How to get started with Grafana and Docker (Grafana Office Hours #07)

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/late... // TIMESTAMPS 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:   / syed-usman-ahmad-b1415515   GitHub: https://github.com/usmangt Medium:   / syed_usman_ahmed   YouTube:    / @freelinuxtutorials   Learn more about Grafana Labs: Website: https://grafana.com Repo: https://github.com/grafana/grafana #docker #grafana #tutorial #observability