Wondering how to get started with Grafana? Senior Developer Advocates Usman Ahmad and Nicole van der Hoeven talk about how to use Docker to quickly get up and running with Grafana, how to add Grafana plugins, and how to troubleshoot common issues.

Running Grafana on Docker (docs): https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/installation/docker/

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00:00:00 Introduction to Usman Ahmad
00:03:19 Different options for using and installing Grafana
00:04:25 What is Docker? What is distributed computing?
00:11:43 Demo - running Grafana on Docker using docker run
00:18:12 Creating persistent storage for Grafana
00:25:19 Adding environmental variables
00:34:05 What are the different types of plugins?
00:43:55 How to add plugins to Grafana
00:47:09 How and why to use docker compose
00:59:27 How to ask questions

Contact Nicole:
Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@nicole
GitHub: https://github.com/nicolevanderhoeven
Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com

Contact Usman:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syed-usman-ahmad-b1415515/
GitHub: https://github.com/usmangt
Medium: https://medium.com/@syed_usman_ahmed
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@freelinuxtutorials

Learn more about Grafana Labs:
Website: https://grafana.com
Repo: https://github.com/grafana/grafana