Grafana 2.0 represents a major update to Grafana. It brings new capabilities, many of which are enabled by its new backend server and integrated database.
The new backend lays a foundation for many new capabilities that we hope to deliver over the coming months. For the 2.0 release, we've focused on user and organization management and server-side sharing and rendering.
The new backend lays a solid foundation that we hope to build on over the coming months. For the 2.0 release, it enables authentication as well as server-side sharing and rendering.
We've attempted to provide a smooth migration path for V1.9 users to migrate to Grafana 2.0.
## Adding Data sources
The 'config.js' file has been deprecated. Data sources are now managed via the UI or [HTTP API](../reference/http_api.md). Manage your organizations data sources by clicking on the `Data Sources` menu on the side menu (which can be toggled via the Grafana icon in the upper left of your browser).
The config.js file has been deprecated. Data sources are now managed via the UI or [HTTP API](../reference/http_api.md). Manage your organizations data sources by clicking on the `Data Sources` menu on the side menu (which can be toggled via the Grafana icon in the upper left of your browser).
From here, you can add any Graphite, InfluxDB, elasticsearch, and OpenTSDB datasources that you were using with Grafana 1.x. Grafana 2.0 can be configured to communicate with your datasource using a backend mode which can eliminate many CORS-related issues, as well as provide more secure authentication to your datasources.
## Importing your existing dashboards
Grafana 2.0 now has integrated dashboard storage engine that can be configured to use an internal sqllite database, MySQL, or Postgres. This eliminates the need to use Elasticsearch for dashboard storage for Graphite users. Grafana 2.0 no longer supports storing dashboards in InfluxDB. You can seamlessly import your existing dashboards.
Grafana 2.0 now has integrated dashboard storage engine that can be configured to use an internal sqllite database, MySQL, or Postgres. This eliminates the need to use Elasticsearch for dashboard storage for Graphite users. Grafana 2.0 does not support storing dashboards in InfluxDB.
You can seamlessly import your existing dashboards.
