Fully Managed, and Optimized Grafana with Prometheus

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 first boot, the failsafe script automatically runs and performs:

• Prompts to optionally map a custom domain for Grafana and/or Prometheus.
• Validates that the domain's DNS A record points to your instance's public IP.
• Configures Apache and prepares the environment for both services.

Configure DNS (if using a domain)

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

Automatic SSL Setup

• Enter your email address when prompted for SSL notifications.
• Certbot automatically issues and installs Let's Encrypt SSL certificates once DNS is validated.
• Apache is reconfigured to serve both Grafana and Prometheus securely over HTTPS.

Start Monitoring Stack

Both Prometheus and Grafana containers start automatically using Docker Compose. You can manually check or restart the containers:

cd /opt/app docker compose ps docker compose restart

Access Dashboards

• Prometheus:

  • If no domain: http://<public-ip>:9090
  • If domain with SSL: https://<your-domain>

• Grafana:

  • If no domain: http://<public-ip>:3000
  • If domain with SSL: https://<your-domain>

Login to Grafana

Use the admin credentials stored in the environment file:

/opt/app/.env

Default username: root Password: (auto-generated and saved securely in .env)

Environment File

Centralized configuration for both Prometheus and Grafana:

/opt/app/.env

/opt/app/promethesu/.env

Includes: domain, IP addresses, ports, and Grafana admin credentials.