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title: "Harper data source plugin for Grafana"
description: "Data source plugin for Harper. Harper data source plugin for Grafana by harperfast. Available in Grafana Cloud and self-managed Grafana."
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# Harper

- Developer: harperfast
- Version: 0.2.0
- [Change log](https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/harperfast-harper-datasource/changelog.md)

![Connection configuration](https://grafana.com/api/plugins/harperfast-harper-datasource/versions/0.2.0/images/img/connection1.png)

![Example Harper analytics dashboard](https://grafana.com/api/plugins/harperfast-harper-datasource/versions/0.2.0/images/img/dashboard1.png)

# Harper Data Source

## Overview / Introduction

This plugin allows using a Harper 4.6+ (Harper 4.6.19+ or 4.7.8+ is highly recommended) cluster as a Grafana data source.

It currently provides the following query form(s):

1. `get_analytics`: This Harper operation is useful for monitoring a Harper cluster in Grafana.

## Getting Started

1. Install the plugin
2. Add a data source using the plugin
3. Configure the full URL to your Harper cluster's operations API (defaults to port 9925)
4. Configure a Harper username and password that has permission to read the appropriate data and/or analytics

## Contributing

This plugin is open source (see `LICENSE` file for details) and is [hosted on GitHub](https://github.com/HarperDB/grafana-datasource).

Feel free to open issues or send us pull requests there.