Grafanaisanopen-sourceanalyticalplatformusedtoanalyzeandmonitoringtime-seriesdata.Thisbeginner'sguidewillhelpyougettogripswithGrafana'snewfeaturesforquerying,visualizing,andexploringmetricsandlogsnomatterwheretheyarestored.ThebookbeginsbyshowingyouhowtoinstallandsetuptheGrafanaserver.You'llexploretheworkingmechanismofvariouscomponentsoftheGrafanainterfacealongwithitssecurityfeatures,andlearnhowtovisualizeandmonitordatausing,InfluxDB,Prometheus,Logstash,andElasticsearch.ThisGrafanabookcoverstheadvancedfeaturesoftheGraphpanelandshowsyouhowStat,Table,BarGauge,andTextareused.You'llbuilddynamicdashboardstoperformend-to-endanalyticsandlabelandorganizedashboardsintofolderstomakethemeasiertofind.Asyouprogress,thebookdelvesintotheadministrativeaspectsofGrafanabycreatingalerts,settingpermissionsforteams,andimplementinguserauthentication.AlongwithexploringGrafana'smulti-cloudmonitoringsupport,you'llalsolearnaboutGrafanaLoki,whichisabackendloggerforusersrunningPrometheusandKubernetes.Bytheendofthisbook,you'llhavegainedalltheknowledgeyouneedtostartbuildinginteractivedashboards.