Merge pull request #12919 from grafana/11580-how-to-start-grafana-docs

docs: How to get started with Grafana for the first time
2018-08-28 11:01:00 +02:00
parent c7279a4e07 b218290f3a
commit f55aad0ec9
7 changed files with 57 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -166,3 +166,8 @@ To configure Grafana add a configuration file named `custom.ini` to the
 Start Grafana by executing `./bin/grafana-server web`. The `grafana-server`
 binary needs the working directory to be the root install directory (where the
 binary and the `public` folder is located).
+
+## Logging in for the first time
+
+To run Grafana open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/. 3000 is the default http port that Grafana listens to if you haven't [configured a different port](/installation/configuration/#http-port).
+Then follow the instructions [here](/guides/getting_started/).
@@ -217,3 +217,8 @@ chown -R root:root /etc/grafana && \
  chown -R grafana:grafana /var/lib/grafana && \
  chown -R grafana:grafana /usr/share/grafana
 ```
+
+## Logging in for the first time
+
+To run Grafana open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/. 3000 is the default http port that Grafana listens to if you haven't [configured a different port](/installation/configuration/#http-port).
+Then follow the instructions [here](/guides/getting_started/).
@@ -92,3 +92,7 @@ Start Grafana by executing `./bin/grafana-server web`. The `grafana-server`
 binary needs the working directory to be the root install directory (where the
 binary and the `public` folder is located).

+## Logging in for the first time
+
+To run Grafana open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/. 3000 is the default http port that Grafana listens to if you haven't [configured a different port](/installation/configuration/#http-port).
+Then follow the instructions [here](/guides/getting_started/).
@@ -193,3 +193,7 @@ Start Grafana by executing `./bin/grafana-server web`. The `grafana-server`
 binary needs the working directory to be the root install directory (where the
 binary and the `public` folder is located).

+## Logging in for the first time
+
+To run Grafana open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/. 3000 is the default http port that Grafana listens to if you haven't [configured a different port](/installation/configuration/#http-port).
+Then follow the instructions [here](/guides/getting_started/).
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ service using that tool.

 Read more about the [configuration options]({{< relref "configuration.md" >}}).

+## Logging in for the first time
+
+To run Grafana open your browser and go to the port you configured above, e.g. http://localhost:8080/.
+Then follow the instructions [here](/guides/getting_started/).
+
 ## Building on Windows

 The Grafana backend includes Sqlite3 which requires GCC to compile. So