Usage Query

[CalinDee]

Hey guys,
Forgive this probably silly query but I am apparently unclear on the defined usage instructions.
I am an absolute newby, as far as Grafana usage is concerned, and your dashboard template looks exactly like what I am looking for.

I have a test env setup running netdata, dumping to an influxdb - this is working as expected. I am unable to get the 'hosts' dropdown to present the list of servers that should be available however (I can see them in the influx db series, so the data is there).

Your stated installation instructions say:

Copy the raw version of the grafana-dashboard.json from here. (OK)
Modify all the datasource from your-influxdb to your datastore's name that you've defined in your Grafana. (I can find no instance of 'your-influxdb' to edit - I am unsure of exactly which stanza this is meant to target)
Update all the measurements in the JSON e.g. "netdata.system.cpu.user" to your-prefix.system.cpu.user. (My prefix is already 'netdata' so I do not believe that I need to edit this. As a simple and horrible hack I edited some of the lines to 'netdata.<server_fqdn>.system.cpu.user' when then presented data, so the data points are there, but I cannot populate the hosts dropdown to allow me to select them as required.
Now, create a new dashboard using the Import button on Grafana's dashboard-list menu

Are you able to provide any clarity on the above? And again, I apologize for the very likely silly question!

[abchk1234]

Hi @CalinDee

You can try this way:

• In Grafana, goto Dashboards -> Import
• Copy all contents from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kmonsoor/netdata-influx-grafana/master/grafana-dashboard.json
• Pasted copied JSON in relevant text field
• Hit load, set appropriate values, done!