1. Streamlining Grafana dashboard creation using pre-built Library Panels

    TypeScript

    To streamline Grafana dashboard creation using pre-built Library Panels, we'll go ahead and create a Pulumi program in TypeScript that demonstrates how to use the grafana.LibraryPanel resource from the Pulumi Grafana provider. The program will outline the steps to define a Library Panel and then use it within a Grafana dashboard resource.

    Explanation

    Before diving into the code, let's explain the resources we will use:

    1. Library Panel (grafana.LibraryPanel): This is a pre-built and reusable panel that can be included in multiple Grafana dashboards. By defining a library panel, you make it possible to create consistent visualizations across different dashboards in your Grafana organization.

    2. Dashboard (grafana.Dashboard): This represents a single dashboard within Grafana that can host a variety of visualizations, including our pre-built library panels.

    In the program, we'll create a library panel first, specifying its JSON model. Then, we'll construct a dashboard that includes this panel.

    Pulumi Program

    import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi"; import * as grafana from "@pulumi/grafana"; // Create a new Grafana Library Panel. const libraryPanel = new grafana.LibraryPanel("examplePanel", { // Replace with your panel's UID. uid: "your-unique-panel-id", // Provide a name for your Library Panel. name: "Example Library Panel", // The JSON model representing the panel configuration. // You would extract this JSON from an existing panel or create it according to Grafana's panel specification. modelJson: `{ "type": "graph", "title": "CPU Usage", "gridPos": {"x": 0, "y": 0, "w": 12, "h": 9}, "targets": [ { "refId": "A", "expr": "query-which-you-want-to-use-in-panel" } ] }` }); // Create a new Grafana Dashboard that includes the Library Panel. const dashboard = new grafana.Dashboard("exampleDashboard", { // Replace with your organization ID if you have one. orgId: "your-org-id", // JSON configuration for the dashboard. // Here we reference the library panel by its unique identifier. configJson: `{ "title": "Example Dashboard", "panels": [ { "type": "library-panel", "libraryPanel": { "uid": "${libraryPanel.uid}" }, "gridPos": {"x": 0, "y": 0, "w": 24, "h": 9} } ] }` }); // Export the URL of the Grafana dashboard export const dashboardUrl = pulumi.interpolate`https://your-grafana-instance-host.com/d/${dashboard.uid}`;

    Explanation of the Program

    1. We start by importing the necessary packages from Pulumi: @pulumi/pulumi for core Pulumi functionality and @pulumi/grafana for Grafana-specific resources.

    2. Next, we define a grafana.LibraryPanel resource. This requires providing a unique ID (uid), a name, and the JSON model of the panel. Replace "your-unique-panel-id" with a UID for your panel, and the modelJson with the configuration for the panel you want to create. This JSON string should be the configuration extracted from an existing Grafana panel or constructed to match Grafana's specifications.

    3. We then create a grafana.Dashboard resource that will host our library panel. In the configJson of the dashboard, we reference our libraryPanel by its uid. Just like the panel, replace "your-org-id" with your specific Grafana organization ID.

    4. Finally, we export the URL of the Grafana dashboard. Here, you would replace https://your-grafana-instance-host.com with the actual host of your Grafana instance and the dashboard will be identified by its uid.

    Now the Pulumi program is ready to be deployed, and once applied, it will automate the creation of a Grafana dashboard with pre-built library panels. You can run this program using the Pulumi CLI, and upon successful deployment, it will output the URL to access the newly created dashboard.

    Refer to the Pulumi Grafana LibraryPanel docs and Grafana Dashboard docs for more details on the properties and usage of these resources.


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