access. Defaults to false
org_name
Set the organization name that should be used for anonymous users. If you change your organization name in the Grafana UI this setting needs to be updated to match the new name.
org_role
Specify role for anonymous users. Defaults to Viewer
, other valid
options are Editor
and Admin
.
[auth.github]
You need to create a GitHub application (you find this under the GitHub profile page). When you create the application you will need to specify a callback URL. Specify this as callback:
http://<my_grafana_server_name_or_ip>:<grafana_server_port>/login/github
This callback URL must match the full HTTP address that you use in your
browser to access Grafana, but with the prefix path of /login/github
.
When the GitHub application is created you will get a Client ID and a
Client Secret. Specify these in the Grafana configuration file. For
example:
[auth.github]
enabled = true
client_id = YOUR_GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID
client_secret = YOUR_GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_SECRET
scopes = user:email
auth_url = https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize
token_url = https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token
api_url = https://api.github.com
allow_sign_up = false
team_ids =
Restart the Grafana back-end. You should now see a GitHub login button on the login page. You can now login or sign up with your GitHub accounts.
You may allow users to sign-up via GitHub authentication by setting the
allow_sign_up
option to true
. When this option is set to true
, any
user successfully authenticating via GitHub authentication will be
automatically signed up.
team_ids
Require an active team membership for at least one of the given teams on GitHub. If the authenticated user isn't a member of at least one of the teams they will not be able to register or authenticate with your Grafana instance. For example:
[auth.github]
enabled = true
client_id = YOUR_GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID
client_secret = YOUR_GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_SECRET
scopes = user:email,read:org
team_ids = 150,300
auth_url = https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize
token_url = https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token
allow_sign_up = false
[auth.google]
You need to create a Google project. You can do this in the Google Developer Console. When you create the project you will need to specify a callback URL. Specify this as callback:
http://<my_grafana_server_name_or_ip>:<grafana_server_port>/login/google
This callback URL must match the full HTTP address that you use in your
browser to access Grafana, but with the prefix path of /login/google
.
When the Google project is created you will get a Client ID and a Client
Secret. Specify these in the Grafana configuration file. For example:
[auth.google]
enabled = true
client_id = YOUR_GOOGLE_APP_CLIENT_ID
client_secret = YOUR_GOOGLE_APP_CLIENT_SECRET
scopes = https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email
auth_url = https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
token_url = https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
allowed_domains = mycompany.com mycompany.org
allow_sign_up = false
Restart the Grafana back-end. You should now see a Google login button
on the login page. You can now login or sign up with your Google
accounts. The allowed_domains
option is optional, and domains were separated by space.
You may allow users to sign-up via Google authentication by setting the
allow_sign_up
option to true
. When this option is set to true
, any
user successfully authenticating via Google authentication will be
automatically signed up.
[auth.basic]
enabled
When enabled is true
(default) the http api will accept basic authentication.
[auth.ldap]
enabled
Set to true
to enable LDAP integration (default: false
)
config_file
Path to the LDAP specific configuration file (default: /etc/grafana/ldap.toml
)
For details on LDAP Configuration, go to the LDAP Integration page.
[auth.proxy]
This feature allows you to handle authentication in a http reverse proxy.
enabled
Defaults to false
header_name
Defaults to X-WEBAUTH-USER
header_property
Defaults to username but can also be set to email
auto_sign_up
Set to true
to enable auto sign up of users who do not exist in Grafana DB. Defaults to true
.
[session]
provider
Valid values are memory
, file
, mysql
, postgres
, memcache
or redis
. Default is file
.
provider_config
This option should be configured differently depending on what type of session provider you have configured.
- file: session file path, e.g.
data/sessions
- mysql: go-sql-driver/mysql dsn config string, e.g.
user:password@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/database_name
- postgres: ex: user=a password=b host=localhost port=5432 dbname=c sslmode=disable
- memcache: ex: 127.0.0.1:11211
- redis: ex:
addr=127.0.0.1:6379,pool_size=100,db=grafana
If you use MySQL or Postgres as the session store you need to create the session table manually.
Mysql Example:
CREATE TABLE `session` (
`key` CHAR(16) NOT NULL,
`data` BLOB,
`expiry` INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`key`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
cookie_name
The name of the Grafana session cookie.
cookie_secure
Set to true if you host Grafana behind HTTPS only. Defaults to false
.
session_life_time
How long sessions lasts in seconds. Defaults to 86400
(24 hours).
[analytics]
reporting_enabled
When enabled Grafana will send anonymous usage statistics to
stats.grafana.org
. No IP addresses are being tracked, only simple counters to
track running instances, versions, dashboard & error counts. It is very helpful
to us, so please leave this enabled. Counters are sent every 24 hours. Default
value is true
.
google_analytics_ua_id
If you want to track Grafana usage via Google analytics specify your Universal Analytics ID here. By default this feature is disabled.
[dashboards.json]
If you have a system that automatically builds dashboards as json files you can enable this feature to have the Grafana backend index those json dashboards which will make them appear in regular dashboard search.
enabled
true
or false
. Is disabled by default.
path
The full path to a directory containing your json dashboards.
[log]
mode
Either "console", "file", "syslog". Default is console and file Use space to separate multiple modes, e.g. "console file"
level
Either "debug", "info", "warn", "error", "critical", default is "info"
filter
optional settings to set different levels for specific loggers.
Ex filters = sqlstore:debug
[metrics]
enabled
Enable metrics reporting. defaults true. Available via HTTP API /api/metrics
.
interval_seconds
Flush/Write interval when sending metrics to external TSDB. Defaults to 10s.
[metrics.graphite]
Include this section if you want to send internal Grafana metrics to Graphite.
address
Format <Hostname or ip>
:port
prefix
Graphite metric prefix. Defaults to prod.grafana.%(instance_name)s.
[snapshots]
external_enabled
Set to false to disable external snapshot publish endpoint (default true)
external_snapshot_url
Set root url to a Grafana instance where you want to publish external snapshots (defaults to https://snapshots-origin.raintank.io)
external_snapshot_name
Set name for external snapshot button. Defaults to Publish to snapshot.raintank.io