Grafana Set Up

This page contains instructions for connecting a new Grafana account to the API.

Create a Grafana Account

Follow this link to create a new Grafana Account.

Install the SimpleJson plugin

Install the simple json data source plugin .

Create a Dashboard Instance

Go to the url "https://grafana.com/orgs/{your username}", or follow the "My Account" link at top right of the page at https://grafana.com/. Under "manage your cloud stack", click the blue "Log In" button for the rectangle option named "Grafana". This will create a new cloud instance of a dashboard and open a new page.

Connect a data source

(In the new dashboard page created in the last step) On the left vertical tab, click on the settings icon, and choose the first option ("Data sources") in the pop up menu. On the Data sources page, type in "simplejson" in the search bar - the plugin that was installed earlier should be viewable. Create a new simplejson data source, and in the creation page, enter in the base url directory of your data source (ex, "https://cislunar-data.herokuapp.com/" for ground station UDP data). Click the "test connection" button at the bottom of the page to check whether your data source is live.

Display Data

Here is a brief overview of the dashboard features on the official Grafana documentation.