Redis plugins for Grafana - Quickstart (original) (raw)
Architecture¶
The Redis plugins for Grafana consists of Redis Data Source, Redis Application and Redis Explorer.
Grafana Marketplace¶
In Grafana 8+ Redis Plugins can be installed from the Grafana Marketplace.
Install using grafana-cli¶
Use the grafana-cli tool to install from the command line:
Redis Application plugin and Redis Data Source¶
grafana-cli plugins install redis-app
Redis Explorer plugin¶
Dependencies
Redis Application plugin and Redis Data Source will be auto-installed as dependencies.
grafana-cli plugins install redis-explorer-app
Run using Docker¶
Login to Grafana
The Default username and password to login to Grafana are admin/admin.
Run a container in the background
Use docker-compose up -d option to run a container in the background and print container ID.
Redis Application plugin and Redis Data Source¶
docker run -p 3000:3000 --name=grafana -e "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=redis-app" grafana/grafana
Redis Explorer¶
docker run -p 3000:3000 --name=grafana -e "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=redis-explorer-app" grafana/grafana
Docker Images¶
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Install without Internet access¶
Redis Data Source¶
- Download the latest version from the Releases.
- Unzip an archive to the
plugins/folder for local Grafana installation or Docker's volume. - Check permissions for the
redis-datasourcebinaries:
Permissions
Redis Data Source binaries should have executable permissions for Grafana to execute them.
% ls -lrt redis-datasource* -rwxr-xr-x 1 mikhail staff 13077504 Mar 20 11:20 redis-datasource_windows_amd64.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 mikhail staff 11796480 Mar 20 11:20 redis-datasource_linux_arm64 -rwxr-xr-x 1 mikhail staff 10682368 Mar 20 11:20 redis-datasource_linux_arm -rwxr-xr-x 1 mikhail staff 12644352 Mar 20 11:20 redis-datasource_linux_amd64 -rwxr-xr-x 1 mikhail staff 13806272 Mar 20 11:20 redis-datasource_darwin_amd64
- Check that plugin was registered:
t=2020-07-01T06:03:38+0000 lvl=info msg="Starting plugin search" logger=plugins t=2020-07-01T06:03:38+0000 lvl=warn msg="Running an unsigned backend plugin" logger=plugins pluginID=redis-datasource pluginDir=/var/lib/grafana/plugins/redis-datasource t=2020-07-01T06:03:38+0000 lvl=info msg="Registering plugin" logger=plugins name=redis-datasource t=2020-07-01T06:03:38+0000 lvl=info msg="HTTP Server Listen" logger=http.server address=[::]:3000 protocol=http subUrl= socket=
Redis Application plugin¶
- Download the latest version from the Releases.
- Unzip an archive to the
plugins/folder for local Grafana installation or Docker's volume.
Redis Explorer plugin¶
Dependencies
Redis Explorer plugin requires Redis Data Source and Redis Application plugin.
- Download the latest version from the Releases.
- Unzip an archive to the
plugins/folder for local Grafana installation or Docker's volume.
Configuration¶
Redis Data Source¶
The Configuration page explains how to connect the data source to the Redis database.
Redis Application plugin¶
The Overview page explains how to enable plugin and manage Redis Data Sources.
Redis Explorer plugin¶
The Overview page explains how to enable plugin and manage Redis Enterprise Software Data Sources.
Learn more¶
Please look at Learn More page to read recent blog posts and view video presentations from the conferences.