Fully Managed, and Optimized Grafana

Launch an Instance

From AWS Marketplace, click Continue to Subscribe and then Continue to Configuration.

Choose the Recommended Instance Type

Select t2.medium or larger for optimal performance.

Configure Security Group

Allow inbound traffic on ports 22 (SSH), 80 (HTTP), and 443 (HTTPS).

Connect to the Instance

ssh -i <your-key.pem> ubuntu@<public-ip>

First-Boot Setup

On the first boot, the initialization script automatically runs and performs the following actions:

• Prompts you to optionally map a custom domain for Grafana.
• Validates that the DNS A record for your domain correctly points to your instance's public IP.
• Configures Apache as a reverse proxy for Grafana and prepares the environment.

Configure DNS (if using a domain)

• Add an A record in your DNS pointing to the instance's public IP.
• The setup script automatically verifies DNS propagation using multiple global resolvers.

Automatic SSL Setup

• Enter your email address when prompted by Certbot to receive SSL expiry notifications.
• Certbot automatically issues and installs a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate once DNS validation is successful.
• Apache is reconfigured to serve Grafana securely over HTTPS.

Start Grafana

The Grafana container starts automatically using Docker Compose. You can manually verify or restart the container:

cd /opt/app docker compose ps docker compose restart

Access Grafana Dashboard

• If no domain is configured: http://<public-ip>:3000

• If a domain with SSL is configured: https://<your-domain>

Login to Grafana

Use the default credentials (stored in '/opt/app/.env') to log in to Grafana.

• Default username: 'root'
• Password: (auto-generated and stored securely in '.env')

Environment File

All configuration details, domain, IP, ports, SSL status, and credentials, are stored in:

/opt/app/.env