How to add Redis as a datasource in Grafana and build customize dashboards for Analytics

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Ajeet Raina

The Redis Data Source for Grafana is a plug-in that allows users to connect to the Redis database and build dashboards in Grafana to easily monitor Redis and application data. It provides an out-of-the-box predefined dashboard, but also lets you build customized dashboards tuned to your specific needs.

#Features and Capabilities

Grafana 7.1 and later with a new plug-in platform supported.
Data Source can connect to any Redis database. No special configuration is required.
Redis Cluster and Sentinel supported since version 1.2.
Data Source supports:
Redis Time Series: TS.GET, TS.INFO, TS.MRANGE, TS.QUERYINDEX, TS.RANGE
Triggers and Functions: RG.DUMPREGISTRATIONS, RG.PYEXECUTE, RG.PYSTATS
Search: FT.INFO
Graph: GRAPH.QUERY, GRAPH.SLOWLOG

#Using Homebrew

#Step 1. Install Grafana

#Step 2. Install Redis Datasource

Homebrew downloads and untars the files into /usr/local/Cellar/grafana/version.

#Step 3. Start Grafana service

#Step 4. Access Grafana dashboard

Open https://IP:3000 to access grafana. The default username/password is admin/admin.

#Step 5. Click "Configuration"

#Step 6. Add Redis as a Data Source

#Step 7. Select "Redis" as data source type

#Step 8. Add Redis Database name, Endpoint URL and password

Assuming that you already have Redis server and database up and running in your infrastructure. You can also leverage Redis Cloud as showcased in the below example.

#Step 9. Click "Import" under Dashboard

#Step 10.Access the Redis datasource Dashboard

#Supported commands

Data Source supports various Redis commands using custom components and provides a unified interface to query any command.

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#Further References

#Docker

#Using Docker

You can install and run Grafana using the official Docker image.

#Step 1. Install Docker

The first step is to install Docker for your operating system. Run the docker version command in a terminal window to make sure that Docker is installed correctly.

NOTE

On Windows and Mac, install Docker version 18.03 or higher. You can run docker version to find out your Docker version.

#Step 2. Run Grafana Docker container

Specify the plugins you want installed to Docker as a comma-separated list in the GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS environment. This sends each plugin name to grafana-cli plugins install ${plugin} and installs them when Grafana starts. In our case, we will be using redis-datasource.