What Exactly Is Grafana

Grafana is a multi-platform open source analytics and interactive visualization web application. It provides charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources. … The Grafana user interface was originally based on version 3 of Kibana.

How do you integrate Graphite and Grafana?

1. Open Grafana and click on the * icon (settings tab) in the left vertical navigation bar.
2. Select “Data Sources” from the list.
3. A new page opens. Click on “Add data Source”.
4. Select “Graphite” from the list of time series databases.
5. Enter a name for the Graphite DB. …
6. Click on “Save & Test”.

What is Graphite Prometheus?

Prometheus and Graphite are open-source monitoring tools used to store and graph time series data. Prometheus is a “time series DBMS and monitoring system,” while Graphite is a simpler “data logging and graphing tool for time series data.” Both are open source and primarily used for system monitoring.