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Reputation: 21

Grafana datasources connection using proxy

How Grafana can be configured to connect to the data sources (for example Graphite) via proxy?

Grafana -> Proxy -> Graphite

When adding Graphite data source in Grafana there is an option to choose access with proxy (Proxy=Grafana backend will proxy the request) but there is no place in the configureation.ini to specify the IP of the proxy to be used for backend data transfer.

In the ini file there is location to specify "authentication proxy" for accessing the Grafana UI but can this be used for proxy between Grafana and Graphite?

[auth.proxy]

enabled = true

header_name = X-WEBAUTH-USER

header_property = username

auto_sign_up = true

Where the proxy details between Grafana and its data sources can be configured?

Thanks for the reply of AussieDan

I have added the environment variables :

set HTTP_PROXY="http://proxy_IP:proxy_port"   
set HTTPS_PROXY="https://proxy_IP:proxy_port"

And started the Grafana in same command prompt . When trying to save the Graphite data source in Grafana UI, it says in the log "proxy error: Service Unavailable". Telnet to the proxy on same port works fine so the port is open. 

`    2016/12/13 15:55:05 http: proxy error: Service Unavailable ←[31mEROR←[0m[12-13|15:55:05] Request Completed                        ←[31mlogger←[0m=context ←[31muserId←[0m=1 ←[31morgId←[0m=1 ←[31muname←[0m=admin ←[31mmethod←[0m=GET ←[31mpath←[0m=/metrics/find ←[31mstatus←[0m=500 ←[31mremote_addr←[0m=IP ←[31mtime_ns←[0m=15ns ←[31msize←[0m=0    `

Is there anything additional that needs to be configured for proxy communication?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 26988

Answers (2)

Daniel Fensterheim
Daniel Fensterheim

Reputation: 371

Grafana defines a new user named grafana with its own environment, as stated here under Start the server (init.d service) and Environment file sections.

The environment file on ubuntu is located in /etc/default/grafana-server

Paste your proxy environment variable definitions in this file as so:

https_proxy=http://<ip>:<port>/
http_proxy=http://<ip>:<port>/
no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.0/8,::1,<other ip/networks to ignore>

Upvotes: 4

AussieDan
AussieDan

Reputation: 2176

Since the grafana backend is written in go, you can use the HTTP_PROXY="http://proxyIp:proxyPort" environment variable to specify a proxy for it to use for all outgoing requests.

Upvotes: 2

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