From the course: Prometheus and Grafana: Visualizing Application Performance
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The configuration files
From the course: Prometheus and Grafana: Visualizing Application Performance
The configuration files
- [Instructor] In this chapter, we'll take a look at Grafana administration. This knowledge will help you to manage your Grafana instances better. But more importantly, you should know where to go when you need to change Grafana's behavior. We'll cover Grafana administration fundamentals, configuration files, and practical applications. Grafana uses INI-formatted configuration files to control its behavior. There are two file types, default configuration files, that should never be modified, and custom configuration files, where you can implement specific settings. In INI files, sections marked by square brackets and key value pairs describe the options. You can use semicolons to comment out certain lines. The location of the configuration files depends on the operating system and installation method. The default location for most installations is in the defaults.ini file. Let's look at some examples. In Linux, the location is /etc/grafana/grafana.ini when installed using a DEB or RPM…
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