grafana_dashboard – Manage Grafana dashboards

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Create, update, delete, export Grafana dashboards via API.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
client_cert
-
added in 2.7
PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication.
This file can also include the key as well, and if the key is included, client_key is not required
client_key
-
added in 2.7
PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client
authentication. If client_cert contains both the certificate and key, this option is not required
grafana_api_key
-
The Grafana API key.
If set, grafana_user and grafana_password will be ignored.
message
-
Set a commit message for the version history.
Only used when state is present.
org_id
-
Default:
1
The Grafana Organisation ID where the dashboard will be imported / exported.
Not used when grafana_api_key is set, because the grafana_api_key only belongs to one organisation..
overwrite
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Override existing dashboard when state is present.
path
-
The path to the json file containing the Grafana dashboard to import or export.
slug
-
Deprecated since Grafana 5. Use grafana dashboard uid instead.
slug of the dashboard. It's the friendly url name of the dashboard.
When state is present, this parameter can override the slug in the meta section of the json file.
If you want to import a json dashboard exported directly from the interface (not from the api), you have to specify the slug parameter because there is no meta section in the exported json.
state
- / required
    Choices:
  • absent
  • export
  • present ←
State of the dashboard.
uid
-
added in 2.7
uid of the dashboard to export when state is export or absent.
url
- / required
added in 2.7
The Grafana URL.

aliases: grafana_url
url_password
-
added in 2.7
 Default:
"admin"
The Grafana API password.

aliases: grafana_password
url_username
-
added in 2.7
 Default:
"admin"
The Grafana API user.

aliases: grafana_user
use_proxy
boolean
added in 2.7
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Boolean of whether or not to use proxy.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Import Grafana dashboard foo
      grafana_dashboard:
        grafana_url: http://grafana.company.com
        grafana_api_key: "{{ grafana_api_key }}"
        state: present
        message: Updated by ansible
        overwrite: yes
        path: /path/to/dashboards/foo.json

    - name: Export dashboard
      grafana_dashboard:
        grafana_url: http://grafana.company.com
        grafana_user: "admin"
        grafana_password: "{{ grafana_password }}"
        org_id: 1
        state: export
        uid: "000000653"
        path: "/path/to/dashboards/000000653.json"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
uid
string
success
uid or slug of the created / deleted / exported dashboard.

Sample:
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Status

Authors

  • Thierry Sallé (@seuf)

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