Plugins 〉SkyWalking
SkyWalking
Skywalking Grafana Plugins
SkyWalking Grafana Plugins provide extensions for Apache SkyWalking to visualize telemetry data on Grafana.
Currently, SkyWalking supports PromQL to establish Grafana metrics dashboard.
The plugins are focusing on visualizing more telemetry data, e.g. Service Map Topology, as a new Grafana data source implementation.
Install the latest version of SkyWalking data source in your Grafana application
- Require Grafana 9.5.1+
> grafana-cli plugins install apache-skywalking-datasource
Configure the data source
To configure basic settings for the data source, complete the following steps:
Click Connections in the left-side menu.
Under Your connections, click Data sources.
Enter SkyWalking in the search bar.
Select SkyWalking.
The Settings tab of the data source is displayed.
- Set the data source’s basic configuration options:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Sets the name you use to refer to the data source in panels and queries. |
| URL | Sets the URL of the SkyWalking instance, such as https://skywalking.example.com/graphql. |
Add Service Topology Graph
Select the Dashboards tab.
Select the Node Graph in the dashboard.
Set the data source’s basic configuration options on the query tab:
| Name | Example(Value) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Layer | $layer | Current layer of services |
| Service | $service | Current service |
| Node Metrics | [{"name":"service_sla","calculation":"percentage","label":"Success Rate","unit":"%"}] | Supports multiple metrics |
| Edge Metrics | [{"name":"service_relation_server_cpm","label":"Client Load","unit":"cpm","type":"SERVER"}] | Only supports maximum two metrics |
Contact Us
- Mail list: dev@skywalking.apache.org. Mail to
dev-subscribe@skywalking.apache.org, follow the reply to subscribe the mail list. - Send
Request to join SkyWalking slackmail to the mail list(dev@skywalking.apache.org), we will invite you in. - Twitter, ASFSkyWalking
- QQ Group: 901167865, 392443393
- bilibili B站 视频
License
NOTICE, Grafana itself is licensed in GNU Affero General Public License v3.0.
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Installing SkyWalking on Grafana Cloud:
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
For more information, visit the docs on plugin installation.
Installing on a local Grafana:
For local instances, plugins are installed and updated via a simple CLI command. Plugins are not updated automatically, however you will be notified when updates are available right within your Grafana.
1. Install the Data Source
Use the grafana-cli tool to install SkyWalking from the commandline:
grafana-cli plugins install The plugin will be installed into your grafana plugins directory; the default is /var/lib/grafana/plugins. More information on the cli tool.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file for your architecture below and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
2. Configure the Data Source
Accessed from the Grafana main menu, newly installed data sources can be added immediately within the Data Sources section.
Next, click the Add data source button in the upper right. The data source will be available for selection in the Type select box.
To see a list of installed data sources, click the Plugins item in the main menu. Both core data sources and installed data sources will appear.
Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
0.1.0
Implement the data source of service Topology.
