Create grafana users

Create Grafana users

By default, Grafana has only one user, the admin with the template password admin. This password needs to be changed on the first login. You may access Grafana via http://SPPMON.HOSTNAME.com:3000 if no SSL is enabled. Use https://SPPMON.HOSTNAME.com:3000 for instances with SSL.

Creating view-only users

It is recommended to create a separate account for guests with view-only rights. Be aware that dashboards on view-only may still leak sensitive data by the logs displayed on the dashboard, but it is impossible to manipulate the queries send to the InfluxDB.

Invite via a link or email

1. Go into the user menu by Gearwheel -> Users. Please be aware that the Users inside the Shield menu is incorrect.
2. Go onto Invite on the top right half of the screen.
3. Enter the required information:
   • Username or email
   • optional Name
   • Please make sure to select Viewer as role.
   • Un-tick Send invite email.
4. After Submitting, please go onto the Pending Invites-tab next to the blue Invite button.
5. Hit the Copy Invite button -> https://localhost:3000/invite/3aW3JBwnQfkgvmrKCadISOaoyy5pwY
6. Warning: Before sharing this link, you need to replace the localhost with your actual server address:
   https://localhost:3000/invite/3aW3JBwnQfkgvmrKCadISOaoyy5pwY ->
   https://my.domain.org.com:3000/invite/3aW3JBwnQfkgvmrKCadISOaoyy5pwY

Manually create with a given password

1. Go into the user menu by Shield -> Users. Please be aware that the Users inside the Gearwheel menu is incorrect.
2. Go onto New user on the top right half of the screen.
3. Enter the required information. It is required to specify either the username or email.
4. The user has automatically the role Viewer. You can verify its role by clicking onto it in the user-overview: