diff --git a/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/config.go b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3287718c971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package grafanaapiserver
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
+)
+
+type config struct {
+	enabled bool
+	devMode bool
+
+	host        string
+	appURL      string
+	etcdServers []string
+	dataPath    string
+
+	logLevel int
+}
+
+func newConfig(cfg *setting.Cfg) *config {
+	defaultLogLevel := 0
+	if cfg.Env == setting.Dev {
+		defaultLogLevel = 10
+	}
+
+	return &config{
+		enabled:     cfg.IsFeatureToggleEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagGrafanaAPIServer),
+		devMode:     cfg.Env == setting.Dev,
+		dataPath:    filepath.Join(cfg.DataPath, "grafana-apiserver"),
+		host:        fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", cfg.HTTPAddr, cfg.HTTPPort),
+		logLevel:    cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("grafana-apiserver").Key("log_level").MustInt(defaultLogLevel),
+		etcdServers: cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("grafana-apiserver").Key("etcd_servers").Strings(","),
+		appURL:      cfg.AppURL,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/config_test.go b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfd4e68ca1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package grafanaapiserver
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
+)
+
+func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := setting.NewCfg()
+	cfg.Env = setting.Dev
+	cfg.DataPath = "/tmp/grafana"
+	cfg.HTTPAddr = "test"
+	cfg.HTTPPort = "4000"
+	cfg.IsFeatureToggleEnabled = func(_ string) bool { return true }
+	cfg.AppURL = "http://test:4000"
+
+	section := cfg.Raw.Section("grafana-apiserver")
+	section.Key("log_level").SetValue("5")
+	section.Key("etcd_servers").SetValue("http://localhost:2379")
+
+	actual := newConfig(cfg)
+
+	expected := &config{
+		enabled:     true,
+		devMode:     true,
+		etcdServers: []string{"http://localhost:2379"},
+		appURL:      "http://test:4000",
+		host:        "test:4000",
+		dataPath:    "/tmp/grafana/grafana-apiserver",
+		logLevel:    5,
+	}
+	require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/service.go b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/service.go
index a4ff8469493..a142c094cb5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/service.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/modules"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry"
 	contextmodel "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/contexthandler/model"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
 )
@@ -91,12 +90,9 @@ type RestConfigProvider interface {
 type service struct {
 	*services.BasicService
 
-	restConfig  *clientrest.Config
-	etcdServers []string
+	config     *config
+	restConfig *clientrest.Config
 
-	enabled   bool
-	logLevel  int
-	dataPath  string
 	stopCh    chan struct{}
 	stoppedCh chan error
 
@@ -113,14 +109,11 @@ func ProvideService(
 	authz authorizer.Authorizer,
 ) (*service, error) {
 	s := &service{
-		logLevel:    cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("grafana-apiserver").Key("log_level").MustInt(10),
-		etcdServers: cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("grafana-apiserver").Key("etcd_servers").Strings(","),
-		enabled:     cfg.IsFeatureToggleEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagGrafanaAPIServer),
-		rr:          rr,
-		dataPath:    path.Join(cfg.DataPath, "k8s"),
-		stopCh:      make(chan struct{}),
-		builders:    []APIGroupBuilder{},
-		authorizer:  authz,
+		config:     newConfig(cfg),
+		rr:         rr,
+		stopCh:     make(chan struct{}),
+		builders:   []APIGroupBuilder{},
+		authorizer: authz,
 	}
 
 	// This will be used when running as a dskit service
@@ -157,7 +150,7 @@ func (s *service) GetRestConfig() *clientrest.Config {
 }
 
 func (s *service) IsDisabled() bool {
-	return !s.enabled
+	return !s.config.enabled
 }
 
 // Run is an adapter for the BackgroundService interface.
@@ -173,14 +166,14 @@ func (s *service) RegisterAPI(builder APIGroupBuilder) {
 }
 
 func (s *service) start(ctx context.Context) error {
-	logger := logr.New(newLogAdapter(s.logLevel))
+	logger := logr.New(newLogAdapter(s.config.logLevel))
 	klog.SetLoggerWithOptions(logger, klog.ContextualLogger(true))
 
 	o := options.NewRecommendedOptions("", unstructured.UnstructuredJSONScheme)
 	o.SecureServing.BindPort = 6443
 	o.Authentication.RemoteKubeConfigFileOptional = true
 	o.Authorization.RemoteKubeConfigFileOptional = true
-	o.Etcd.StorageConfig.Transport.ServerList = s.etcdServers
+	o.Etcd.StorageConfig.Transport.ServerList = s.config.etcdServers
 
 	o.Admission = nil
 	o.CoreAPI = nil
@@ -190,7 +183,7 @@ func (s *service) start(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	// Get the util to get the paths to pre-generated certs
 	certUtil := certgenerator.CertUtil{
-		K8sDataPath: s.dataPath,
+		K8sDataPath: s.config.dataPath,
 	}
 
 	if err := certUtil.InitializeCACertPKI(); err != nil {
@@ -357,7 +350,7 @@ func (s *service) writeKubeConfiguration(restConfig *clientrest.Config) error {
 		CurrentContext: "default-context",
 		AuthInfos:      authinfos,
 	}
-	return clientcmd.WriteToFile(clientConfig, path.Join(s.dataPath, "grafana.kubeconfig"))
+	return clientcmd.WriteToFile(clientConfig, path.Join(s.config.dataPath, "grafana.kubeconfig"))
 }
 
 func newAuthenticator(cert *x509.Certificate) (authenticator.Request, error) {