About Grafana

Data visualization, real-time dashboards, panels, data sources & alerting.

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Architecture & Workflow

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Key Benefits for Modern DevOps

• Automation: Eliminates repetitive manual procedures through codified configuration.
• Reliability & Consistency: Reduces configuration drift across development, staging, and production environments.
• High Observability: Provides deep telemetry into application and infrastructure health.

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Complete Curriculum Roadmap

This comprehensive handbook covers the entire Grafana engineering lifecycle across 13 structured modules:

Module 1: Introduction to Grafana

• What is Grafana: What Is Grafana, Grafana Use Cases, Grafana In Devops, Grafana Vs Other Tools
• Grafana Architecture: Grafana Architecture Overview, Grafana Server, Grafana Database, Grafana Plugins System

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Module 2: Installation & Setup

• Installing Grafana: Install Linux, Install Docker, Install Kubernetes, Install Windows, Install Mac
• Initial Configuration: First Time Login, Grafana Ini Config, Environment Variables Config, Grafana Directory Structure
• Grafana Authentication: Default Authentication, Ldap Authentication, Oauth Authentication, Saml Authentication, Anonymous Access

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Module 3: Data Sources

• Data Sources Overview: What Are Data Sources, Adding Data Sources, Data Source Permissions, Testing Data Sources
• Prometheus Data Source: Connecting Prometheus, Prometheus Query Basics, Promql In Grafana, Prometheus Alerting Rules
• Other Data Sources: Elasticsearch Data Source, Mysql Data Source, Postgresql Data Source, Cloudwatch Data Source, Loki Data Source, Influxdb Data Source, Jaeger Data Source

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Module 4: Dashboards

• Dashboard Basics: What Is A Dashboard, Creating Dashboards, Dashboard Settings, Dashboard Variables, Dashboard Time Range
• Dashboard Management: Organizing Dashboards, Folders And Permissions, Importing Dashboards, Exporting Dashboards, Dashboard Versions, Dashboard Sharing
• Dashboard Best Practices: Dashboard Design Principles, Naming Conventions, Dashboard As Code, Dashboards For Devops

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Module 5: Panels and Visualizations

• Panel Basics: What Is A Panel, Adding Panels, Panel Settings, Panel Transformations, Panel Overrides
• Visualization Types: Time Series Panel, Bar Chart Panel, Gauge Panel, Stat Panel, Table Panel, Pie Chart Panel, Heatmap Panel, Logs Panel, Node Graph Panel, Geomap Panel
• Panel Queries: Writing Queries, Query Inspector, Mixed Data Sources, Query Variables

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Module 6: Alerting

• Grafana Alerting Basics: Alerting Overview, Unified Alerting, Alert Rules, Alert States, Alert Evaluation
• Alert Configuration: Creating Alert Rules, Alert Conditions, Alert Annotations, Alert Labels, Silences, Mute Timings
• Notification Channels: Contact Points, Slack Notifications, Email Notifications, Pagerduty Integration, Opsgenie Integration, Webhook Notifications, Notification Policies

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Module 7: Grafana Loki

• Loki Basics: What Is Loki, Loki Architecture, Loki Vs Elasticsearch, Installing Loki
• Loki Configuration: Loki Config File, Storage Configuration, Retention Policies, Loki With S3
• LogQL: Logql Overview, Log Stream Selectors, Filter Expressions, Metric Queries, Logql Examples
• Log Collection: Promtail Overview, Installing Promtail, Promtail Config, Fluentd With Loki, Fluentbit With Loki, Kubernetes Logging With Loki

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Module 8: Grafana Tempo

• Tempo Basics: What Is Tempo, Distributed Tracing Overview, Tempo Architecture, Installing Tempo
• Tempo Configuration: Tempo Config File, Tempo With S3, Trace Retention, Tempo With Opentelemetry
• Tracing in Grafana: Connecting Tempo To Grafana, Exploring Traces, Trace To Logs, Trace To Metrics

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Module 9: Grafana Mimir

• Mimir Basics: What Is Mimir, Mimir Vs Prometheus, Mimir Architecture, Installing Mimir
• Mimir Configuration: Mimir Config File, Mimir With S3, Multi Tenancy, Mimir High Availability

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Module 10: Grafana Stack (LGTM)

• The LGTM Stack: What Is Lgtm Stack, Loki Grafana Tempo Mimir, Lgtm Vs Elk Stack, When To Use Lgtm
• Deploying LGTM Stack: Lgtm With Docker Compose, Lgtm On Kubernetes, Lgtm With Helm, Lgtm Configuration Guide

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Module 11: Grafana in Kubernetes

• Grafana on Kubernetes: Deploying Grafana On K8s, Grafana Helm Chart, Persistent Storage For Grafana, Grafana Ingress Setup
• Kubernetes Monitoring Stack: Kube Prometheus Stack, Installing Kube Prometheus Stack, Kubernetes Dashboards, Node Exporter Dashboards, Kubernetes Alerts
• Kubernetes Observability: Monitoring Pods And Nodes, Monitoring Deployments, Monitoring Namespaces, Monitoring Ingress, Container Resource Dashboards

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Module 12: Grafana as Code

• Provisioning: What Is Provisioning, Provisioning Data Sources, Provisioning Dashboards, Provisioning Alerting
• Grafana with Terraform: Grafana Terraform Provider, Managing Dashboards With Terraform, Managing Alerts With Terraform, Managing Users With Terraform
• Grafonnet and Jsonnet: What Is Grafonnet, Jsonnet Basics, Building Dashboards With Grafonnet, Grafonnet Best Practices

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Module 13: Administration

• User Management: Users And Teams, Organizations, Roles And Permissions, Api Keys, Service Accounts
• Grafana Security: Security Best Practices, Https Setup, Secure Cookies, Audit Logs, Data Source Permissions
• Grafana Maintenance: Backup And Restore, Upgrading Grafana, Database Migration, Performance Tuning, Grafana Cli

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