Commit c392a492 by Marcus Efraimsson Committed by GitHub

Docs: Add v6.3 version notes and encryption format information (#17825)

Adds version note for alert rule tags.
Adds version note for graph data links.
Adds information about secret_key and encryption format in use

Fixes #17815
Fixes #17803
parent d9fea07e
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# Use alert rule tags in notifications {#alert-rule-tags}
> Only available in Grafana v6.3+.
Grafana can include a list of tags (key/value) in the notification.
It's called alert rule tags to contrast with tags parsed from timeseries.
It currently supports only the Prometheus Alertmanager notifier.
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......@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Repeat a panel for each value of a variable. Repeating panels are described in
### Data link
> Only available in Grafana v6.3+.
Data link in graph settings allows adding dynamic links to the visualization. Those links can link to either other dashboard or to an external URL.
{{< docs-imagebox img="/img/docs/data_link.png" max-width= "800px" >}}
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......@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ The number of days the keep me logged in / remember me cookie lasts.
### secret_key
Used for signing some datasource settings like secrets and passwords. Cannot be changed without requiring an update
Used for signing some datasource settings like secrets and passwords, the encryption format used is AES-256 in CFB mode. Cannot be changed without requiring an update
to datasource settings to re-encode them.
### disable_gravatar
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......@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The default cookie name for storing the auth token is `grafana_session`. you can
### Ensure encryption of datasource secrets
Datasources store passwords and basic auth passwords in secureJsonData encrypted by default. Existing datasource
Datasources store passwords and basic auth passwords in secureJsonData encrypted (AES-256 in CFB mode) by default. Existing datasource
will keep working with unencrypted passwords. If you want to migrate to encrypted storage for your existing datasources
you can do that by:
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