A comprehensive introduction to help you get up and running with
creating interactive dashboards to visualize and monitor time-series
data in no time
Key Features
- Install, set up, and configure Grafana for real-time data analysis and
visualization
- Visualize and monitor data using data sources such as InfluxDB,
Prometheus, and Elasticsearch
- Explore Grafana's multi-cloud support with Microsoft Azure, Amazon
CloudWatch, and Google Stackdriver
Book Description
Grafana is an open-source analytical platform used to analyze and
monitoring time-series data. This beginner's guide will help you get to
grips with Grafana's new features for querying, visualizing, and
exploring metrics and logs no matter where they are stored.
The book begins by showing you how to install and set up the Grafana
server. You'll explore the working mechanism of various components of
the Grafana interface along with its security features, and learn how to
visualize and monitor data using, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Logstash, and
Elasticsearch. This Grafana book covers the advanced features of the
Graph panel and shows you how Stat, Table, Bar Gauge, and Text are used.
You'll build dynamic dashboards to perform end-to-end analytics and
label and organize dashboards into folders to make them easier to find.
As you progress, the book delves into the administrative aspects of
Grafana by creating alerts, setting permissions for teams, and
implementing user authentication. Along with exploring Grafana's
multi-cloud monitoring support, you'll also learn about Grafana Loki,
which is a backend logger for users running Prometheus and Kubernetes.
By the end of this book, you'll have gained all the knowledge you need
to start building interactive dashboards.
What you will learn
- Find out how to visualize data using Grafana
- Understand how to work with the major components of the Graph panel
- Explore mixed data sources, query inspector, and time interval
settings
- Discover advanced dashboard features such as annotations, templating
with variables, dashboard linking, and dashboard sharing techniques
- Connect user authentication to Google, GitHub, and a variety of
external services
- Find out how Grafana can provide monitoring support for cloud service
infrastructures
Who this book is for
This book is for business intelligence developers, business analysts,
data analysts, and anyone interested in performing time-series data
analysis and monitoring using Grafana. Those looking to create and share
interactive dashboards or looking to get up to speed with the latest
features of Grafana will also find this book useful. Although no prior
knowledge of Grafana is required, basic knowledge of data visualization
and some experience in Python programming will help you understand the
concepts covered in the book.
