Install plugin from dockerfile

Grafana Installation
1

Hi,

My grafana container is running where there is no internet connectivity.
I would therefore like to install my plugins from the Dockerfile.
I have tried:

RUN /usr/sbin/grafana-cli plugins install vonage-status-panel

Installation looks successful while building the dockerfile but there are no plugins installed.
Not even “/var/lib/grafana/plugins” directory is created.

Step 10 : RUN /usr/sbin/grafana-cli plugins install vonage-status-panel
—> Running in d3d4df4712f2
installing vonage-status-panel @ 1.0.5
from url: https://grafana.com/api/plugins/vonage-status-panel/versions/1.0.5/download
into: /var/lib/grafana/plugins

:heavy_check_mark: Installed vonage-status-panel successfully

Restart grafana after installing plugins .

Is it possible to install plugins from Dockerfile?

Br Mathias

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Yes, it is possible with the GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS environmental variable . Like this:

docker run \
  -d \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  --name=grafana \
  -e "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=grafana-clock-panel,grafana-simple-json-datasource" \
  grafana/grafana

See https://hub.docker.com/r/grafana/grafana/

3

Hello Danielle,

It does not help me to install the plugin at run time.
I need to install the plugin at build time.

Failed to send requesterrorGet https://grafana.com/api/plugins/repo/grafana-clock-panel: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:443: getsockopt: connection refused
Error: ✗ Failed to send request. error: Get https://grafana.com/api/plugins/repo/grafana-clock-panel: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:443: getsockopt: connection refused

NAME:
Grafana cli plugins install - install <plugin version (optional)>

I simulated no connectivity with the following docker parameter:
–add-host grafana.com:127.0.0.1

I need the container fully installed at run time.
Any other ideas?

Br Mathias

4

Read too fast the first time and missed this important information.

It will be a bit harder then. You will have to download the plugins manually first and create a dockerfile that copies them into the Grafana subdirectory: data/plugins. If you google for it, you might find someone who has done it already.

5

Thanks for the tip.

It is working.

Br Mathias

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The reason you cannot do grafana-cli plugin install is that Dockerfile for grafana use
VOLUME ["/var/lib/grafana", “/var/log/grafana”, “/etc/grafana”]

So any changes with /var/lib/grafana will be lost when you build your own Dockerfile using FROM official image.

@daniellee and @matajaz maybe you can be interesting in my solution.

I do the following things:

  • create non-default plugin dir in /data/grafana/plugins
  • in my custom Dockerfile install plugin into /data/grafana/plugins
  • in docker-compose pass environment variable GF_PATHS_PLUGINS=/data/grafana/plugins

Dockerfile

FROM grafana/grafana:4.6.1
RUN mkdir -p /data/grafana/plugins && chown -R grafana:grafana /data/grafana/plugins
RUN grafana-cli --pluginsDir "/data/grafana/plugins" plugins install natel-discrete-panel \
    && grafana-cli --pluginsDir "/data/grafana/plugins" plugins install natel-influx-admin-panel

docker-compose.yml

                environment:
                 - "GF_PATHS_PLUGINS=/data/grafana/plugins"
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