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Features of Grafana
• Grafana has a plethora of visualization to help understands data.
• A new query builder that will help you write and understand Loki
queries without knowing any of the syntaxes.
This guide will show you how to install Grafana 9 with Prometheus
on RHEL 9 / CentOS Stream 9. Check below for what you need to
do before you proceed with the installation;
$ sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/grafana.repo
[grafana]
name=grafana
baseurl=https://packages.grafana.com/oss/rpm
repo_gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.grafana.com/gpg.key
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
Save and exit the file, to do so, use :x . Proceed to update the
added repository using the command;
Once the update is done, go ahead and reboot your system using
the command;
sudo reboot
$ grafana-server -v
Version 9.1.7 (commit: 0cbb79298d, branch: HEAD)
Click “Save & Test” to save the new data source. You should get a
successful prompt like the one below.
Paste the ID that you copied from the webpage. Then click on Load.
The Node Exporter dashboard details appear as shown below. You
can change the Folder Name or leave it as ‘General’. Select the
Prometheus data source and then Click on Import.
Conclusion
We have gone through the process of installing Grafana 9 with
Prometheus on RHEL 9 / CentOS Stream 9. Grafana 9 comes with
new visual query builders for both Prometheus and Loki data
sources. This assists users in creating, comprehending, and learning
how to use the underlying query languages. Grafana has enhanced
security and authentication features, a brand-new and powerful
heatmap visualization, a more user-friendly navigation menu, and
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