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add a short description about Grafana (#2674)
Signed-off-by: Augustin Husson <[email protected]>
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[Grafana](http://grafana.com/) supports querying Prometheus.
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The Grafana data source for Prometheus is included since Grafana 2.5.0 (2015-10-28).
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[Grafana](http://grafana.com/) is an open-source analytics and visualization platform used to monitor and analyze metrics from various data
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sources. It allows users to create, explore, and share interactive dashboards, supporting integrations with databases
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like Prometheus, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, and more. Grafana is widely used for observability, providing alerting, plugin
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extensibility, and a flexible query editor for real-time data visualization.
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Note: The Grafana data source for Prometheus is included since Grafana 2.5.0 (2015-10-28).
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The following shows an example Grafana dashboard which queries Prometheus for data:
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### Importing pre-built dashboards from Grafana.com
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Grafana.com maintains [a collection of shared dashboards](https://grafana.com/dashboards)
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which can be downloaded and used with standalone instances of Grafana. Use
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which can be downloaded and used with standalone instances of Grafana. Use
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the Grafana.com "Filter" option to browse dashboards for the "Prometheus"
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data source only.
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You must currently manually edit the downloaded JSON files and correct the
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`datasource:` entries to reflect the Grafana data source name which you
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chose for your Prometheus server. Use the "Dashboards" → "Home" → "Import"
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chose for your Prometheus server. Use the "Dashboards" → "Home" → "Import"
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option to import the edited dashboard file into your Grafana install.

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