From 56ccd80cce336d0f41329fa3dc58aa599a3c927b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Noah Heil Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 03:05:16 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Added two hints to help newer users I spent a couple of hours trying to figure out why the cloudwatch datasource was not working and the "internal error" notice was not helpful. So I added some hints so that people who are a little newer to linux/aws/grafana wont have to suffer like I did. --- docs/sources/datasources/cloudwatch.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/sources/datasources/cloudwatch.md b/docs/sources/datasources/cloudwatch.md index 2c2acb2ca56..ae909734617 100644 --- a/docs/sources/datasources/cloudwatch.md +++ b/docs/sources/datasources/cloudwatch.md @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ be ready to build dashboards for you CloudWatch metrics. 3. Click the `Add new` link in the top header. 4. Select `CloudWatch` from the dropdown. + > NOTE: If at any moment you have issues with getting this datasource to work and grafana is giving you undescriptive errors then dont forget to check your log file (try looking in /var/log/grafana/). Name | Description ------------ | ------------- @@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ Checkout AWS docs on [IAM Roles](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGu ### AWS credentials file Create a file at `~/.aws/credentials`. That is the `HOME` path for user running grafana-server. + > NOTE: If you think you have the credentials file in the right place but it is still not working then you might try moving your .aws file to '/usr/share/grafana/' and make sure your credentials file has at most 0644 permissions. Example content: