[solved]Datasource provisioning: prometheus

Grafana
1

Hello,
I try to provision a grafana instgance with a datasource from prometheus. I use this

apiVersion: 1

datasources:
- name: <%= @source_name %>
  type: Prometheus
  access: direct
  orgId: 1
  url: http://localhost:9090
  isDefault: true
  version: 1
  editable: false

but even if it create the datasource, the information are not saved properly. Did I miss something?

I have the version 5.0.3 of grafana

thanks

2

Should be a lower-case p: prometheus

Does the name look right in Grafana? Not sure what tool you are using here.

Are you sure you want a direct connection to your Prometheus instance? Most of the time you should be using proxy mode.

3

I forget to replace the “<%= @source_name %>”, it’s my template of chef :wink: the value in the server is

apiVersion: 1

datasources:
- name: prometheusdata
  type: Prometheus
  access: direct
  orgId: 1
  url: http://localhost:9090
  isDefault: true
  version: 1
  editable: false

thanks for the help, I will try later and give my feedback

4

Well even by replacing the Prometheus by “prometheus” I have the exact same behaviour

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5

Did you restart Grafana after changing the file? Datasource files are only read on startup.

6

yes, (it’s builded by chef)

7

I don’t know - it worked for me. I took your file and the only change I made was to make the type field lowercase.

Just to double check you changed the type field to be lowercase and not any other field?

8

Can you also check if you have created multiple data sources? Maybe you changed the name and got a new data source?

Sidenote: This blog post is good intro to provisioning: https://medium.com/56kcloud/provisioning-grafana-data-sources-and-dashboards-auto-magically-e27155d20652

9

Adding a datasource (or edit it) is ok, it’s just the provisioning that doesn’t work properly.

10

So this is what I did:

  1. Created a new file called prom.yaml in the conf/provisioning/datasources directory.
  2. Pasted the following text into it:
    apiVersion: 1

datasources:
- name: prometheusdata
  type: prometheus
  access: direct
  orgId: 1
  url: http://localhost:9090
  isDefault: true
  version: 1
  editable: false
  3. Restarted Grafana

In my logs, I got this line:

INFO[03-23|15:23:15] inserting datasource from configuration  logger=provisioning.datasources name=prometheusdata

And in data sources:

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Are you doing something different (with Chef in your case)?

11

well finally it works, strange :wink:
thanks for the help