This topic explains how to create a Grafana workspace and migrate dashboards from the Shared Edition and a self-managed Grafana instance.
Create a workspace
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Log on to the Managed Service for Grafana console.
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On the Overview page, click Create Workspace.
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On the buy page, configure the following parameters and click Create Now.
Parameter
Description
Workspace Name
Enter a name for the Grafana workspace.
Admin Password
Set the admin password.
Region
Select the region where the workspace resides.
Version
The edition of Managed Service for Grafana. For information about the billing of each edition of Managed Service for Grafana, see Billing rules.
Grafana Version
Select the version of Managed Service for Grafana.
Number of Accounts
Select the number of accounts. For information about the prices for different number of accounts, see Billing rules.
Duration
Select a subscription duration.
Auto-renewal
If you enable auto-renewal, billing automatically starts after the trial use expires. For information about billing, see Billing rules.
Resource Group
The resource group used to manage resources of your Alibaba Cloud account. Then, you can centrally manage permissions, deploy resources, or monitor resources.
Tag
Specify the Tag Key and Tag Value fields to facilitate workspace management.
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After you complete the payment, you can view the created workspace and its expiration date on the Workspace Management page.
(Optional) Migrate data
Migrate Shared Edition dashboards
The Shared Edition includes the following dashboards:
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Application Monitoring dashboards (read-only). For metric definitions on these dashboards, see Application monitoring metrics.
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Prometheus default dashboards (read-only). For metric definitions on these dashboards, see Metrics.
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ARMS alert dashboards (read-only)
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Synthetic monitoring dashboards (read-only)
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On the Overview page, click Migrate Shared Edition. In the dialog box, select the target workspace, click Next, and then click OK.
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After the migration, you can view the dashboards on the Dashboards page in Grafana.
Migrate self-managed Grafana dashboards
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On the Overview page, click Migrate Self-managed Grafana. In the dialog box, select the target workspace and click Migrate Now.
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On the Data Migration page, click Create Migration Job and select Migrate Self-managed Grafana.
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In the dialog box, set the authorization method to Admin, enter the Grafana address and Admin password, and click Next.
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For each organization, select a migration method and click Start Migration.
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Do not migrate the organization: Data sources and dashboards in this organization are skipped.
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Create an organization with the same name: Creates a new organization with the same name and migrates the data sources and dashboards from the original organization to it.
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An organization in the current workspace: Migrates the data sources and dashboards from the original organization to the selected existing organization.
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After the migration is complete, click Go to the list page. This opens the Grafana Dashboards page, where you can view all the migrated dashboards.
(Optional) Integrate cloud services
Managed Service for Grafana supports data source integration with Alibaba Cloud services like Managed Service for Prometheus, Simple Log Service (SLS), CloudMonitor, Application Monitoring, Lindorm, and Elasticsearch, allowing you to build unified operational dashboards. For more information, see Integrate cloud services.