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Overview

SDSC Grafana Snapshot is a resource provided to SDSC Cloud users.

  • What is Grafana? Don’t worry! SDSC manages Grafana and its contents. You’ll be provided a pre-built dashboard (a page of visualizations for monitoring and browsing). In other words, Grafana is an interactive web application that provides charts and graphs when connected to a data source.

  • What is a Grafana Snapshot? A snapshot is a shareable interactive dashboard. It is stripped of sensitive data, leaving only visible metrics and legend/panel names. They can be access by anyone with the link.

Usage

The snapshot site requires users to enter their SDSC Cloud credentials.

After logging in, a drop-down bar will be populated with the user’s cloud project. They are to select one project and click the Request button. The page will automatically embed the snapshot. This snapshot will expire after 1 hour.

Users are able to request more than one snapshot within a 1 hour period. The site only shows one snapshot, but users can grab the shareable link (see section below), open the link in a new tab, refresh the snapshot site, and make a new request.

Using the log-out button and refreshing the page will remove any embedded dashboards. With a page refresh, a new request would need to be created.

Using the log-out button and refreshing the page will remove any embedded dashboards. With a page refresh, a new request would need to be created.

How to Change Dashboard Time Window

  1. Log in on https://grafana-cloud.sdsc.edu/

  2. Select the desired Cloud Project from the drop down.

  3. Click Request and wait for the dashboard to generate and embed. This may take a few seconds.

  4. On the embedded dashboard, click on the time range window in the top right corner. The default value should be Last 30 days.

  5. In the time window dropdown, select from the available quick ranges or select your own custom time range.

  6. Click on Apply time range.

Getting a Shareable Link

While the snapshot is embedded into the website, it may be desirable to receive a shareable link (to share with others, for easier viewing, or in case the page accidentally refreshes).

Note this link will expire after 1 hour of the snapshot creation. This link will only show information for the selected cloud project.

  1. Log in on https://grafana-cloud.sdsc.edu/

  2. Select the desired Cloud Project from the drop down.

  3. Click Request and wait for the dashboard to generate and embed. This may take a few seconds.

  4. On the embedded dashboard, click on the share icon to the right of the Cloud Project Dashboard Title.

  5. Click Copy on the Link URL section. This will copy the link to your clipboard.

  6. Paste and send with caution.
    Again, anyone with this link can view your Cloud Project metrics and the link will expire in 1 hour.

Notes

  • The Grafana embedded dashboard feature doesn’t work with Google Incognito. So please use non-incognito or incognito in a different browser.

  • Please do not click on other embedded buttons. These buttons are clickable, but will not prevent any new or useful information. Most importantly, you will not be able to return to the created snapshot. You will need to refresh the page and make a new request.

  • The values and data displayed on the snapshot dashboard should be used as an estimate. Units may not be fully accurate.

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