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* First commit with reorganized and updated content. * Updated Getting started topic. * Changed some wording. * Removed extra word "setting". * Update docs/sources/getting-started/getting-started-prometheus.md Co-authored-by: Fiona Artiaga <89225282+GrafanaWriter@users.noreply.github.com> * Update docs/sources/getting-started/getting-started-prometheus.md Co-authored-by: Fiona Artiaga <89225282+GrafanaWriter@users.noreply.github.com> * Updated doc based on review. * Fix linting errors Co-authored-by: Fiona Artiaga <89225282+GrafanaWriter@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Piotr Jamróz <pm.jamroz@gmail.com>
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# Getting started
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This section provides a high-level look at Grafana, the Grafana process, and Grafana features. It's a good place to learn how to use the Grafana software.
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This section provides guidance on how to install Grafana and build your first dashboard. It also provides step by step instructions on how to add a Prometheus or an InfluxDB data source. Refer to [Data sources]({{< relref "../datasources/_index.md" >}}) for a list of all supported data sources.
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{{< docs/shared "basics/what-is-grafana.md" >}}
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After creating a dashboard like you do in [Getting started]({{< relref "getting-started.md" >}}), there are many possible things you might do next. It all depends on your needs and your use case.
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For example, if you want to view weather data and statistics about your smart home, then you might create a playlist. If you are the administrator for a corporation and are managing Grafana for multiple teams, then you might need to set up provisioning and authentication.
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The following sections provide an overview of things you might want to do with your Grafana database and links so you can learn more. For more guidance and ideas, check out the [Grafana Community forums](https://community.grafana.com/).
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## Explore metrics and logs
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Explore your data through ad-hoc queries and dynamic drilldown. Split view and compare different time ranges, queries and data sources side by side.
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Refer to [Explore]({{< relref "../explore/_index.md" >}}) for more information.
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## Alerts
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If you're using Grafana alerting, then you can have alerts sent through a number of different [alert notifiers]({{< relref "../alerting/old-alerting/notifications.md" >}}), including PagerDuty, SMS, email, VictorOps, OpsGenie, or Slack.
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Alert hooks allow you to create different notifiers with a bit of code if you prefer some other channels of communication. Visually define [alert rules]({{< relref "../alerting/_index.md" >}}) for your most important metrics.
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## Annotations
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Annotate graphs with rich events from different data sources. Hover over events to see the full event metadata and tags.
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This feature, which shows up as a graph marker in Grafana, is useful for correlating data in case something goes wrong. You can create the annotations manually—just control-click on a graph and input some text—or you can fetch data from any data source.
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Refer to [Annotations]({{< relref "../dashboards/annotations.md" >}}) for more information.
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## Dashboard variables
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[Template variables]({{< relref "../variables/_index.md" >}}) allow you to create dashboards that can be reused for lots of different use cases. Values aren't hard-coded with these templates, so for instance, if you have a production server and a test server, you can use the same dashboard for both.
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Templating allows you to drill down into your data, say, from all data to North America data, down to Texas data, and beyond. You can also share these dashboards across teams within your organization—or if you create a great dashboard template for a popular data source, you can contribute it to the whole community to customize and use.
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## Configure Grafana
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If you're a Grafana administrator, then you'll want to thoroughly familiarize yourself with [Grafana configuration options]({{< relref "../administration/configuration.md" >}}) and the [Grafana CLI]({{< relref "../administration/cli.md" >}}).
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Configuration covers both config files and environment variables. You can set up default ports, logging levels, email IP addresses, security, and more.
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## Import dashboards and plugins
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Discover hundreds of [dashboards](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards) and [plugins](https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins) in the official library. Thanks to the passion and momentum of community members, new ones are added every week.
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## Authentication
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Grafana supports different authentication methods, such as LDAP and OAuth, and allows you to map users to organizations. Refer to the [User authentication overview]({{< relref "../auth/overview.md" >}}) for more information.
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In Grafana Enterprise, you can also map users to teams: If your company has its own authentication system, Grafana allows you to map the teams in your internal systems to teams in Grafana. That way, you can automatically give people access to the dashboards designated for their teams.
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Refer to [Grafana Enterprise]({{< relref "../enterprise/_index.md" >}}) for more information.
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## Provisioning
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While it's easy to click, drag, and drop to create a single dashboard, power users in need of many dashboards will want to automate the setup with a script. You can script anything in Grafana.
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For example, if you're spinning up a new Kubernetes cluster, you can also spin up a Grafana automatically with a script that would have the right server, IP address, and data sources preset and locked in so users cannot change them. It's also a way of getting control over a lot of dashboards.
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Refer to [Provisioning]({{< relref "../administration/provisioning.md" >}}) for more information.
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## Permissions
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When organizations have one Grafana and multiple teams, they often want the ability to both keep things separate and share dashboards. You can create a team of users and then set [permissions]({{< relref "../permissions/_index.md" >}}) on folders, dashboards, and down to the [data source level]({{< relref "../enterprise/datasource_permissions.md" >}}) if you're using [Grafana Enterprise]({{< relref "../enterprise/_index.md" >}}).
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- [Getting started with Grafana]({{< relref "/getting-started.md" >}})
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- [Getting started with Grafana and InfuxDB]({{< relref "getting-started-influxdb.md" >}})
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- [Getting started with Grafana and Prometheus]({{< relref "getting-started-prometheus.md" >}})
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> **Note:** You can also configure a [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/) instance to display system metrics without having to host Grafana yourself. Grafana offers a [free account with Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/signup/cloud/connect-account?pg=gsdocs) to help you get started.
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## Step 2. Get InfluxDB
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You can [download InfluxDB](https://portal.influxdata.com/downloads/) and install it locally or you can sign up for [InfluxDB Cloud](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-cloud/).
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> **Note:** Windows installers are not available for some versions of InfluxDB.
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You can [download InfluxDB](https://portal.influxdata.com/downloads/) and install it locally or you can sign up for [InfluxDB Cloud](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-cloud/). Windows installers are not available for some versions of InfluxDB.
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## Step 3. Install other InfluxDB software
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If you are using the cloud account, then the wizards will guide you through the initial process. For more information, refer to [Configure Telegraf](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/write-data/no-code/use-telegraf/#configure-telegraf).
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> **Note:** Windows users might need to make additional adjustments. Look for special instructions in the InfluxData documentation and [Using Telegraf on Windows](https://www.influxdata.com/blog/using-telegraf-on-windows/) blog post.
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### Note for Windows users:
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> **Note:** The regular system monitoring template in InfluxDB Cloud is not compatible with Windows. Windows users who use InfluxDB Cloud to monitor their system will need to use the [Windows System Monitoring Template](https://github.com/influxdata/community-templates/tree/master/windows_system).
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Windows users might need to make additional adjustments. Look for special instructions in the InfluxData documentation and [Using Telegraf on Windows](https://www.influxdata.com/blog/using-telegraf-on-windows/) blog post. The regular system monitoring template in InfluxDB Cloud is not compatible with Windows. Windows users who use InfluxDB Cloud to monitor their system will need to use the [Windows System Monitoring Template](https://github.com/influxdata/community-templates/tree/master/windows_system).
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## Step 5. Add your InfluxDB data source to Grafana
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Prometheus is an open source systems monitoring system for which Grafana provides out-of-the-box support. This topic walks you through the steps to create a series of dashboards in Grafana to display system metrics for a server monitored by Prometheus.
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You can also configure a [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/) instance to display system metrics without having to host Grafana yourself.
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> **Note:** You can configure a [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/) instance to display system metrics without having to host Grafana yourself. A [free forever plan](https://grafana.com/signup/cloud/connect-account?pg=gsdocs) provides 10,000 active series for metrics.
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The following image shows a dashboard with three panels showing some system metrics.
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<img width="850px" src="/static/img/docs/getting-started/simple_grafana_prom_dashboard.png" caption="Prometheus dashboards" >
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To learn more:
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- Grafana documentation: [Prometheus data source]({{< relref "../datasources/prometheus.md" >}})
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- Prometheus documentation: [What is Prometheus?](https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/)
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title = "With Grafana and MS SQL Server"
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description = "Guide for getting started with Grafana and MS SQL Server"
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keywords = ["grafana", "intro", "guide", "started", "SQL", "MSSQL"]
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aliases = ["/docs/grafana/latest/guides/gettingstarted","/docs/grafana/latest/guides/getting_started"]
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