Configuring Grafana dashboards for Kudu

Learn how to configure Grafana dashboards to visualize Kudu metrics using Prometheus as a data source.

To visualize the collected metrics from Kudu, you need to configure Grafana by adding Prometheus as a data source and creating custom dashboards.

  1. Open the Grafana user interface.
  2. Navigate to Connections > Data Sources > Add data source.
  3. Select Prometheus from the list of data source types.
  4. Enter your Prometheus server URL (for example, http://localhost:9090) in the Prometheus server URL field.
  5. Select Save & test.
  6. Navigate to Dashboards > New > New Dashboard > Add visualization to build custom panels.

    Use PromQL queries against kudu_ prefixed metrics to create visualizations.