README.md

What?

This is a small webservice implementing a graphite compatible endpoint to render logos via metrics on your dashboards. This project was inspired by Monitoring Art.

Why?

Because it's possible.

Can I take a look?

Also checkout the dashboards from #eh18.

How

run from release

• download latest release
• install aspnetcore runtime
• unzip
• dotnet grafana-logo.dll

or run from source

$ git clone https://github.com/eventphone/grafana-logo.git
$ cd src/grafana-logo
$ dotnet run

add a datasource to grafana

• Name: choose a meaningful name
• Type: Graphite
• Url: http://localhost:5000
• Access: proxy

upload your image

cd src/grafana-logo/wwwroot/images
wget https://github.com/eventphone/grafana-logo/raw/master/src/wwwroot/images/eventphone_logo_schriftzug.png

create a new graph

• Datasource: your meaningful name
• Metric: timeseries - filename of your logo

• switch off legends: Legend -> Show
• enable stack: Display -> Stack
• remove lines: Display -> Line Width -> 0)
• add color: Display -> Fill -> 10

• add overrides:
  • Display -> Series override
  • add an override for each color
    • alias or regex: select color code
    • + color: set the color code from the name
  • set Lines=false for the background color