wujysh commented on a change in pull request #18: add english doc URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-iotdb/pull/18#discussion_r250663228
########## File path: docs/Documentation/UserGuideV0.7.0/7-Tools-Grafana.md ########## @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +<!-- TOC --> + +- [IoTDB-Grafana](#iotdb-grafana) + - [Grafana installation](#grafana-installation) + - [Install Grafana](#install-grafana) + - [Install data source plugin](#install-data-source-plugin) + - [Start Grafana](#start-grafana) +- [ip and port of IoTDB](#ip-and-port-of-iotdb) + +<!-- /TOC --> +# IoTDB-Grafana + +This project provides a connector which reads data from iotdb and sends to grafana(https://grafana.com/). Before you use this tool, make sure grafana and iotdb are correctly installed and started. + +## Grafana installation + +### Install Grafana + +* Download url: https://grafana.com/grafana/download +* version >= 4.4.1 + +### Install data source plugin + +* plugin name: simple-json-datasource +* Download url: https://github.com/grafana/simple-json-datasource + +After downloading this plugin, you can use the grafana-cli tool to install SimpleJson from the commandline: + +``` +grafana-cli plugins install grafana-simple-json-datasource +``` + +Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory. + +* `{grafana-install-directory}/data/plugin/` (Windows) +* `/var/lib/grafana/plugins` (Linux) + +### Start Grafana +Grafana will auto start after installing, or you can run + +```sudo service grafana-server start``` Review comment: How to start Grafana on Windows? Besides, will Grafana becomes a system service automatically after installation? Should we start Grafana in sudo mode? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
