Grafana cli is a small executable that is bundled with grafana server and is suppose to be executed on the same machine as grafana runs.
Grafana cli is a small executable that is bundled with grafana server and is suppose to be
executed on the same machine as grafana runs.
## Plugins
The CLI helps you install, upgrade and manage your plugins on the same machine it CLI is running. You can find more information about how to install and manage your plugins at the [plugin page]({{<relref"/installation.md">}})
The CLI helps you install, upgrade and manage your plugins on the same machine it CLI is running.
You can find more information about how to install and manage your plugins at the
Grafana v2.1 brings initial support for KairosDB Datasources. While the process of adding the datasource is similar to adding a Graphite or OpenTSDB datasource type, Kairos DB does have a few different options for building queries.
## Adding the data source to Grafana
1. Open the side menu by clicking the the Grafana icon in the top header.
2. In the side menu under the `Dashboards` link you should find a link named `Data Sources`.
> NOTE: If this link is missing in the side menu it means that your current user does not have the `Admin` role for the current organization.
3. Click the `Add new` link in the top header.
4. Select `KairosDB` from the dropdown.
Name | Description
------------ | -------------
Name | The data source name, important that this is the same as in Grafana v1.x if you plan to import old dashboards.
Default | Default data source means that it will be pre-selected for new panels.
Url | The http protocol, ip and port of your kairosdb server (default port is usually 8080)
Access | Proxy = access via Grafana backend, Direct = access directly from browser.
## Query editor
Open a graph in edit mode by click the title.
For details on KairosDB metric queries checkout the official.
KairosDB Datasource Plugin provides following functions in `Variables values query` field in Templating Editor to query `metric names`, `tag names`, and `tag values` to kairosdb server.
Name | Description
| ------- | --------|
`metrics(query)` | Returns a list of metric names matching `query`. If nothing is given, returns a list of all metric names.
`tag_names(query)` | Returns a list of tag names matching `query`. If nothing is given, returns a list of all tag names.
`tag_values(metric,tag)` | Returns a list of values for `tag` from the given `metric`.
For details of `metric names`, `tag names`, and `tag values`, please refer to the KairosDB documentations.
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### Data Source
Grafana supports many different storage backends for your time series data (Data Source). Each Data Source has a specific Query Editor that is customized for the features and capabilities that the particular Data Source exposes.
The following datasources are officially supported: [Graphite](/datasources/graphite/), [InfluxDB](/datasources/influxdb/), [OpenTSDB](/datasources/opentsdb/), [Prometheus](/datasources/prometheus/), [Elasticsearch](/datasources/elasticsearch/), [CloudWatch](/datasources/cloudwatch/), and [KairosDB](/datasources/kairosdb)
The following datasources are officially supported: [Graphite]({{<relref"features/datasources/graphite.md">}}), [InfluxDB]({{<relref"features/datasources/influxdb.md">}}), [OpenTSDB]({{<relref"features/datasources/opentsdb.md">}}), [Prometheus]({{<relref"features/datasources/prometheus.md">}}), [Elasticsearch]({{<relref"features/datasources/elasticsearch.md">}}), [CloudWatch]({{<relref"features/datasources/cloudwatch.md">}}).
The query language and capabilities of each Data Source are obviously very different. You can combine data from multiple Data Sources onto a single Dashboard, but each Panel is tied to a specific Data Source that belongs to a particular Organization.
