Grafana Development

To test the Grafana integration, ensure you have a service with a configured integration key and click "Copy Grafana Webhook URL" to add the webhook URL to your clipboard.

Grafana 7

1. Start Grafana: docker run -it --rm -p 3000:3000 grafana/grafana:7.5.13

2. Login at http://localhost:3000 with admin/admin

3. Add a datasource

   1. Hover over gear icon

   2. Click Data sources

   3. Click Add data source

   4. Select TestData DB

   5. Click Save & Test

4. Add a notification channel

   1. Hover over bell icon

   2. Click Notification Channels

   3. Click Add Channel

   4. name=test, type=webhook, url=paste from GoAlert

   5. Click Test and ensure an alert is created (you can close it)

   6. Click Save

5. Add a Dashboard

   1. Hover over "+" Plus icon

   2. Click Dashboard

   3. Click Add an Empty Panel

   4. Click Save

6. Add alert

   1. Click panel title

   2. Edit

   3. Scenario=Predictable Pulse, Step=1, on count=10, off count=10

   4. Click Alert tab

   5. Click Create Alert

   6. Evaluate every=1s, For=3s, WHEN=last(), IS ABOVE=1.5, Send to=test

   7. Click Apply at the top of the page

   8. Click the Save icon at the top of the page

7. Alerts should be created and closed regularly

Grafana 8

1. Start Grafana: docker run -it --rm -p 3000:3000 grafana/grafana:8.3.4

2. Login at http://localhost:3000 with admin/admin

3. Add a datasource

   1. Hover over gear icon

   2. Click Data sources

   3. Click Add data source

   4. Select TestData DB

   5. Click Save & Test

4. Add a Contact Point

   1. Hover over bell icon

   2. Click Contact Points

   3. Click New Contact Point

   4. name=test, Contact point type=webhook, Url=paste from GoAlert

   5. Click Test, then Send Test Notification and ensure an alert is created (you can close it)

   6. Click Save contact point

5. Create a folder

   1. Hover over "+" Icon

   2. Click Folder

   3. Folder name=default

   4. Click Create

6. Add alert rule

   1. Hover over bell icon

   2. Click Alert rules

   3. Click New alert rule

   4. Rule name=test, rule type=Grafana managed alert, folder=default

   5. Scenario=predictable pulse, Step=1, on count=30, off count=30

   6. IS ABOVE=1.5

   7. Evaluate every=10s, for=15s

   8. summary=some alert summary

   9. Click Save & Exit

7. Update notification policy

   1. Hover over bell icon

   2. Click Notification policies

   3. Click Edit for root policy

   4. Default contact point=test

   5. Click Save

8. Alerts should be created and closed regularly