Install Grafana in CentOS with YUM/Distribution-method/RPM Methods

Grafana Introduction

• Grafana is a  multi-platform open source analytics and interactive visualisation software
• It is available since 2014
• It provides charts, graphs and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources.
• It is expandable through a plug-in system.

Supported operating systems

• Debian/Ubuntu
• RPM-Based Linux (CentOS, Fedora, Opensuse, RHEL)
• MacOS
• Windows

Installation of Grafana on other operating systems is possible, but not supported.

Hardware Recommendations

• Grafana does not use a lot of resources and is very lightweight in use of memory and CPU.
• Minimum recommended memory: 255 MB 
• Minimum recommended CPU: 1
• Some features might require more memory or CPUs. Features require more resources include:

               a. Server side rendering of images

               b. Alerting

               c.  Data source proxy

Installation with YUM repo :

Step1 : Updating the server

$ sudo yum update

Step 2: Adding grafana repo for installing grafana

$ sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/grafana.repo

[grafana]
name=grafana
baseurl=https://packages.grafana.com/oss/rpm
repo_gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.grafana.com/gpg.key
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt

Step 3: Installing Grafana

$ sudo yum install grafana


Step 4: Start and Enable the grafana service

$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl start grafana-server
$ sudo systemctl status grafana-server
$ sudo systemctl enable grafana-server

Installation with Distribution Method (Using Binary):

Step 1: Downloading Grafana Zip file
$ sudo wget https://dl.grafana.com/oss/release/grafana-6.6.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Step 2: Unzip the Grafana zip file

$ tar -zxvf grafana-6.6.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Step 3: Start and enable the grafana server

$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl start grafana-server
$ sudo systemctl status grafana-server
$ sudo systemctl enable grafana-server

Installation with RPM:

Step 1: Adding Grafana RPM key


 $ sudo wget https://packages.grafana.com/gpg.key

Step 2: Install some dependencies to install grafana with RPM


 $ sudo yum install initscripts urw-fonts wget

Step 3: Download the grafana RPM file

 $ sudo wget https://dl.grafana.com/oss/release/grafana-6.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm
 $ sudo rpm -Uvh grafana-6.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm

Step 4: Installing Grafana

$ sudo yum localinstall grafana-6.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm

Step 3: Start and Enable the Grafana Server

 $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 $ sudo systemctl start grafana-server
 $ sudo systemctl status grafana-server
 $ sudo systemctl enable grafana-server

Referral Page : https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/installation/