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Alibaba Cloud Grafana Datasource User Guide

The Alibaba Cloud Grafana Datasource is a powerful plugin that helps you easily integrate and visualize Alibaba Cloud monitoring data in Grafana. With this plugin, you can monitor the performance metrics of cloud resources in real-time, quickly identify issues, and improve operational efficiency.

Features

• Diverse Data Support: Supports monitoring data from various Alibaba Cloud services, including LB, ECS, RDS, KVSTORE, NAT, and all CMS-supported basic resources.
• Real-Time Monitoring: Provides real-time data updates to help you detect and resolve issues promptly.
• Custom Dashboards: Supports the creation and customization of monitoring dashboards according to your needs.
• Alerting Functionality: Set up alert rules to get notified when metrics are abnormal.
• Low Resource Usage: Uses goroutines to solve resource-sharing issues, allowing you to monitor more resources with fewer requests.
• Support for Grafana 12: Uses React hooks to implement the monitoring configuration page, perfectly supporting the latest version of Grafana.

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Getting Started

Follow these steps to quickly configure and use the Alibaba Cloud Grafana Datasource.

Step 1: Set Up Your Account

1. Obtain Alibaba Cloud AccessKey

   • Log in to the Alibaba Cloud Console.
   • Click on your username in the upper right corner and select “AccessKey Management.”
   • Create a new AccessKey and securely save the AccessKey ID and AccessKey Secret.
   • Authorize the following resources:

     Permission	Description
     AliyunCloudMonitorReadOnlyAccess	For reading various monitoring metrics
     AliyunALBReadOnlyAccess	For reading server group service names

2. Install Alibaba Cloud Grafana Datasource Plugin

   • Copy the dist directory to plugins/aliyuncms-datasource.
   • Set allow_loading_unsigned_plugins = aliyuncms-datasource in the ini file.
   • Restart the Grafana service to load the newly installed plugin.

3. Configure the Data Source

   • Log in to Grafana, click on “Configuration” > “Data sources” in the left menu.
   • Click “Add data source,” search for, and select “aliyun cms datasource.”
   • On the configuration page, fill in your UserID, AccessKey ID, and AccessKey Secret.
   • Click “Save & Test” to confirm the configuration is correct.

Step 2: Add Monitoring Charts

1. Create a New Dashboard

   • In the Grafana main interface, click on “Create” > “Dashboard” in the left menu.
   • Click “Add new panel” to add a new panel.

2. Configure Panel Data

   • In the “Datasource” tab, select the Alibaba Cloud datasource you configured earlier.
   • Choose the service and metrics you want to monitor, such as the CPU usage of ECS.
   • Configure the time range and other query parameters to meet your monitoring needs.

3. Customize Panel Display

   • In the “Visualization” tab, select an appropriate chart type (line chart, bar chart, etc.).
   • Configure the chart title, labels, and style to make it more intuitive and readable.

4. Save the Dashboard

   • After completing the configuration, click “Apply” in the upper right corner to save the panel.
   • On the dashboard page, click “Save dashboard” at the top to save the entire dashboard configuration.

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References

• Alibaba Cloud CloudMonitor Documentation
• Grafana Official Website
• Grafana Plugin Marketplace

Contact Me

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to join the Grafana Aliyun Telegram Group

Thank you for using Alibaba Cloud Grafana Datasource, and happy monitoring!