What this book covers
Chapter 1, Getting Started with Grafana, explains what Grafana is and what it is useful for. You will also learn to install it and make basic configurations.
Chapter 2, Exploring Grafana, covers all the sections and capabilities of Grafana. Also, you will learn about user management, including groups, authentication, and permissions.
Chapter 3, Connecting IoT Devices, explains how to connect IoT devices and send data to IoT platforms using different protocols and systems.
Chapter 4, Data Sources for Grafana, explores different types of data sources. These data sources will be used in later chapters to feed data to Grafana.
Chapter 5, Using Time Series Databases, explains how to store data in time-series databases.
Chapter 6, Getting Data and Building Dashboards, discusses how to connect data sources and build visualization dashboards.
Chapter 7, Managing Plugins, covers the installation and management of Grafana plugins.
Chapter 8, Organizing and Managing Dashboards, explains how to manage dashboards, variables, annotations, links, and permissions. You will also learn how to export and share dashboards.
Chapter 9, Performing Analytics in Grafana, covers analytics using data source capabilities and plugins.
Chapter 10, Alerting and Notifications in Grafana, explains how to configure and use alerts and notifications in Grafana.
Chapter 11, Using Grafana with Prometheus, discusses getting data from Prometheus and displaying it in Grafana dashboards.
Chapter 12, Using Grafana with OpenSearch, covers integrating OpenSearch and Grafana.
Chapter 13, Showing Data from LibreNMS in Grafana, explains how to connect LibreNMS and Grafana, use data from LibreNMS, and display it with Grafana.
Chapter 14, Integrations for Grafana Cloud, discusses monitoring Home Assistant, RabbitMQ, and Linux nodes using the Grafana Cloud integrations.