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Pyroscope Grafana Datasource Plugin

Important: Grafana version 8.0 or later required

Getting started

  1. Install the plugin (Installation tab)
  2. Install panel plugin
  3. Open Grafana and go to Configuration -> Plugins
  4. Check that plugins are available
  5. Set up data source plugin:
    • Configuration -> Data Sources -> Add data source
    • click on pyroscope-datasource
    • Specify the Pyroscope address in Pyroscope instance field:
  6. Set up panel plugin:
    • Add an empty panel on your dashboard
    • Select pyroscope-panel from Visualization list
    • Under panel view in Query tab select pyroscope-datasource
    • In Application name input specify app name
    • Click Apply settings

Congratulations! Now you can monitor application flamegraph on your Grafana dashboard! dashboard

Datasource template variables

You can use variables of the type Query to query Pyroscope for a list of applications, labels, or label values. Variable query functions supported by Pyroscope data source:

Name Description
apps() Returns a list of application names
label_names(app_name) Returns a list of label names for the application
label_values(app_name,label_name) Returns a list of label values for the application label

Example

Create a new variable in the dashboard settings:

  • Name: appName
  • Type: Query
  • Data source: select your Pyroscope data source
  • Query: apps()

Now you should see the list of applications returned from the Pyroscope data source, and use the variable in the panel Query field:

$appName{}