This tutorial intends to teach you to Install and Access Grafana on Windows Server 2022. Grafana is an amazing web-based analyzing tool for Linux and Windows systems. You can download the latest version of Grafana from the official site and start the setup installation on Windows Server 2022. To do this, follow the rest of the article.
How To Install Grafana on Windows Server 2022?
To complete this guide, you must have access to your Windows Server and follow the steps below.
We will use the Grafana Installer for Windows to complete this guide.
Step 1 – Download Grafana Installer
At this point, you can visit the Grafana Downloads page and click on the Windows installer to get the latest version of the Grafana Enterprise edition on Windows Server 2022.
When your download is completed, click on your Grafana downloaded file to open the setup wizard.
Step 2 – Grafana Installation steps on Windows Server 2022
First, you will see the welcome screen. Simply click Next.
Next, accept the license agreement and click Next.
At this point, you must select the Grafana components. By default everything has been done, you can simply click Next. Or you can make your desired changes and click Next.
Now your Grafana app is ready to install. Click Install.
When your installation is completed, click Finish.
Step 3 – Access Grafana Dashbaord on Windows Server
At this point, you can easily access your Grafana dashboard from your web browser. In your web browser type:
http://localhost:3000/loginOr, if you wish to access Grafana from other computers on your network, you’ll need to use the local IP address of your Windows Server:
http://windows-server-ip-address:3000/loginYou should see the Grafana login screen. Enter admin as the username and password and click login.
Then, you must change the admin password for security reasons and click Submit.
At this point, you should see your Grafana dashboard on your Windows server.
From here you can start to monitor your data. You can proceed to the next step to create your first dashboard with Grafana.
Step 4 – Start Using Grafana on Windows Server
To create your first dashboard, click Dashboards in the left-side menu.
Then, click New and select New Dashboard from the dropdown menu.
Next, click on + Add visualization.
From the data source, click — Grafana —.
This configures your query and generates the Random Walk dashboard. Click the Refresh dashboard icon to query the data source. And click Save to save the dashboard.
Enter a name for your password and click save.
That’s it, you have created your first dashboard with Grafana.
For more information, you can visit the Grafana Documentation page.
Conclusion
At this point, you have learned to Install the Grafana Enterprise dashboard on Windows Server 2022 Access it from a web browser and create your first dashboard with Grafana on your server.
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