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Accessing Grafana

http://localhost:3000
Default URL for accessing Grafana UI (default port 3000)

http://your-server-ip:3000
Access Grafana on a remote server

Authentication

Default login
admin/admin (first-time login)

API key
Create in UI: Configuration > API Keys

Dashboard Management

Create dashboard
Click '+' icon > 'Create Dashboard'

Import dashboard
Click '+' icon > 'Import'

Star dashboard
Click star icon on dashboard to favorite it

Dashboard settings
Click gear icon in dashboard view

Panel Operations

Add panel
Click 'Add panel' button in dashboard

Edit panel
Click panel title > Edit

Duplicate panel
Click panel title > More > Duplicate

Delete panel
Click panel title > More > Remove

Query & Visualization

Query editor
Available when editing a panel

Time range selector
Top-right of dashboard

Refresh dashboard
Click refresh icon or set auto-refresh

Template variables
Dashboard settings > Variables

Data Source Management

Add data source
Configuration > Data Sources > Add data source

Test connection
Click 'Save & Test' button when configuring data source

Default data source
Mark as default in data source settings

Alerting

Create alert rule
Alerting > Alert rules > New alert rule

View alert status
Alerting > Alert rules

Silence alert
Alerting > Silences > New silence

User Management

Add user
Configuration > Users > Invite

Edit user permissions
Configuration > Users > select user

Create team
Configuration > Teams > New team

CLI Commands

grafana-cli plugins install [plugin-id]
Install a plugin

grafana-cli plugins list-remote
List available plugins

grafana-cli plugins update-all
Update all plugins