How To Install Grafana on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Hey there data enthusiasts! Ever find yourself drowning in a sea of numbers and logs, desperately trying to make sense of it all? Enter Grafana, the superhero of data visualization!
In a world where information overload is the norm, Grafana swoops in to save the day. It’s not just a tool; it’s your trusty sidekick in the quest for understanding your metrics, logs, and traces. From tech geeks to data dabblers, Grafana’s got something for everyone.
After installing Prometheus, we will install Grafana to visualize data from Prometheus (and many other Data Sources).
Prerequisites
- Server running Ubuntu 22.04
- User with sudo privileges
- Minimum hardware requirements 1 CPU and 512MB
Install Grafana
Install prerequisite packages
sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https software-properties-common wget
Import the GPG key
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings/
wget -q -O - https://apt.grafana.com/gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/grafana.gpg > /dev/null
Add a repository for stable releases
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/grafana.gpg] https://apt.grafana.com stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list
Update Grafana sources list
sudo apt-get update
To Install Grafana OSS
sudo apt-get install grafana
To Install Grafana Enterprise
sudo apt-get install grafana-enterprise
Start the server
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start grafana-server
sudo systemctl status grafana-server
Accessing the Grafana UI
The UI should be accessible with your browser using the IP of your server and port 3000.
The default username and password are admin/admin. after login in, you will be prompted to create a new password (this is highly recommended)
You can reset the admin password by running the following command.
sudo grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password NEWPASSWORD
Conclusion
With Grafana you can monitor server performance, track application metrics, or just enjoying the sheer beauty of your data. In the next article we will use node exporter to monitor servers.
