Configuring a Grafana Data Source

Prerequisites

• Grafana has been installed.

Procedure

1. Add an access code.
   1. Log in to the AOM console.

      

   2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Configuration Management > Agent Access, and click Add Access Code to generate an access code.
      Figure 1 Generating an access code
      
   3. Click to view the generated access code.
      Figure 2 Viewing the access code
      
2. Obtain the data source URL.

   The URL is in the format of https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}.

   • You can obtain the AOM endpoint information from Regions and Endpoints.
   • Set project_id to the project ID of the corresponding region. You can obtain the project ID from My Credentials.
     Figure 3 My Credentials
     
     Figure 4 Obtaining the project ID
     
3. Add a data source to Grafana.
   1. Log in to Grafana. The default username and password for the first login are admin. After the login is successful, change the password as prompted.
   2. In the navigation pane, choose Configuration > Data Sources. Then, click Add data source.
      Figure 5 Configuring Grafana
      
   3. Click Prometheus to access the configuration page.
      Figure 6 Entering the Prometheus configuration page
      
   4. Configure parameters as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 7 Configuring a Grafana data source
      
      

      The actual Grafana version varies depending on the installation method. Figure 7 is only an example.

      Table 1 Parameters

      Parameter	Description
      Name	Customizable name
      URL	URL https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id} combined in Obtain the data source URL.
      Basic auth	Enabled
      Skip TLS Verify	Enabled
      User	aom_access_code
      Password	Access code generated in Add an access code.

   5. After the configuration, click Save & test. If the message Data source is working is displayed, the data source is configured.
      Figure 8 Data source added