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18 18  [[Grafana Tutorials>>https://grafana.com/tutorials/?utm_source=grafana_gettingstarted]]
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20 +There is a great possibility to play with Grafana using the [[Grafana Playground>>https://play.grafana.org/d/bdnahipisghdsa/getting-started-with-grafana-play?orgId=1]].
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20 20  = Accessing Grafana =
21 21  
22 22  * Grafana as part of the DevOps-as-a-Service toolchain can be accessed by either
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23 23  ** DevOps Portal Homepage ~-~-> Grafana Tile
24 24  [[image:1744266164249-840.png]]
25 25  ** or directly use the URL [[https:~~/~~/grafana-<customer~>.devops.t-systems.net>>https://grafana-<customer>.devops.t-systems.net]]
26 -* A Grafana license must be assigned to the user in the DevOps portal to see the Grafana tile resp. to get access to Grafana.
28 +* Preconditions in DevOps portal to access Grafana:
29 +** A Grafana license must be assigned to the user
30 +** Grafana must be added to the tool list of the project
27 27  * If you are not already logged in to another tool in the toolchain, then you have to login using your configured SSO credentials.
28 28  * When you see this message after entering your credentials, then you don't have a Grafana license assigned in the DevOps portal:
29 29  [[image:1744266590219-161.png||height="242" width="293"]]
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41 41  A detailed description of the Grafana role model can be found [[here>>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/administration/roles-and-permissions/]].
42 42  )))
43 43  * There is an additional permission management possible on folder level. A folder contains a set of dashboards. A project admin can create folders and manage specific permissions for this folder using Grafana. See this [[link >>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/manage-dashboards/#create-a-dashboard-folder]]for further information. Folder permissions management is out of scope of the user management in the DevOps portal.
44 -* A project admin is entitled to create and manage "Service Accounts" in Grafana and grant permissions in the specific organization. A Service Account belongs to an Organization (Project) and not to an user. Service Accounts can be used for systems which want to work wit the Grafana API for any automation purposes.See this [[link >>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/manage-dashboards/#create-a-dashboard-folder]]for further information. Service Account management is done directly in Grafana and is out of scope of the user management in the DevOps portal.
48 +* A project admin is entitled to create and manage "Service Accounts" in Grafana and grant permissions in the specific organization. A Service Account belongs to an Organization (Project) and not to an user. Service Accounts can be used for systems which want to work wit the Grafana API for any automation purposes. See this [[link >>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/administration/service-accounts/]]for further information. Service Account management is done directly in Grafana and is out of scope of the user management in the DevOps portal.
49 +* If you are assigned to more than one project in the DevOps portal, having Grafana configured as tool, then you can switch between Organizations in Grafana. Go to the top left corner, click on the Org list and select any other Grafana Organization (project), you want to switch to.
50 +**When you work in Grafana, always make sure that you chose the intended Organization.**
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53 += Main Functions =
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55 +== Datasources ==
56 +
57 +* Before you can setup dashboards and alerts, you have to setup datasources. Grafana itself is only a visualization tool, for data gathered via datasources.
58 +* Datasources are created/managed per Grafana Organization.
59 +* The Admin role is required to setup and manage datasources.
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62 +When a datasource is available in an Organization, every user assigned to this Organization (Project) with Admin or Edit role can access/explore the data provided by this datasource.
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64 +* Most common datasources are configured for
65 +** Prometheus to visualize metrics
66 +** Loki to search and visualize logs
67 +** MySQL, PostgreSQL to access and visualize database data
68 +* Many possible datasource types are preinstalled as built-in plugins and can be used
69 +* Datasource are set up via menu panel ~-~-> Connections ~-~-> Datasources
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