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Grafana

This guide contains information to set up a Grafana Source in Vanus Connect.

Introduction​

Grafana is an open-source platform for data visualization and analytics. It enables users to create and share dashboards, charts, and alerts across multiple data sources.

The Grafana Source is a webhook server that enables you to establish an endpoint for receiving events from Grafana. To achieve this, it is necessary to establish a connection within Grafana.

Prerequisites​

Getting Started​

To obtain all Grafana events using Vanus Connect, follow these steps:

Grafana Connection Settings​

  • Write a Name① for your connection in Vanus Connect.

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Configuring Grafana to send Events

  1. Click on the copy① icon to copy the Webhook URL. Use the Webhook URL to receive events.

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  1. Log in to your [Grafana Account]②(https://grafana.com).

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  1. Click on the hamburger button③, navigate to Alerts & IRM④, and select Alerting⑤.

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  1. Select Contact points⑥, and click on Add contact point⑦.

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  1. Name⑧ your contact point, click on integration and select webhook⑨, provide the payload URL⑩ from Vanus Connect, and Save contact point⑪.

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  1. Click Next⑫ and continue the configuration.

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