Grafana

Learn Grafana, the leading open source tool for visualizing metrics, time series data and application analytics.

What you'll learn

Explore the Graph, Stat, Gauge, Bar Gauge, Table, Text, Heatmap and Logs Panels

Install and configure a MySQL Datasource, Dashboard and Collector

Install and configure a Zabbix Server Datasource, Dashboards

Install and configure InfluxDB with Telegraf

Use Dashboard Variables to create Dynamic Dashboards with Automatic Visualisation Placement

Install an SNMP Agent and Configure Telegraf SNMP Input

Install Loki Data Source that queries a Loki Service that is ingesting data from a Promtail Service.

Graph Time Series aswell as Non Time Series SQL Data

Create custom MySQL Time Series Queries

Install Grafana from Packages

Add a Nginx Reverse Proxy for Grafana

Create a domain name and install an SSL certificate for the Grafana Server

Explore the Dashboards Panels Options

Install a SMTP server and setup an Email Notification Channel

Setup Alerts for when SNMP devices go offline or return no data

Setup a Telegram Contact Point

Use Annotation Queries to Link Logs Panels and Graph Panels

Install Prometheus with Several Node Exporters and A Dashboard

Setup an Elasticsearch server with Filebeat and Metricbeat services.

Requirements

Basic Linux Experience

Basic MySQL Familiarity

All commands entered during the lectures are provided in the corresponding resources

Description

Welcome to my course on GrafanaGrafana is an analytics platform for all of your metrics. Grafana allows you to query, visualize, alert on and understand your metrics no matter where they are stored. Create, explore, and share dashboards with your team and foster a data driven culture. Trusted and loved by the community.This is a Learn by example course, where I demonstrate all the concepts discussed so that you can see them working, and you can try them out for yourself as well.With this course, comes accompanying documentation that you can access for free. You will then be able to match what you see in the videos and copy/paste directly from my documentation and see the same result. In this course we will,Install Grafana from PackagesCreate a domain name, install an SSL certificate and change the default portExplore the Graph, Stat, Gauge, Bar Gauge, Table, Text, Heatmap and Logs PanelsCreate many different types of Data Sources from MySQL, Zabbix, InfluxDB, Prometheus and LokiWe will configure their various collection processes such as MySQL Event Scheduler, Telegraf, Node Exporters, SNMP agents and PromtailWe will look at graphing Time Series data versus Non Time Series dataWe will also install dashboards for each of the Data Sources, experimenting with community created dashboards plus experimenting with our ownWe will monitor SNMP Devices using Telegraf Agent and InfluxDB Data SourcesSetup Elasticsearch with Filebeat and Metricbeat servicesWe will create Annotation Queries and link the Log and Graphs panels togetherWe will look at Dynamic Dashboard Variables, Dynamic Tables and GraphsWe will look at creating Value Groups/Tags and how to use them with different kinds of data sourcesWe will set up Alerting Channels/Contact Points and understand the different alerting options, configure an example to detect offline SNMP devices and demonstrate receiving email alerts via a local SMTP serverAt the end of the course, you will have your own dedicated working Grafana Server, which will be in the cloud, with SSL, a domain name, with many example Data Sources and collectors configured, that you can call your own, ready for you to take it to the next level.Once again, this is a Learn by example course, with all the example commands available for you to copy and paste. I demonstrate them working, and you will be able to do that to. You are now ready to continue.Thanks for taking part in my course, and i'll see you there.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Install Grafana

Lecture 3 Upgrade/Downgrade Grafana

Lecture 4 Point Domain Name

Lecture 5 Reverse Proxy Grafana with Nginx

Lecture 6 Add SSL

Lecture 7 Create out First Data Source

Lecture 8 Panel Rows

Lecture 9 Panel Presentation Options

Lecture 10 Dashboard Versioning

Lecture 11 Graph Panel : Visualisation Options

Lecture 12 Graph Panel : Overrides

Lecture 13 Graph Panel : Transformations

Lecture 14 Stat Panel

Lecture 15 Gauge Panel

Lecture 16 Bar Gauge Panel

Lecture 17 Table Panel

Lecture 18 Create MySQL Data Source, Collector and Dashboard

Lecture 19 Create a Custom MySQL Time Series Query

Lecture 20 Graphing Non Time Series SQL Data in Grafana

Lecture 21 Install Loki Binary and Start as a Service

Lecture 22 Install Promtail Binary and Start as a Service

Lecture 23 LogQL

Lecture 24 Install a Second Promtail Service

Lecture 25 Annotation Queries Linking the Log and Graph Panels

Lecture 26 Read Nginx Logs with Promtail

Lecture 27 Install Prometheus Service and Data Source

Lecture 28 Install Prometheus Dashboard

Lecture 29 Setup Grafana Metrics Prometheus Dashboard

Lecture 30 Install Second Prometheus Node Exporter

Lecture 31 Install InfluxDB Server and Data Source

Lecture 32 Install Telegraf Agent and Configure for InfluxDB

Lecture 33 Install A Dashboard For Default InfluxDB/Telegraf Metrics

Lecture 34 Install SNMP Agent and Configure Telegraf SNMP Input

Lecture 35 Add Multiple SNMP Devices to Telegraf Config

Lecture 36 Import SNMP Dashboard that uses InfluxDB and Telegraf

Lecture 37 Create and Configure a Zabbix Data Source

Lecture 38 Import Zabbix Dashboards

Lecture 39 Elasticsearch Data Source and Database

Lecture 40 Setup Elasticsearch Filebeat

Lecture 41 Setup Elasticseach Metricbeat

Lecture 42 Setup an Advanced Elasticsearch Dashboard

Lecture 43 Dashboard Variables

Lecture 44 Dynamic Table from Variables

Lecture 45 Dynamic Timeseries Graph from Variables

Lecture 46 Create an Email Alert Contact Point

Lecture 47 Create Alerts for SNMP No Data

Lecture 48 Create Telegram Contact Point

Lecture 49 Users and Roles

Lecture 50 Teams

Lecture 51 Orgs

Lecture 52 Grafana Cloud Introduction

Lecture 53 Grafana Cloud Loki Data Source

Lecture 54 Grafana Cloud Prometheus Data Source

Network, Systems and Database Administrators,Infrastructure Monitoring Specialists,IT Platform Specialists,DevOps Technicians,Enthusiasts wanting a better understanding and better visibility of their networks in the home or office,Someone who is curious and wants a good understanding of what Grafana does and what it's good at.