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Line 1: {{short description\|Platform for data analytics and monitoring}} {{more citations needed\|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox software \| name = Grafana Line 14 ⟶ 15: }} {{Portal\|Free and open-source software}} '''Grafana''' is a [[multi-platform]] [[open source]] [[business intelligence\|analytics]] and [[interactive visualization]] [[web application]]. It ~~provides~~can produce charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources. There is also a licensed '''Grafana Enterprise''' version with additional capabilities, ~~available~~which is sold as a self-hosted installation or through an account on the Grafana Labs cloud service.<ref name="enterprise">{{Cite web \|title=Grafana Enterprise Stack \|work=Grafana Labs \|access-date=2021-03-19 \|url= https://grafana.com/products/enterprise/ }}</ref> It is expandable through a [[Plug-in (computing)\|plug-in system]]. ~~End users can create complex~~Complex monitoring dashboards<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Perrin \|first1=Jim \|title=Monitoring Linux performance with Grafana \|url=https://opensource.com/article/17/8/linux-grafana \|website=OpenSource.com \|accessdate=2018-08-14}}</ref> ~~using~~can be built by end users, with the aid of interactive query builders. ~~Grafana~~The product is divided into a [[front end and back end]], written in [[TypeScript]] and [[Go (programming language)\|Go]], respectively.<ref name="openhub-languages">{{Cite web \|title=The grafana Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page \|author=Synopsys \|work=Open Hub \|access-date=2021-03-19 \|url= https://www.openhub.net/p/grafana/analyses/latest/languages_summary }}</ref> As a visualization tool, Grafana iscan abe ~~popular~~used as a component in monitoring stacks,<ref name="zdnet">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/devops-and-observability-in-the-2020s/\|title=DevOps and observability in the 2020s\|last=Anadiotis\|first=George\|website=ZDNet\|language=en\|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> often ~~used~~ in combination with [[time series database]]s such as [[InfluxDB]], [[Prometheus (software)\|Prometheus]]<ref name="bizety">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bizety.com/2019/01/25/open-source-monitoring-stack-prometheus-and-grafana/\|title=Open Source Monitoring Stack: Prometheus and Grafana\|last=Jones\|first=Anna\|date=2019-01-25\|website=Bizety\|language=en\|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref><ref name="netdata-backend-walkthrough">{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.netdata.cloud/backends/walkthrough/\|title=Netdata, Prometheus, Grafana stack\|last=DeLosSantos\|first=Louis\|date=2018\|website=Netdata Documentation\|language=en\|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> and [[Graphite (software)\|Graphite]];<ref name="coralogix">{{Cite web\|url=https://coralogix.com/log-analytics-blog/grafana-vs-graphite/\|title=Grafana Vs Graphite\|last=Assaraf\|first=Ariel\|website=Coralogix\|date=6 July 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> [[Network monitoring system\|monitoring platforms]] such as Sensu,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://blog.powerupcloud.com/step-by-step-install-and-configure-sensu-grafana-9cedca333396\|title=Step By Step: Install and Configure Sensu + Grafana\|last1=Kumar\|first1=Santhosh\|last2=Muruganantham\|first2=Logeshkumar\|date=2017-01-21\|website=Powerupcloud Tech Blog\|language=en\|access-date=2019-05-08\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508053430/https://blog.powerupcloud.com/step-by-step-install-and-configure-sensu-grafana-9cedca333396\|archive-date=May 8, 2019}}</ref> [[Icinga]], [[Check MK\|Checkmk]],<ref name="truepath">{{Cite web\|url=https://truepathtechnologies.com/exporting-check_mk-performance-data-to-grafana/\|title=Exporting Check_MK Performance Data to Grafana\|date=2018\|website=TruePath Technologies\|language=en\|access-date=2020-09-24}}</ref> [[Zabbix]], [[Netdata]],<ref name="netdata-backend-walkthrough"/> and [[PRTG Network Monitor\|PRTG]]; [[Security information and event management\|SIEMs]] such as [[Elasticsearch]],<ref name="bizety" /> [[OpenSearch (software)\|OpenSearch]],<ref>{{Cite web \|title=OpenSearch plugin for Grafana \|url=https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/grafana-opensearch-datasource/ \|access-date=2024-06-02 \|website=Grafana Labs \|language=en}}</ref> and [[Splunk]]; and other data sources. The Grafana [[Graphical user interface\|user interface]] was originally based on version 3 of [[Kibana]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ödegaard\|first=Torkel\|date=2019-09-03\|title=The (Mostly) Complete History of Grafana UX\|url=https://grafana.com/blog/2019/09/03/the-mostly-complete-history-of-grafana-ux/\|access-date=2020-10-06\|website=grafana.com}}</ref> ==History== Grafana was first released in 2014 by Torkel Ödegaard as an offshoot of a project at [[Orbitz]]. It targeted [[time series database]]s such as [[InfluxDB]], OpenTSDB, and Prometheus, but evolved to support [[relational database]]s such as [[MySQL]]/[[MariaDB]], [[PostgreSQL]] and [[Microsoft SQL Server]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=MySQL data source {{!}} Grafana documentation \|url=https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/mysql/ \|access-date=2024-04-23 \|website=Grafana Labs \|language=en}}</ref> In 2019, Grafana Labs secured $24 million in [[Series A round\|Series A funding]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-open-source-the-way-to-go-for-observability-grafana-labs-scores-24m-series-a-funding-to-try-to-prove-this/\|title=Is open source the way to go for observability? Grafana Labs scores $24M Series A funding to try to prove this\|last=Anadiotis\|first=George\|website=ZDNet\|language=en\|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> In the 2020 Series B funding round it obtained $50 million.<ref>{{Cite press release\|last=Grafana\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Grafana Labs Raises $50 Million to Accelerate R&D Investments in Open Source Logs, Metrics and Composable Observability\|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2020/08/17/2079144/0/en/Grafana-Labs-Raises-50-Million-to-Accelerate-R-D-Investments-in-Open-Source-Logs-Metrics-and-Composable-Observability.html\|access-date=2021-07-23\|website=GlobeNewswire News Room\|language=en}}</ref> In the 2021 Labs Series C funding round, Grafana secured $220 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Grafana\|date=2021-08-24\|title=Grafana Labs Raises $220 Million Round at $3 Billion Valuation\|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-24/grafana-labs-raises-220-million-round-at-3-billion-valuation\|access-date=2021-08-22\|website=Bloomberg\|language=en}}</ref> Grafana Labs acquired Kausal in 2018,<ref name="kausal.co">{{Cite web\|date=2018-03-10\|title=Kausal to join Grafana Labs to bring Prometheus to the masses\|url=https://kausal.co/blog/grafana-labs-to-acquire-kausal/\|access-date=2024-05-27\|website=Kausal.co\|language=en-US}}</ref> [[K6 (load testing tool)\|k6]]<ref name="venturebeat.com">{{Cite web\|date=2021-06-17\|title=Grafana Labs acquires load-testing startup K6\|url=https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/17/grafana-labs-acquires-load-testing-startup-k6/\|access-date=2021-07-27\|website=VentureBeat\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Grafana Labs Acquires k6 to Add Open Source Load Testing Tool - DevOps.com\|url=https://devops.com/grafana-labs-acquires-k6-to-add-open-source-load-testing-tool/\|access-date=2021-07-27\|website=devops.com\|date=17 June 2021 }}</ref> and Amixr<ref name="ewdn.com">{{Cite web\|date=2021-11-12\|title=Russian-founded incident management tool Amixr acquired by US major Grafana Labs\|url=https://www.ewdn.com/2021/11/12/russian-founded-incident-management-tool-amixr-acquired-by-us-major-grafana-labs/\|access-date=2021-11-12\|website=ewdn.com\|language=en-US}}</ref> in 2021, and Asserts.ai in 2023.<ref name="asserts.ai">{{Cite web\|date=2023-11-14\|title=Grafana Labs acquires AI startup Asserts.ai to ease application observability headaches\|url=https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/14/grafana-labs-acquires-ai-startup-asserts-ai-ease-application-observability-headaches/\|access-date=2024-06-14\|website=siliconangle.com\|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2020 Series B funding round: $50 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Grafana\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Grafana Labs Raises $50 Million to Accelerate R&D Investments in Open Source Logs, Metrics and Composable Observability\|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2020/08/17/2079144/0/en/Grafana-Labs-Raises-50-Million-to-Accelerate-R-D-Investments-in-Open-Source-Logs-Metrics-and-Composable-Observability.html\|access-date=2021-07-23\|website=GlobeNewswire News Room\|language=en}}</ref> ==Adoption==▼ The conference ''GrafanaCon 2020'' was scheduled for May 13–14, 2020, in [[Amsterdam]], but was changed to a two-day online live streaming event due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web\| url=https://grafana.com/about/events/grafanacon/2020/\| title=GrafanaCon 2020\| access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url=https://grafana.com/blog/2019/12/12/register-now-grafanacon-2020-is-coming-to-amsterdam-may-13-14/\| title=Register Now! GrafanaCon 2020 Is Coming to Amsterdam May 13-14\| first=Julie\| last=Dam\| date=2019-12-12\| website=grafana.com}}</ref> Grafana is ~~widely~~ used,<ref name="zdnet" /> ~~including~~ in [[Wikimedia]]'s infrastructure.<ref name="Wikitech">{{Cite web\|title=grafana.wikimedia.org\|url=https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grafana.wikimedia.org\|work=Wikitech\|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> Grafana has over 1000 paying customers, including [[Bloomberg L.P.\|Bloomberg]], [[JPMorgan Chase\|JP Morgan Chase~~]], [[eBay]], [[PayPal~~]], and [[~~Sony~~eBay]].<ref name="venturebeat.com"/>▼ ==Licensing==▼ Grafana acquired [[K6 (load testing tool)\|k6]] in 2021.<ref name="venturebeat.com">{{Cite web\|date=2021-06-17\|title=Grafana Labs acquires load-testing startup K6\|url=https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/17/grafana-labs-acquires-load-testing-startup-k6/\|access-date=2021-07-27\|website=VentureBeat\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Grafana Labs Acquires k6 to Add Open Source Load Testing Tool - DevOps.com\|url=https://devops.com/grafana-labs-acquires-k6-to-add-open-source-load-testing-tool/\|access-date=2021-07-27\|website=devops.com}}</ref> Previously, Grafana was licensed with an [[Apache License]] 2.0 license and used a CLA based on the [[Project Harmony (~~FOSS group~~licensing)\|Harmony Contributor Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/cla/\|title=Grafana Labs Contributor License Agreement\|access-date=2021-01-22}}</ref>▼ ~~As of~~Since 2021 ~~April 20~~, Grafana ishas been licensed under an [[GNU Affero General Public License\|AGPLv3]] license.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dutt\|first=Raj\|date=2021-04-20\|title=Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3\|url=https://grafana.com/blog/2021/04/20/grafana-loki-tempo-relicensing-to-agplv3/\|access-date=2021-04-21\|website=grafana.com}}</ref> Contributors to Grafana need to sign a [[Contributor License Agreement]] (CLA) that [[Copyright assignment\|gives Grafana Labs]] the right to [[Software relicensing\|relicense]] Grafana in the future. The CLA is based on [[The Apache Software Foundation]] Individual Contributor License Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-04-20\|title=Grafana Labs Contributor License Agreement\|url=https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/cla/\|access-date=2021-04-21\|website=grafana.com}}</ref>▼ In 2021, Grafana Labs secured a Series C funding round of $220 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Grafana\|date=2021-08-24\|title=Grafana Labs Raises $220 Million Round at $3 Billion Valuation\|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-24/grafana-labs-raises-220-million-round-at-3-billion-valuation\|access-date=2021-08-22\|website=Bloomberg\|language=en}}</ref> ==Related projects== ▲==Adoption== ▲Grafana is widely used,<ref name="zdnet" /> including in [[Wikimedia]]'s infrastructure.<ref name="Wikitech">{{Cite web\|title=grafana.wikimedia.org\|url=https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grafana.wikimedia.org\|work=Wikitech\|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> Grafana has over 1000 paying customers, including [[Bloomberg L.P.\|Bloomberg]], [[JPMorgan Chase\|JP Morgan Chase]], [[eBay]], [[PayPal]], and [[Sony]].<ref name="venturebeat.com"/> ▲==Licensing== ▲Previously, Grafana was licensed with an [[Apache License]] 2.0 license and used a CLA based on the [[Project Harmony (FOSS group)\|Harmony Contributor Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/cla/\|title=Grafana Labs Contributor License Agreement\|access-date=2021-01-22}}</ref> Grafana Labs launched a series of related open-source projects to complement Grafana: ▲As of 2021 April 20, Grafana is licensed under an [[GNU Affero General Public License\|AGPLv3]] license.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dutt\|first=Raj\|date=2021-04-20\|title=Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3\|url=https://grafana.com/blog/2021/04/20/grafana-loki-tempo-relicensing-to-agplv3/\|access-date=2021-04-21\|website=grafana.com}}</ref> Contributors to Grafana need to sign a [[Contributor License Agreement]] (CLA) that [[Copyright assignment\|gives Grafana Labs]] the right to [[Software relicensing\|relicense]] Grafana in the future. The CLA is based on [[The Apache Software Foundation]] Individual Contributor License Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-04-20\|title=Grafana Labs Contributor License Agreement\|url=https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/cla/\|access-date=2021-04-21\|website=grafana.com}}</ref> * Grafana Loki - a log aggregation platform inspired by [[Prometheus (software)\|Prometheus]] first made available in 2019<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Lobo \|first1=Savia \|title=Grafana Labs announces general availability of Loki 1.0, a multi-tenant log aggregation system \|url=https://hub.packtpub.com/grafana-labs-announces-general-availability-of-loki-1-0-a-multi-tenant-log-aggregation-system/ \|website=Packt Hub \|access-date=19 April 2023 \|date=November 20, 2019}}</ref> ~~==Products==~~ * Grafana Mimir - a ~~metric~~[[Prometheus (software)\|Prometheus]]-compatible, scalable metrics storage and ~~visualization~~analysis tool released in 2022 that replaced Cortex<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Gain \|first1=B. Cameron \|title=The Great Grafana Mimir and Cortex Split \|url=https://thenewstack.io/the-great-grafana-mimir-and-cortex-split/ \|website=The New Stack \|access-date=19 April 2023 \|date=August 10, 2022}}</ref>▼ ~~===Proprietary===~~ * Grafana Tempo - a ~~tool for log~~distributed tracing tool, released in 2021<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Deutscher \|first1=Maria \|title=Grafana Labs eases IT monitoring with Tempo tracing tool and new Grafana release \|url=https://siliconangle.com/2021/06/08/grafana-labs-eases-monitoring-tempo-tracing-tool-new-grafana-release/ \|website=Silicon Angle \|access-date=19 April 2023 \|date=June 8, 2021}}</ref>▼ ~~===Open source===~~ ~~Loki~~ Grafana Pyroscope - a ~~log~~continuous ~~aggregation~~profiling ~~platform~~tool, ~~based on [[Prometheus (software)\|Prometheus]] first made available~~released in ~~2019~~2023<ref>{{cite web \|~~last1~~last=~~Lobo~~Vizard \|~~first1~~first=~~Savia~~Mike \|title=Grafana Labs ~~announces~~Delivers ~~general~~Open ~~availability~~Source ofCode ~~Loki~~Profiling ~~1.0, a multi-tenant log aggregation system~~Tool \|url=https://~~hub.packtpub~~devops.com/grafana-labs-~~announces~~delivers-~~general~~open-~~availability~~source-ofcode-~~loki~~profiling-~~1-0-a-multi-tenant-log-aggregation-system~~tool/ \|website=~~Packt Hub~~DevOps.com \|access-date=1927 ~~April~~May ~~2023~~2024 \|date=~~November~~August 2031, ~~2019~~2023}}</ref> ▲Mimir - a metric visualization tool released in 2022 that replaced Cortex<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Gain \|first1=B. Cameron \|title=The Great Grafana Mimir and Cortex Split \|url=https://thenewstack.io/the-great-grafana-mimir-and-cortex-split/ \|website=The New Stack \|access-date=19 April 2023 \|date=August 10, 2022}}</ref> ▲*Tempo - a tool for log tracing, released in 2021<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Deutscher \|first1=Maria \|title=Grafana Labs eases IT monitoring with Tempo tracing tool and new Grafana release \|url=https://siliconangle.com/2021/06/08/grafana-labs-eases-monitoring-tempo-tracing-tool-new-grafana-release/ \|website=Silicon Angle \|access-date=19 April 2023 \|date=June 8, 2021}}</ref> ==References== Line 58 ⟶ 55: [[Category:Free network management software]] [[Category:2014 software]] [[Category:Software using the GNU ~~AGPL~~Affero ~~license~~General Public License]] [[Category:Free software programmed in Go]]