Hi ,
We are looking into running a Grafana Installation for some Check-mk Metrics. We are very new to Grafana and managed to install and get the Data Source running . But now we are at a state where this seems to be getting complicated. ( 2.0.0.p9 CEE , Grafana 8.3.3 )
Our Use Case is to show a specific “Customer” 300 Services in Grafana . Those Services are Interfaces from Specific Switches/Router . We have a Service Group in Check-mk for this , and also made a cmk Portal View there to show it . But we would prefer to “offload” those to a Grafana Dashboard . If this makes sense and is “buildable” in a reasonable time .
My first trial and Error’s shown different “Problem’s” getting this done .
- How to get a Live Status in Grafana from an Interface if it is UP or !=UP
- The Customer view on the Service MUST be the Service Description , not the Service .
- I was not able to use variables in my first tries . ( to “template” host and services with pull down … )
- This needs automation from the defined Service Group in check-mk .
- Of course the Grafana Dashboard User has not way to see other Host / Services .
The Dashboard needs a Status Page ( Summary of UP / Down Services, + Show Down Services ( Service Description , not the Service Name )) and a Performance Page with DropDown / search for Service Description to show Service Interface Traffic .
Also it seems that the a new Grafana Integration is in its works. Will this get me closer what we need and should look into this ? Would it not be possible to setup a Status enumeration rrd on check-mk for those services and/or hosts state and use it in the grafana plugin as Status Data ? ( a very beginner question i think gg )
I have read several other posts here, but i have tried to put it a bit together what i think are “real” useful Demands from the “field” .
Currently i have the feeling that this could not be done within a reasonable time / effort … But i would be very happy if anyone proves me wrong !
Thx for reading 
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Dietmar