Monitoring Grafana 12 with Prometheus Metrics

In this guide, we explore the extensive set of Prometheus metrics exposed by Grafana 12.0.2. These metrics provide deep insights into the performance, health, and behavior of your Grafana instance, enabling effective monitoring and troubleshooting.

By leveraging these metrics, you can track critical aspects of your Grafana environment, including alerting, API usage, database performance, and user interactions. Whether you're a system administrator, DevOps engineer, or data enthusiast, understanding and utilizing these metrics will help you optimize your Grafana setup and ensure its reliability.

This article provides a comprehensive list of Prometheus metrics available in Grafana 12, along with their types and detailed descriptions. We also offer guidance on integrating these metrics into your monitoring strategy to build powerful dashboards and alerts.

Why Monitor Grafana with Prometheus?

Monitoring Grafana using Prometheus metrics allows you to:

• Detect Issues Early: Identify performance bottlenecks or system failures before they impact users.
• Optimize Resources: Understand resource usage patterns to allocate CPU, memory, and database capacity effectively.
• Improve User Experience: Monitor API response times and user interactions to ensure a seamless experience.
• Enhance Alerting: Track alerting system health to ensure timely notifications for critical events.

Prometheus Metrics in Grafana 12

Below is a detailed list of Prometheus metrics exposed by Grafana 12.0.2.

Metric Name	Type	Description
grafana_access_evaluation_count	Counter	Number of evaluation calls.
grafana_access_evaluation_duration	Histogram	Histogram for the runtime of evaluation function.
grafana_access_permissions_cache_usage	Counter	Access control permissions cache hit/miss.
grafana_access_permissions_duration	Histogram	Histogram for the runtime of permissions check function.
grafana_access_search_permissions_duration	Histogram	Histogram for the runtime of permissions search function.
grafana_access_search_user_permissions_cache_usage	Counter	Access control search user permissions cache hit/miss.
grafana_aggregator_discovery_aggregation_count_total	Counter	Counter of number of times discovery was aggregated.
grafana_alerting_active_alerts	Gauge	Amount of active alerts.
grafana_alerting_active_configurations	Gauge	The number of active Alertmanager configurations.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_alerts	Gauge	How many alerts by state are in Grafana's Alertmanager.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_config_hash	Gauge	The hash of the Alertmanager configuration.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_config_match	Gauge	The total number of match.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_config_match_re	Gauge	The total number of matchRE.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_config_matchers	Gauge	The total number of matchers.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_config_object_matchers	Gauge	The total number of object_matchers.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_config_size_bytes	Gauge	The size of the Grafana Alertmanager configuration in bytes.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_inhibition_rules	Gauge	Number of configured inhibition rules.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_integrations	Gauge	Number of configured receivers.
grafana_alerting_alertmanager_receivers	Gauge	Number of configured receivers by state. It is considered active if used within a route.
grafana_alerting_alerts	Gauge	How many alerts by state are in the scheduler.
grafana_alerting_alerts_invalid_total	Counter	The total number of received alerts that were invalid.
grafana_alerting_alerts_received_total	Counter	The total number of received alerts.
grafana_alerting_discovered_configurations	Gauge	The number of organizations we've discovered that require an Alertmanager configuration.
grafana_alerting_dispatcher_aggregation_groups	Gauge	Number of active aggregation groups.
grafana_alerting_dispatcher_alert_processing_duration_seconds	Summary	Summary of latencies for the processing of alerts.
grafana_alerting_execution_time_milliseconds	Summary	Summary of alert execution duration.
grafana_alerting_nflog_gc_duration_seconds	Summary	Duration of the last notification log garbage collection cycle.
grafana_alerting_nflog_gossip_messages_propagated_total	Counter	Number of received gossip messages that have been further gossiped.
grafana_alerting_nflog_queries_total	Counter	Number of notification log queries were received.
grafana_alerting_nflog_query_duration_seconds	Histogram	Duration of notification log query evaluation.
grafana_alerting_nflog_query_errors_total	Counter	Number of notification log received queries that failed.
grafana_alerting_nflog_snapshot_duration_seconds	Summary	Duration of the last notification log snapshot.
grafana_alerting_nflog_snapshot_size_bytes	Gauge	Size of the last notification log snapshot in bytes.
grafana_alerting_notification_latency_seconds	Histogram	The latency of notifications in seconds.
grafana_alerting_remote_alertmanager_configuration_sync_failures_total	Counter	Total number of failed attempts to sync configurations between Alertmanagers.
grafana_alerting_remote_alertmanager_configuration_syncs_total	Counter	Total number of configuration syncs to the remote Alertmanager.
grafana_alerting_remote_alertmanager_last_configuration_sync_timestamp_seconds	Gauge	Timestamp of the last successful configuration sync to the remote Alertmanager in seconds.
grafana_alerting_remote_alertmanager_last_readiness_check_timestamp_seconds	Gauge	Timestamp of the last successful readiness check to the remote Alertmanager in seconds.
grafana_alerting_remote_alertmanager_last_state_sync_timestamp_seconds	Gauge	Timestamp of the last successful state sync to the remote Alertmanager in seconds.
grafana_alerting_remote_alertmanager_state_sync_failures_total	Counter	Total number of failed attempts to sync state between Alertmanagers.
grafana_alerting_remote_alertmanager_state_syncs_total	Counter	Total number of state syncs to the remote Alertmanager.
grafana_alerting_request_duration_seconds	Histogram	Histogram of requests to the Alerting API.
grafana_alerting_schedule_alert_rules	Gauge	The number of alert rules that could be considered for evaluation at the next tick.
grafana_alerting_schedule_alert_rules_hash	Gauge	A hash of the alert rules that could be considered for evaluation at the next tick.
grafana_alerting_schedule_periodic_duration_seconds	Histogram	The time taken to run the scheduler.
grafana_alerting_schedule_query_alert_rules_duration_seconds	Histogram	The time taken to fetch alert rules from the database.
grafana_alerting_scheduler_behind_seconds	Gauge	The total number of seconds the scheduler is behind.
grafana_alerting_silences	Gauge	How many silences by state.
grafana_alerting_silences_gc_duration_seconds	Summary	Duration of the last silence garbage collection cycle.
grafana_alerting_silences_gossip_messages_propagated_total	Counter	Number of received gossip messages that have been further gossiped.
grafana_alerting_silences_queries_total	Counter	How many silence queries were received.
grafana_alerting_silences_query_duration_seconds	Histogram	Duration of silence query evaluation.
grafana_alerting_silences_query_errors_total	Counter	How many silence received queries did not succeed.
grafana_alerting_silences_snapshot_duration_seconds	Summary	Duration of the last silence snapshot.
grafana_alerting_silences_snapshot_size_bytes	Gauge	Size of the last silence snapshot in bytes.
grafana_alerting_state_calculation_duration_seconds	Histogram	The duration of calculation of a single state.
grafana_alerting_state_full_sync_duration_seconds	Histogram	The duration of fully synchronizing the state with the database.
grafana_alerting_state_history_info	Gauge	Information about the state history store.
grafana_alerting_state_history_writes_bytes_total	Counter	The total number of bytes sent within a batch to the state history store.
grafana_alerting_ticker_interval_seconds	Gauge	Interval at which the ticker is meant to tick.
grafana_alerting_ticker_last_consumed_tick_timestamp_seconds	Gauge	Timestamp of the last consumed tick in seconds.
grafana_alerting_ticker_next_tick_timestamp_seconds	Gauge	Timestamp of the next tick in seconds before it is consumed.
grafana_api_admin_user_created_total	Counter	API admin user created counter.
grafana_api_dashboard_get_milliseconds	Summary	Summary for dashboard get duration.
grafana_api_dashboard_save_milliseconds	Summary	Summary for dashboard save duration.
grafana_api_dashboard_search_milliseconds	Summary	Summary for dashboard search duration.
grafana_api_dashboard_snapshot_create_total	Counter	Dashboard snapshots created.
grafana_api_dashboard_snapshot_external_total	Counter	External dashboard snapshots created.
grafana_api_dashboard_snapshot_get_total	Counter	Loaded dashboards.
grafana_api_dataproxy_request_all_milliseconds	Summary	Summary for dataproxy request duration.
grafana_api_login_oauth_total	Counter	API login OAuth counter.
grafana_api_login_post_total	Counter	API login post counter.
grafana_api_login_saml_total	Counter	API login SAML counter.
grafana_api_models_dashboard_insert_total	Counter	Dashboards inserted.
grafana_api_org_create_total	Counter	API org created counter.
grafana_api_response_status_total	Counter	API HTTP response status.
grafana_api_user_signup_completed_total	Counter	Amount of users who completed the signup flow.
grafana_api_user_signup_invite_total	Counter	Amount of users who have been invited.
grafana_api_user_signup_started_total	Counter	Amount of users who started the signup flow.
grafana_apiserver_audit_event_total	Counter	Counter of audit events generated and sent to the audit backend.
grafana_apiserver_audit_requests_rejected_total	Counter	Counter of apiserver requests rejected due to an error in audit logging backend.
grafana_apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds	Histogram	Distribution of the remaining lifetime on the certificate used to authenticate a request.
grafana_apiserver_current_inflight_requests	Gauge	Maximal number of currently used inflight request limit of this apiserver per request kind in last second.
grafana_apiserver_envelope_encryption_dek_cache_fill_percent	Gauge	Percent of the cache slots currently occupied by cached DEKs.
grafana_apiserver_flowcontrol_read_vs_write_current_requests	Histogram	Observations of the number of requests waiting or in regular stage of execution.
grafana_apiserver_flowcontrol_seat_fair_frac	Gauge	Fair fraction of server's concurrency to allocate to each priority level that can use it.
grafana_apiserver_kube_aggregator_x509_insecure_sha1_total	Counter	Counts the number of requests to servers with insecure SHA1 signatures in their serving certificate.
grafana_apiserver_kube_aggregator_x509_missing_san_total	Counter	Counts the number of requests to servers missing SAN extension in their serving certificate.
grafana_apiserver_request_body_size_bytes	Histogram	Apiserver request body size in bytes broken out by resource and verb.
grafana_apiserver_request_duration_seconds	Histogram	Response latency distribution in seconds for each verb, dry run value, group, version, resource, etc.
grafana_apiserver_request_filter_duration_seconds	Histogram	Request filter latency distribution in seconds, for each filter type.
grafana_apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds	Histogram	Response latency distribution (not counting webhook duration and priority & fairness queue wait times).
grafana_apiserver_request_slo_duration_seconds	Histogram	Response latency distribution (not counting webhook duration and priority & fairness queue wait times).
grafana_apiserver_request_timestamp_comparison_time	Histogram	Time taken for comparison of old vs new objects in UPDATE or PATCH requests.
grafana_apiserver_request_total	Counter	Counter of apiserver requests broken out for each verb, dry run value, group, version, resource, etc.
grafana_apiserver_response_sizes	Histogram	Response size distribution in bytes for each group, version, verb, resource, subresource, scope, etc.
grafana_apiserver_selfrequest_total	Counter	Counter of apiserver self-requests broken out for each verb, API resource, and subresource.
grafana_apiserver_storage_data_key_generation_duration_seconds	Histogram	Latencies in seconds of data encryption key (DEK) generation operations.
grafana_apiserver_storage_data_key_generation_failures_total	Counter	Total number of failed data encryption key (DEK) generation operations.
grafana_apiserver_storage_envelope_transformation_cache_misses_total	Counter	Total number of cache misses while accessing key decryption key (KEK).
grafana_apiserver_storage_objects	Gauge	Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind.
grafana_apiserver_tls_handshake_errors_total	Counter	Number of requests dropped with 'TLS handshake error from' error.
grafana_apiserver_webhooks_x509_insecure_sha1_total	Counter	Counts the number of requests to servers with insecure SHA1 signatures in their serving certificate.
grafana_apiserver_webhooks_x509_missing_san_total	Counter	Counts the number of requests to servers missing SAN extension in their serving certificate.
grafana_authenticated_user_requests	Counter	Counter of authenticated requests broken out by username.
grafana_authentication_attempts	Counter	Counter of authenticated attempts.
grafana_authentication_duration_seconds	Histogram	Authentication duration in seconds broken out by result.
grafana_authn_authn_failed_authentication_total	Counter	Number of failed authentications.
grafana_authn_authn_successful_authentication_total	Counter	Number of successful authentications.
grafana_authn_authn_successful_login_total	Counter	Number of successful logins.
grafana_authorization_attempts_total	Counter	Counter of authorization attempts broken down by result.
grafana_authorization_duration_seconds	Histogram	Authorization duration in seconds broken out by result.
grafana_build_info	Gauge	A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by version, revision, branch, and goversion from which Grafana was built.
grafana_build_timestamp	Gauge	A metric exposing when the binary was built in epoch.
grafana_cardinality_enforcement_unexpected_categorizations_total	Counter	The count of unexpected categorizations during cardinality enforcement.
grafana_database_all_migrations_duration_seconds	Histogram	Duration of the entire SQL migration process in seconds.
grafana_database_conn_idle	Gauge	The number of idle connections.
grafana_database_conn_in_use	Gauge	The number of connections currently in use.
grafana_database_conn_max_idle_closed_seconds	Counter	The total number of connections closed due to SetConnMaxIdleTime.
grafana_database_conn_max_idle_closed_total	Counter	The total number of connections closed due to SetMaxIdleConns.
grafana_database_conn_max_lifetime_closed_total	Counter	The total number of connections closed due to SetConnMaxLifetime.
grafana_database_conn_max_open	Gauge	Maximum number of open connections to the database.
grafana_database_conn_open	Gauge	The number of established connections both in use and idle.
grafana_database_conn_wait_count_total	Counter	The total number of connections waited for.
grafana_database_conn_wait_duration_seconds	Counter	The total time blocked waiting for a new connection.
grafana_datasource_request_duration_seconds	Histogram	Histogram of durations of outgoing data source requests sent from Grafana.
grafana_datasource_request_in_flight	Gauge	A gauge of outgoing data source requests currently being sent by Grafana.
grafana_datasource_request_total	Counter	A counter for outgoing requests for a data source.
grafana_datasource_response_size_bytes	Histogram	Histogram of data source response sizes returned to Grafana.
grafana_db_datasource_query_by_id_total	Counter	Counter for getting datasource by id.
grafana_disabled_metrics_total	Counter	The count of disabled metrics.
grafana_emails_sent_failed	Counter	Number of emails Grafana failed to send.
grafana_emails_sent_total	Counter	Number of emails sent by Grafana.
grafana_encryption_cache_reads_total	Counter	A counter for encryption cache reads.
grafana_encryption_ops_total	Counter	A counter for encryption operations.
grafana_environment_info	Gauge	A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by environment information about the running instance.
grafana_feature_toggles_info	Gauge	Info metric that exposes what feature toggles are enabled or not.
grafana_field_validation_request_duration_seconds	Histogram	Response latency distribution in seconds for each field validation value.
grafana_folder_id_api_count	Counter	Counter for folder id usage in API package.
grafana_folder_id_service_count	Counter	Counter for folder id usage in service package.
grafana_folders_get_children_duration_seconds	Histogram	Duration of listing subfolders in specific folder.
grafana_frontend_boot_css_time_seconds	Histogram	Frontend boot initial CSS load.
grafana_frontend_boot_first_contentful_paint_time_seconds	Histogram	Frontend boot first contentful paint.
grafana_frontend_boot_first_paint_time_seconds	Histogram	Frontend boot first paint.
grafana_frontend_boot_js_done_time_seconds	Histogram	Frontend boot initial JS load.
grafana_frontend_boot_load_time_seconds	Histogram	Frontend boot time measurement.
grafana_frontend_plugins_preload_ms	Histogram	Frontend preload plugin time measurement.
grafana_hidden_metrics_total	Counter	The count of hidden metrics.
grafana_http_request_duration_seconds	Histogram	Histogram of latencies for HTTP requests.
grafana_http_request_in_flight	Gauge	A gauge of requests currently being served by Grafana.
grafana_iam_authz_direct_db_service_invalid_request_count	Counter	AuthZ service invalid request count.
grafana_iam_authz_direct_db_service_permission_cache_usage	Counter	AuthZ service permission cache usage.
grafana_idforwarding_idforwarding_failed_token_signing_total	Counter	Number of failed token signings.
grafana_idforwarding_idforwarding_token_signing_duration_seconds	Histogram	Histogram of token signing duration.
grafana_idforwarding_idforwarding_token_signing_from_cache_total	Counter	Number of signed tokens retrieved from cache.
grafana_idforwarding_idforwarding_token_signing_total	Counter	Number of token signings.
grafana_index_server_index_size	Gauge	Size of the index in bytes - only for file-based indices.
grafana_instance_start_total	Counter	Counter for started instances.
grafana_ldap_users_sync_execution_time	Summary	Summary for LDAP users sync execution duration.
grafana_live_broker_redis_pub_sub_dropped_messages	Counter	Number of dropped messages on application level in Redis PUB/SUB.
grafana_live_client_command_duration_seconds	Summary	Client command duration summary.
grafana_live_client_connections_inflight	Gauge	Number of inflight client connections.
grafana_live_client_ping_pong_duration_seconds	Histogram	Ping/Pong duration in seconds.
grafana_live_client_subscriptions_inflight	Gauge	Number of inflight client subscriptions.
grafana_live_node_action_count	Counter	Number of various actions called.
grafana_live_node_broadcast_duration_seconds	Histogram	Broadcast duration in seconds.
grafana_live_node_build	Gauge	Node build info.
grafana_live_node_messages_received_count	Counter	Number of messages received from broker.
grafana_live_node_messages_sent_count	Counter	Number of messages sent by node to broker.
grafana_live_node_num_channels	Gauge	Number of channels with one or more subscribers.
grafana_live_node_num_clients	Gauge	Number of clients connected.
grafana_live_node_num_nodes	Gauge	Number of nodes in the cluster.
grafana_live_node_num_subscriptions	Gauge	Number of subscriptions.
grafana_live_node_num_users	Gauge	Number of unique users connected.
grafana_live_node_pub_sub_lag_seconds	Histogram	Pub sub lag in seconds.
grafana_live_transport_messages_received	Counter	Number of messages received from client connections over specific transport.
grafana_live_transport_messages_received_size	Counter	Size in bytes of messages received from client connections over specific transport.
grafana_live_transport_messages_sent	Counter	Number of messages sent to client connections over specific transport.
grafana_live_transport_messages_sent_size	Counter	Size in bytes of messages sent to client connections over specific transport.
grafana_page_response_status_total	Counter	Page HTTP response status.
grafana_plugin_build_info	Gauge	A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by pluginId, pluginType, and version from which Grafana plugin was built.
grafana_plugin_request_duration_milliseconds	Histogram	Plugin request duration.
grafana_plugin_request_duration_seconds	Histogram	Plugin request duration in seconds.
grafana_plugin_request_size_bytes	Histogram	Histogram of plugin request sizes returned.
grafana_plugin_request_total	Counter	The total amount of plugin requests.
grafana_plugin_target_info	Gauge	A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by pluginId and target.
grafana_plugins_preinstall_duration_seconds	Histogram	Plugin preinstallation duration.
grafana_plugins_preinstall_total	Counter	The total amount of plugin preinstallations.
grafana_process_cpu_seconds_total	Counter	Total user and system CPU time spent in seconds.
grafana_process_max_fds	Gauge	Maximum number of open file descriptors.
grafana_process_network_receive_bytes_total	Counter	Number of bytes received by the process over the network.
grafana_process_network_transmit_bytes_total	Counter	Number of bytes sent by the process over the network.
grafana_process_open_fds	Gauge	Number of open file descriptors.
grafana_process_resident_memory_bytes	Gauge	Resident memory size in bytes.
grafana_process_start_time_seconds	Gauge	Start time of the process since unix epoch in seconds.
grafana_process_virtual_memory_bytes	Gauge	Virtual memory size in bytes.
grafana_process_virtual_memory_max_bytes	Gauge	Maximum amount of virtual memory available in bytes.
grafana_prometheus_plugin_backend_request_count	Counter	The total amount of Prometheus backend plugin requests.
grafana_proxy_response_status_total	Counter	Proxy HTTP response status.
grafana_public_dashboard_request_count	Counter	Counter for public dashboards requests.
grafana_registered_metrics_total	Counter	The count of registered metrics broken by stability level and deprecation version.
grafana_rendering_queue_size	Gauge	Size of rendering queue.
grafana_search_dashboard_search_failures_duration_seconds	Histogram	Duration of dashboard search failures.
grafana_search_dashboard_search_successes_duration_seconds	Histogram	Duration of dashboard search successes.
grafana_stat_active_users	Gauge	Number of active users.
grafana_stat_failed_migrated_api_keys_to_sa_tokens	Gauge	Total number of failed migrations of API keys to service account tokens.
grafana_stat_successfully_migrated_api_keys_to_sa_tokens	Gauge	Total number of successful migrations of API keys to service account tokens.
grafana_stat_total_migrated_api_keys_to_sa_tokens	Gauge	Total number of API keys to be migrated to service account tokens.
grafana_stat_total_orgs	Gauge	Total amount of orgs.
grafana_stat_total_playlists	Gauge	Total amount of playlists.
grafana_stat_total_service_account_tokens	Gauge	Total amount of service account tokens.
grafana_stat_total_service_accounts	Gauge	Total amount of service accounts.
grafana_stat_total_service_accounts_role_none	Gauge	Total amount of service accounts with no role.
grafana_stat_total_teams	Gauge	Total amount of teams.
grafana_stat_total_users	Gauge	Total amount of users.
grafana_stat_totals_active_admins	Gauge	Total amount of active admins.
grafana_stat_totals_active_editors	Gauge	Total amount of active editors.
grafana_stat_totals_active_viewers	Gauge	Total amount of active viewers.
grafana_stat_totals_admins	Gauge	Total amount of admins.
grafana_stat_totals_alert_rules	Gauge	Total amount of alert rules in the database.
grafana_stat_totals_annotations	Gauge	Total amount of annotations in the database.
grafana_stat_totals_correlations	Gauge	Total amount of correlations.
grafana_stat_totals_dashboard	Gauge	Total amount of dashboards.
grafana_stat_totals_dashboard_versions	Gauge	Total amount of dashboard versions in the database.
grafana_stat_totals_data_keys	Gauge	Total amount of data keys in the database.
grafana_stat_totals_datasource	Gauge	Total number of defined datasources, labeled by pluginId.
grafana_stat_totals_editors	Gauge	Total amount of editors.
grafana_stat_totals_folder	Gauge	Total amount of folders.
grafana_stat_totals_library_panels	Gauge	Total amount of library panels in the database.
grafana_stat_totals_library_variables	Gauge	Total amount of library variables in the database.
grafana_stat_totals_public_dashboard	Gauge	Total amount of public dashboards.
grafana_stat_totals_rule_groups	Gauge	Total amount of alert rule groups in the database.
grafana_stat_totals_viewers	Gauge	Total amount of viewers.
grafana_storage_server_poller_query_latency_seconds	Histogram	Poller query latency.
loki_experimental_features_in_use_total	Counter	The number of experimental features in use.
net_conntrack_dialer_conn_attempted_total	Counter	Total number of connections attempted by the given dialer a given name.
net_conntrack_dialer_conn_closed_total	Counter	Total number of connections closed which originated from the dialer of a given name.
net_conntrack_dialer_conn_established_total	Counter	Total number of connections successfully established by the given dialer a given name.
net_conntrack_dialer_conn_failed_total	Counter	Total number of connections failed to dial by the dialer a given name.
openfga_cachecontroller_cache_hit_count	Counter	The total number of cache hits from cachecontroller requests.
openfga_cachecontroller_cache_invalidation_count	Counter	The total number of invalidations performed by the cache controller.
openfga_cachecontroller_cache_total_count	Counter	The total number of cachecontroller requests.
openfga_check_cache_hit_count	Counter	The total number of cache hits for ResolveCheck.
openfga_check_cache_invalid_hit_count	Counter	The total number of cache hits for ResolveCheck that were discarded because they were invalidated.
openfga_check_cache_total_count	Counter	The total number of calls to ResolveCheck.
openfga_condition_compilation_duration_ms	Histogram	A histogram measuring the compilation time (in milliseconds) of a Condition.
openfga_condition_evaluation_cost	Histogram	A histogram of the CEL evaluation cost of a Condition in a Relationship Tuple.
openfga_condition_evaluation_duration_ms	Histogram	A histogram measuring the evaluation time (in milliseconds) of a Condition.
openfga_list_objects_further_eval_required_count	Counter	Number of objects in a ListObjects call that needed to issue a Check call to determine a final result.
openfga_list_objects_no_further_eval_required_count	Counter	Number of objects in a ListObjects call that did not need to issue a Check call to determine a final result.
openfga_shared_iterator_count	Gauge	The current number of items of shared iterator.
openfga_shared_iterator_watchdog_timer_triggered	Counter	Total number of times watchdog timer is triggered.
plugins_active_instances	Gauge	The number of active plugin instances.
plugins_datasource_instances_total	Counter	The to tal number of data source instances created.
process_cpu_seconds_total	Counter	Total user and system CPU time spent in seconds.
process_max_fds	Gauge	Maximum number of open file descriptors.
process_network_receive_bytes_total	Counter	Number of bytes received by the process over the network.
process_network_transmit_bytes_total	Counter	Number of bytes sent by the process over the network.
process_open_fds	Gauge	Number of open file descriptors.
process_resident_memory_bytes	Gauge	Resident memory size in bytes.
process_start_time_seconds	Gauge	Start time of the process since unix epoch in seconds.
process_virtual_memory_bytes	Gauge	Virtual memory size in bytes.
process_virtual_memory_max_bytes	Gauge	Maximum amount of virtual memory available in bytes.
prometheus_template_text_expansion_failures_total	Counter	The total number of template text expansion failures.
prometheus_template_text_expansions_total	Counter	The total number of template text expansions.
promhttp_metric_handler_requests_in_flight	Gauge	Current number of scrapes being served.
promhttp_metric_handler_requests_total	Counter	Total number of scrapes by HTTP status code.

Setting Up Monitoring with Prometheus

To effectively monitor Grafana using these metrics, follow these steps:

1. Enable Metrics in Grafana: Ensure that the Prometheus metrics endpoint is enabled in your Grafana configuration. By default, metrics are available at /metrics on the Grafana server.

   • Edit the grafana.ini file and set metrics.enabled = true under the [metrics] section.
   • Restart Grafana to apply the changes.

2. Configure Prometheus: Add a scrape target in your Prometheus configuration to collect metrics from Grafana.

   scrape_configs:
     - job_name: "grafana"
       static_configs:
         - targets: ["<grafana-host>:<grafana-port>"]

3. Create Dashboards: Use Grafana's built-in Prometheus data source to create dashboards visualizing key metrics such as grafana_http_request_duration_seconds, grafana_alerting_active_alerts, and grafana_process_resident_memory_bytes.

4. Set Up Alerts: Define alerting rules in Prometheus to notify you of critical conditions, such as high API latency or a spike in invalid alerts.

Practical Use Cases

• Performance Monitoring: Use metrics like grafana_http_request_duration_seconds and grafana_database_conn_wait_count_total to identify slow API responses or database bottlenecks.
• Alerting Health: Track grafana_alerting_notification_latency_seconds to ensure timely alert notifications.
• Resource Utilization: Monitor grafana_process_cpu_seconds_total and grafana_process_resident_memory_bytes to optimize server resources.
• User Activity: Analyze grafana_stat_active_users and grafana_authentication_attempts to understand user engagement and detect potential security issues.

Conclusion

Integrating Grafana's Prometheus metrics into your monitoring setup enables you to maintain the health, performance, and reliability of your Grafana instance. By creating custom dashboards and alerts tailored to your environment, you can proactively address issues and optimize your system.

We encourage you to explore these metrics, experiment with custom PromQL queries, and adapt your monitoring strategy to meet your organization's specific needs.