Grafana

Grafana is a powerful data visualization tool. It is commonly used for dashboards with time-series data (e.g., sensor data).

Installation

Add the following template to your docker-compose.yml and then run ei23 dc.

Template

  grafana:
    image: grafana/grafana:latest
    container_name: grafana
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - ./volumes/grafana:/var/lib/grafana
    environment:
      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=admin
      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password_placeholder
    restart: unless-stopped

First Start

1. After starting, you can access Grafana at http://[IP]:3000
2. Login with admin / admin (or the password set in docker-compose)
3. On first login, you will be prompted to set a new password

Add Data Source

The most common combination is Grafana with InfluxDB:

1. Go to Connections → Data Sources
2. Click Add data source
3. Select InfluxDB
4. Configure the connection:
   • URL: http://influxdb:8086 (if InfluxDB runs in Docker)
   • Database: Your InfluxDB database (e.g., homeassistant)
   • User/Password: If configured

Create Dashboards

Grafana offers two ways to create dashboards:

Import Community Dashboards

1. Go to Dashboards → New → Import
2. Enter a dashboard ID (e.g., from grafana.com/grafana/dashboards)
3. Select your data source and click Import

Create Your Own Dashboard

1. Click + → Create new dashboard
2. Add panels and configure queries
3. Save the dashboard

Recommended Dashboards

Notes

• Data is stored in ./volumes/grafana/
• Dashboards can be exported/imported as JSON
• Grafana supports alerts via email, Telegram, Discord, etc.
• The default port is 3000

Further Information

• Official Documentation
• Dashboard Collection
• GitHub Repository