Menu
DocumentationGrafana CloudVisualize dataSimplified explorationExplore ProfilesAccess or install
Grafana Cloud

Access or install Explore Profiles

Explore Profiles is a native Grafana application designed to integrate seamlessly with Pyroscope, the open source continuous profiling platform, providing a smooth, queryless experience for browsing and analyzing profiling data.

You can use Explore Profiles in Grafana Cloud or with Grafana open source stand-alone.

Before you begin

To use Explore Profiles with Grafana Cloud, you need:

  • A Grafana Cloud account
  • A Grafana stack in Grafana Cloud with a configured Hosted profiles or Pyroscope data source

To use Explore Profiles with Grafana open source, you need:

Install the Explore Profiles plugin

Explore Profiles is distributed as a Grafana Plugin. You can find it in the official Grafana Plugin Directory.

Note

All Grafana Cloud instances come with the Explore Profiles plugin preinstalled.

Install in your Grafana instance

You can install Explore Profiles in your own Grafana instance using grafana-cli:

shell 
grafana-cli plugins install grafana-pyroscope-app

Alternatively, follow these steps to install Explore Profiles in Grafana:

  1. In Grafana, go to Administration > Plugins and data > Plugins.
  2. Search for “Explore Profiles”.
  3. Select Explore Profiles.
  4. Click Install

The plugin is automatically activated after installation.

Install using environment variables

If you want to install the app in a Docker container, you need to configure the following environment variable:

shell 
GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=grafana-pyroscope-app