Install_grafana.txt

1. Copy paste the following in a YAML file, name it grafana.yaml
datasources:
  datasources.yaml:
    apiVersion: 1
    datasources:
    - name: Prometheus
      type: prometheus
      url: http://prometheus-server.prometheus.svc.cluster.local
      access: proxy
      isDefault: true

2. Grab Grafana Helm charts
helm repo add grafana https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts

3. Install Grafana
kubectl create namespace grafana

helm install grafana grafana/grafana \
    --namespace grafana \
    --set persistence.storageClassName="gp2" \
    --set persistence.enabled=true \
    --set adminPassword='EKS!sAWSome' \
    --values grafana.yaml \
    --set service.type=LoadBalancer

4. Check if Grafana is deployed properly
kubectl get all -n grafana

5. Get Grafana ELB url
export ELB=$(kubectl get svc -n grafana grafana -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].hostname}')

echo "http://$ELB"

6. When logging in, use username "admin" and get password by running the following:
kubectl get secret --namespace grafana grafana -o jsonpath="{.data.admin-password}" | base64 --decode ; echo


7. Grafana Dashboards for K8s:
https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards?dataSource=prometheus&direction=desc&orderBy=reviewsCount

8. Uninstall Prometheus and Grafana
helm uninstall prometheus --namespace prometheus
helm uninstall grafana --namespace grafana