How to Run Several Plugin with Docker

Grafana Plugin Development
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Hello,

I’m running a plugin with docker-compose up.

Here is my Docker-Compose.yaml

version: '3.0'

services:
  grafana:
    container_name: 'Helios-Grafana'
    build:
      context: ./.config
      args:
          grafana_version: ${GRAFANA_VERSION:-9.3.8}
    environment:
      - GF_DEFAULT_APP_MODE=development
      - GF_DASHBOARDS_MIN_REFRESH_INTERVAL=0.1s
      - GF_PLUGINS_ALLOW_LOADING_UNSIGNED_PLUGINS=true
    ports:
      - 3000:3000/tcp
    volumes:
      - ./dist:/var/lib/grafana/plugins
      - ./provisioning:/etc/grafana/provisioning

But with this I only have one of my plugin, did someone know how to display several plugin with Docker ?

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Hi @nicolasdossantos248

you can point /var/lib/grafana/plugins to a folder with multiple plugins in it. Currently you point it to the ./dist of your plugin (and that’s why only one its loaded).

put several plugins in a folder and point that folder correctly in your docker file.

You can see the docker documentation about volumes Volumes | Docker Documentation to learn more of how they work.

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what do you have in ./dist

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Hello, I have try to put what you tell me :

version: '3.0'

services:
  grafana:
    container_name: 'Helios-Grafana'
    build:
      context: ./.config
      args:
          grafana_version: ${GRAFANA_VERSION:-9.3.8}
    environment:
      - GF_DEFAULT_APP_MODE=development
      - GF_DASHBOARDS_MIN_REFRESH_INTERVAL=0.1s
      - GF_PLUGINS_ALLOW_LOADING_UNSIGNED_PLUGINS=true
    ports:
      - 3000:3000/tcp
    volumes:
      - /var/lib/grafana/data/plugins
      - ./provisioning:/etc/grafana/provisioning

But my plugin doesn’t appear. I have this path in my docker :

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This is my path to file where my plugin is :

C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\grafana\data\plugins

I’m starting my docker compose in this file :

C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\grafana\data\plugins\helios-videov3-panel

I was wondering if put the docker-compose.yaml in the file where I have all my plugin can be a solution.

@yosiasz Here is what I have in my dist file :

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With this configuration you are not pointing any local folder to the docker volume but just to a standard docker volume.

you need to pass the local folder then colon : the container folder.

e.g.:

      - ./plugins:/var/lib/grafana/data/plugins

Where you put your docker-compose file is relevant to the relative routes that you use. In the line I sent you, docker will mount a folder called plugins at the same level of the docker-compose file in the grafana plugins folder.

Please notice that all these topics are outside of the scope of grafana and are about how to use docker and docker-compose and it is best if you refer to those projects documentation.

Here’s an article that talks about relative and absolute paths https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/linux-path-absolute-relative

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