What's installed on your Grafana server?
- Grafana OSS 13.0.2
- Prometheus 3, collecting metrics every 15 seconds and keeping them for 30 days
- Node Exporter for the server's own metrics
- The Node Exporter Full dashboard as your home page
- Prometheus already added as a data source, with Prometheus and Node Exporter closed to the outside
- An administrator account with sign-up off: the login is yonetici and the password is in your panel
- HTTPS through Caddy on an sslip.io address based on your IP
- Firewall with only ports 22, 80 and 443 open
What size do you need for Grafana?
Grafana's docs list a floor of 512 MB of memory and 1 core for evaluation, and 2 cores with 2 to 4 GB for setups under 25 users. Those figures cover Grafana alone, and Prometheus runs on the same server here. Start with 2 GB and 2 cores. If you watch many targets or keep metrics for longer than 30 days, grow memory and disk from your panel.
| Use | Size | Price | Choose |
|---|---|---|---|
| A few people | 2 GB RAM · 2 vCore · 40 GB NVMe | $4.51/mo | |
| Small team | 4 GB RAM · 2 vCore · 60 GB NVMe | $6.89/mo | |
| Company | 8 GB RAM · 4 vCore · 120 GB NVMe | $13.62/mo |
Who is it for?
- Anyone who wants their server's CPU, memory and disk use on a graph
- Admins who'd like several servers on one dashboard
- Teams charting data from MySQL, PostgreSQL or InfluxDB
- Developers building their own Prometheus setup with alerts
What happens after you order?
- Set the size and complete your payment.
- Your server starts and Grafana installs itself. This took about 3.5 minutes in our real-server tests.
- In your panel, open your server from My servers. On the Overview tab, click Open app and log in with the details from the Login and Password rows.
- The Node Exporter Full dashboard opens on the home page, showing CPU, memory and disk graphs.
- Add other data sources under Connections.
With every server
- Daily backups included in the price
- Unlimited traffic
- Full root access
- Scale RAM and CPU up or down later, and grow the disk
- Location: Istanbul · IST-1.
Good to know
- The ready-made dashboard only shows this server. To see other servers, install Node Exporter on them and add them to prometheus.yml.
- Metrics are kept for 30 days. Change this with the retention setting in compose.yaml, and remember that longer periods use more disk.
- Email alerts need SMTP, which the install doesn't set up. Add variables such as GF_SMTP_ENABLED and GF_SMTP_HOST to compose.yaml.
- Grafana is pinned to 13.0.2 with its update check turned off. Watching for new versions and changing the tag is your responsibility.
- Grafana OSS is free under AGPL-3.0. Enterprise data source plugins are licensed separately and aren't included in the price.
- The panel keeps showing the install password. If you change it, keep the new one safe yourself.
Grafana questions and answers
How much RAM does Grafana need?
Grafana's docs list 512 MB of memory and 1 core as a floor, and 2 cores with 2 to 4 GB for setups under 25 users. Prometheus runs on the same server here, so start with 2 GB. If it isn't enough, you scale up from your panel.
What will I see when I first open Grafana?
The Node Exporter Full dashboard opens on the home page and shows your server's CPU, memory and disk use. The data comes from Prometheus, so you don't need to add a data source before your first login.
Can I monitor other servers with Grafana?
Yes. Install Node Exporter on the server you want to watch, add its address to prometheus.yml on this server and restart Prometheus. Open the Node Exporter port only to this server's IP address.
Which data sources can I connect to Grafana?
Grafana supports Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Graphite, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server out of the box, among others. You add them under Connections.
Can Grafana send me alerts?
Yes. You write alert rules, and when a threshold is crossed a notification goes to the contact point you chose. Email needs SMTP first, which the install doesn't set up.
Is Grafana free?
Yes. The Grafana OSS installed here is open source under AGPL-3.0, with no per-user fee. Enterprise's extra data sources and collaboration features are licensed separately and aren't part of your server price.