How To Quick Install Grafana Server On Ubuntu 18.04

Now I want to share how to install Grafana server on ubuntu 18.04 local or public vps. This tutorial is for only install process. And I am not grantee all package and repo are available. If you can see some package are missing so you can try from official web site.

My server details :

• Server OS : Ubuntu 18.04
• Disk Space : 50GB
• RAM : 2GB
• vCPU : 2

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Step #01: Must be server update and upgrade done.

root@Ubuntu-18:~# vi /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 8.8.8.8

For save press Esc type :wq the press Enter.

Step #02: After complete then goto next step for install Grafana

root@Ubuntu-18:~# apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
root@Ubuntu-18:~# apt-get install -y software-properties-common wget
root@Ubuntu-18:~# apt autoremove
root@Ubuntu-18:~# vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list
root@Ubuntu-18:~# deb https://packagecloud.io/grafana/stable/debian/ stretch main
root@Ubuntu-18:~# curl https://packagecloud.io/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
root@Ubuntu-18:~# apt-get update
root@Ubuntu-18:~# apt-get install grafana -y

Step #03: Restart and enable Grafana service using below command.

root@Ubuntu-18:~# /bin/systemctl daemon-reload
root@Ubuntu-18:~# /bin/systemctl enable grafana-server
root@Ubuntu-18:~# /bin/systemctl start grafana-server
root@Ubuntu-18:~# systemctl start grafana-server
root@Ubuntu-18:~# systemctl status grafana-server

Status like below :

● grafana-server.service - Grafana instance
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/grafana-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2020-04-26 05:35:51 UTC; 44min ago
     Docs: http://docs.grafana.org
 Main PID: 7358 (grafana-server)
    Tasks: 15 (limit: 1101)
   CGroup: /system.slice/grafana-server.service
           └─7358 /usr/sbin/grafana-server --config=/etc/grafana/grafana.ini --pidfile=/var/run/grafana/grafana-server.pid --packaging=deb cfg:default.paths.logs

Apr 26 05:35:53 Ubuntu-18.04 grafana-server[7358]: t=2020-04-26T05:35:53+0000 lvl=info msg="Initializing provisioningServiceImpl" logger=server
Apr 26 05:35:53 Ubuntu-18.04 grafana-server[7358]: t=2020-04-26T05:35:53+0000 lvl=info msg="Backend rendering via phantomJS" logger=rendering renderer=phantomJS
Apr 26 05:35:53 Ubuntu-18.04 grafana-server[7358]: t=2020-04-26T05:35:53+0000 lvl=warn msg="phantomJS is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. You
Apr 26 05:35:53 Ubuntu-18.04 grafana-server[7358]: t=2020-04-26T05:35:53+0000 lvl=info msg="Initializing Stream Manager"
Apr 26 05:35:53 Ubuntu-18.04 grafana-server[7358]: t=2020-04-26T05:35:53+0000 lvl=info msg="HTTP Server Listen" logger=http.server address=[::]:3000 protocol=htt
Apr 26 05:36:25 Ubuntu-18.04 grafana-server[7358]: t=2020-04-26T05:36:25+0000 lvl=info msg="Request Completed" logger=context userId=0 orgId=0 uname= method=GET
Apr 26 05:37:33 Ubuntu-18.04 grafana-server[7358]: t=2020-04-26T05:37:33+0000 lvl=info msg="Successful Login" logger=http.server User=admin@localhost
Apr 26 05:39:28 Ubuntu-18.04 grafana-server[7358]: t=2020-04-26T05:39:28+0000 lvl=info msg="Successful Logout" logger=http.server User=admin@localhost
Apr 26 05:39:28 Ubuntu-18.04 grafana-server[7358]: t=2020-04-26T05:39:28+0000 lvl=info msg="Request Completed" logger=context userId=1 orgId=1 uname=admin method
Apr 26 05:45:53 Ubuntu-18.04 

Now goto browser for access Grafana server using default port 3000.

http://10.66.110.30:3000/

Using Grafana default user name and password
User Name : admin
Password : admin

Then change after first time login.

Step #04: I want to switch Grafana default port 3000 to 80.

So now I want to install any web server like nginx or apache.

root@Ubuntu-18:~# apt install nginx

After installation done then backup nginx main config file.

root@Ubuntu-18:~# cp /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-available/default-back

Then clear all text from main config file and just add below details for nginx config.

server {
    listen 80;

    server_name http://10.66.110.30;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://10.66.110.30:3000/;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
}

Now restart nginx web server.

root@Ubuntu-18:~# service nginx restart

Edit Grafana server config file for switch 3000 to 80. Just comment out two lines from [server] section.

root@Ubuntu-18:~# vi /etc/grafana/grafana.ini

[server]
http_port = 3000
root_url = http://10.66.110.30:3000/

For save press Esc type :wq then press Enter. Then restart Grafana server.

root@Ubuntu-18:~# systemctl restart grafana-server

Now browse your server ip address like http://10.66.110.30/login. I hope you successfully browse using your server ip address. If any problem so please see my YouTube video for more details.