Grafana import Tool

A python3 based application to play with grafana dashboards using Grafana API and a python interface grafana-client

The aim of this tool is to:

1. Export easilly an existing Grafana dashboard from a folder.
2. Import a dashboard in JSON format into a Grafana.
3. Remove a dashboard

Install using this repo

install github repository.

    $ pip install git+https://github.com/peekjef72/grafana-import-tool.git

Requirements:

• bash
• python >3.6
• python modules:
  • jinja2
  • grafana_client 2.0.0 what will pull the dependencies
    • requests
    • idna
    • urllib3
    • certifi
    • chardet
• Access to a Grafana API server.
• A Token of an Admin role (grafana APIKey).

Configuration

The configuration is stored in a YAML file.

It contains 2 parts:

• general: for script env.
  • debug: enable verbose (debug) trace (for dev only...)
  • export_suffix: when exporting a dashboard, append that suffix to the file name. The suffix can contain plain text and pattern that is translated with strftime command.
  • export_path: where to store the exported dashboards.
  • import_path: where to load the dashboards before to import then into grafana server.

• grafana: for grafana access settings; you can define several grafana acces with different api_key or grafana server url
  • label: a label to refer this grafana server default at least
    • protocal, host, port: use to build the access url
    • verify_ssl: to check ssl certificate or not
    • token: APIKEY with admin right from Grafana to access the REST API.
    • search_api_limit: the maximum element to retrieve on search over API.

---

  general:
    debug: false
    import_folder: test_import

  grafana:
    default:
      protocol: http
      host: localhost
      port: 3000
      token: "____APIKEY____"
      search_api_limit: 5000
      verify_ssl: true
...

Usages

build a directory structure:

• grafana-import/
  • conf/grafana-import.yml where your main configuration file is
  • exports/ where your exported dashboards will be stored.
  • imports/ where your dashboards to import are stored.

then enter into your directory and type in you commands.

usage:

usage: grafana-import [-h] [-a] [-b BASE_PATH] [-c CONFIG_FILE]
                      [-d DASHBOARD_NAME] [-g GRAFANA_LABEL]
                      [-f GRAFANA_FOLDER] [-i DASHBOARD_FILE] [-o] [-p] [-v]
                      [-V]
                      [ACTION]

play with grafana dashboards json files.

positional arguments:
  ACTION                action to perform. Is one of 'export', 'import'
                        (default), or 'remove'.
                        export: lookup for dashboard name in Grafana and dump
                          it to local file.
                        import: import a local dashboard file (previously 
                          exported) to Grafana.
                        remove: lookup for dashboard name in Grafana and remove
                          it from Grafana server.


optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a, --allow_new       if a dashboard with same name exists in an another
                        folder, allow to create a new dashboard with same name
                        it that folder.
  -b BASE_PATH, --base_path BASE_PATH
                        set base directory to find default files.
  -c CONFIG_FILE, --config_file CONFIG_FILE
                        path to config files.
  -d DASHBOARD_NAME, --dashboard_name DASHBOARD_NAME
                        name of dashboard to export.
  -g GRAFANA_LABEL, --grafana_label GRAFANA_LABEL
                        label in the config file that represents the grafana to
                        connect to.
  -f GRAFANA_FOLDER, --grafana_folder GRAFANA_FOLDER
                        the folder name where to import into Grafana.
  -i DASHBOARD_FILE, --dashboard_file DASHBOARD_FILE
                        path to the dashboard file to import into Grafana.
  -o, --overwrite       if a dashboard with same name exists in folder,
                        overwrite it with this new one.
  -p, --pretty          use JSON indentation when exporting or extraction of
                        dashboards.
  -v, --verbose         verbose mode; display log message to stdout.
  -V, --version         display program version and exit..

import action preserves the version history.

Example:

• import the dashboard located in default directory imports to grafana folder "Applications"

$ grafana-import  -i my-first-dashboard_202104011548.json -f Applications -o
OK: dashboard my-first-dashboard imported into 'Applications'.

then you can go into Grafana Gui and find the folder Applications

• export the dashboard 'my-first-dashboard' to default export directory:

$ /usr/local/bin/grafana-import -d "my-first-dashboard" -p export
OK: dashboard exported to './exports/my-first-dashboard_20210401165925.json'.

When the dashboard is not required anymore, you can remove it:

• remove the dashboard "my-first-dashboard" from folder "Applications"

$ grafana-import -f Applications -d "my-first-dashboard" remove
OK: dashboard my-first-dashboard removed from 'Applications'.