Grafana
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Grafana. Is the open and composable observability platform.
Summary
Garden stance: We trial Grafana for our estate.
Key points:
| Topic | Notes |
|---|---|
| Deploy | Single binary, Docker, Helm, or Grafana Cloud; separate scale paths for query frontends vs alert workers |
| Data model | Metrics-first; SQL and logs via datasource plugins, not a built-in warehouse |
| Auth | OAuth, SAML, RBAC; map teams to folder and datasource permissions |
Practices: Prefer Grafana OSS or self-hosted deploys when lock-in risk matters; keep dashboard JSON in git; label alert routes by severity. Avoid using Grafana as the only BI layer for finance or product analytics without a semantic layer elsewhere.
References
Details
| Topic | Notes |
|---|---|
| Deploy | Single binary, Docker, Helm, or Grafana Cloud; separate scale paths for query frontends vs alert workers |
| Data model | Metrics-first; SQL and logs via datasource plugins, not a built-in warehouse |
| Auth | OAuth, SAML, RBAC; map teams to folder and datasource permissions |
Practices: Prefer Grafana OSS or self-hosted deploys when lock-in risk matters; keep dashboard JSON in git; label alert routes by severity. Avoid using Grafana as the only BI layer for finance or product analytics without a semantic layer elsewhere.
References