This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Grafana, a powerful open-source platform for creating real-time, interactive dashboards. You’ll learn about Grafana’s architecture, key features, and how it compares with other data visualization tools. The course covers installing and configuring Grafana on various operating systems and walks you through setting up and accessing Grafana dashboards.

You’ll dive into creating custom dashboards, adding panels, and configuring their settings. The course will show you how to connect Grafana to popular data sources like Prometheus, Elasticsearch, and Graphite, and how to query data effectively. You’ll also explore customizing panels, using variables to filter data dynamically, and setting up alerts based on panel conditions.

As you advance, you’ll learn to organize dashboards into folders, share them with others, and import/export dashboards for easy management. The course touches on advanced topics like Grafana plugins, integrations, and custom visualizations, with practical examples to help you monitor infrastructure and analyze application performance. By the end, you’ll be equipped with the skills to build and manage powerful, real-time dashboards using Grafana.

What You’ll Learn

• Introduction to Grafana: Understand what Grafana is and how it works.
• Installation and Setup: Learn how to install and configure Grafana on different operating systems.
• Creating Dashboards: Build new dashboards and add customizable panels.
• Connecting Data Sources: Connect Grafana to data sources like Prometheus, Elasticsearch, and Graphite.
• Panels and Queries: Use various panel types and query data from connected sources.
• Using Variables: Implement variables for dynamic data filtering in dashboards.
• Alerting: Set up alerts based on metrics and configure notifications.
• Organizing Dashboards: Manage dashboards in folders, share them with others, and import/export dashboards.
• Advanced Topics: Explore plugins, integrations, themes, and the Grafana alerting manager.
• Practical Applications: Apply Grafana to monitor infrastructure and analyze application performance.