How to get data into Grafana
In this section, we will learn about the different data sources that you can use to get data into Grafana.
In this chapter, you will not learn how to configure and use these data sources. Instead, you will acquire a clear picture of data sources, and in Chapter 4, Data Source for Grafana, you will learn how to use them.
Data sources
Data sources are the data backends that bring different types of data into Grafana. In this book, you will mostly see how to work with time series data.
Typically, you will feed data coming from databases, files, and APIs into the panels. However, Grafana has recently added other data sources, such as live data from WebSocket. We will cover all of these subjects in later chapters.
Among others, some possible data sources are as follows:
- InfluxDB
- Graphite
- MySQL
- Prometheus
- OpenTSDB
- Elasticsearch
Getting data into Grafana is as simple as follows:
- Configure Grafana to establish...
