grafana-advisor-app

  

Note: Grafana Advisor is currently in public preview

A centralized view to help Grafana administrators keep their instances running smoothly. It includes a suite of checks which flag issues requiring action or further investigation.

Requirements

• Grafana v12.0.0
• The grafanaAdvisor feature toggle must be enabled.
• (Optional) If the Grafana LLM app is installed, the Advisor will use it to generate suggestions for issues.

Features

• Visualise checks that require immediate action or investigation.
• Filter by check severity.
• Take action on a check by clicking the provided links.

Installation

This plugin can be installed using one of the following methods:

• Grafana Plugins Catalog
• Grafana CLI: grafana-cli plugins install grafana-advisor-app
• Github releases page

Usage

Once installed, the app can be found at http://<your-grafana-url>/a/grafana-advisor-app.

If no report has been generated yet, click the "Generate report" button to create one.

Once a report has been generated, the app will display a list of checks that require immediate action or investigation. Click on the provided links or read the associated documentation for more information and fix the issues.

If the Grafana LLM app is installed, the Advisor can use it to generate suggestions for issues. To enable this, click the "Enable LLM" button.

Once the issues have been resolved, the report can be regenerated by clicking the "Refresh" button again.

Configuration

You can configure certain aspects of the plugin in the Grafana config file:

• evaluation_interval: The interval at which the report is generated (default: once a week).
• max_history: The maximum number of reports to keep (default: 10).

To modify the default values, add the following to the Grafana config file:

[plugin.grafana-advisor-app]
evaluation_interval = 24h
max_history = 5

Feedback

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You can also raise bug reports or feature requests by opening an issue.