Manage resources with `gcx`

Migrate resources between environments

Grafana resources can be migrated from one environment to another, for example from a development to production environment.

You need to configure one context per environment. In this example scenario, use dev for the development environment and prod for production.

Make changes to dashboards and other resources using the Grafana UI in your development instance.
Pull those resources from the development environment to your local machine:
shell
```
gcx resources pull --context dev # Add `-o yaml` export resources as YAML 
```
Push the resources to production:
shell
```
gcx resources push --context prod
```

Note
Resources are pulled and pushed from the ./resources directory by default. Configure this path with the --path/-p flags.

Resources are pulled and pushed from the ./resources directory by default. Configure this path with the --path/-p flags.

Back up and restore resources

Follow this workflow to back up all Grafana resources from one instance and later restore them. This can be useful to replicate a configuration or perform disaster recovery.

Ensure the current context points to the Grafana instance to backup/restore:
shell
```
gcx config use-context YOUR_CONTEXT  # for example "prod"
```

Pull all resources from your target environment:

gcx resources pull --path ./backup-prod # Add `-o yaml` to export resources as YAML

Save the exported resources to version control or cloud storage.
Push the resources to restore them:
shell
```
gcx resources push --path ./backup-prod
```