grafana/docs/sources/plugins/installation.md

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Plugins

Installing plugins

The easiest way to install plugins is by using the CLI tool grafana-cli which is bundled with grafana. Before any modification take place after modifieng plugins, grafana-server need to be restarted.

Grafana plugin directory

On Linux systems the grafana-cli will assume that the grafana plugin directory is "/var/lib/grafana/plugins". Its possible to override the directory which grafana-cli will operate on by specifing the --path flag. On Windows systems this parameter have to be specified for every call.

Grafana-cli commands

List available plugins

grafana-cli list-remove

Install a plugin type

grafana-cli install <plugin-id>

List installed plugins

grafana-cli ls

Upgrade all installed plugins

grafana-cli upgrade-all

Upgrade one plugin

grafana-cli upgrade <plugin-id>

Remove one plugin

grafana-cli remove <plugin-id>