grafana_datasource – Manage Grafana datasources

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

• Create/update/delete Grafana datasources via API.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
access -	Choices: direct proxy ←	The access mode for this datasource.
aws_access_key - added in 2.8	Default: ""	AWS access key for CloudWatch datasource type when aws_auth_type is keys
aws_assume_role_arn - added in 2.8	Default: ""	AWS IAM role arn to assume for CloudWatch datasource type when aws_auth_type is arn
aws_auth_type - added in 2.8	Choices: keys ← credentials arn	Type for AWS authentication for CloudWatch datasource type (authType of grafana api)
aws_credentials_profile - added in 2.8	Default: ""	Profile for AWS credentials for CloudWatch datasource type when aws_auth_type is credentials
aws_custom_metrics_namespaces - added in 2.8	Default: ""	Namespaces of Custom Metrics for CloudWatch datasource type
aws_default_region - added in 2.8	Choices: ap-northeast-1 ap-northeast-2 ap-southeast-1 ap-southeast-2 ap-south-1 ca-central-1 cn-north-1 cn-northwest-1 eu-central-1 eu-west-1 eu-west-2 eu-west-3 sa-east-1 us-east-1 ← us-east-2 us-gov-west-1 us-west-1 us-west-2	AWS default region for CloudWatch datasource type
aws_secret_key - added in 2.8	Default: ""	AWS secret key for CloudWatch datasource type when aws_auth_type is keys
basic_auth_password -		The datasource basic auth password, when basic auth is yes.
basic_auth_user -		The datasource basic auth user. Setting this option with basic_auth_password will enable basic auth.
client_cert - added in 2.8		TLS certificate path used by ansible to query grafana api
client_key - added in 2.8		TLS private key path used by ansible to query grafana api
database -		Name of the database for the datasource. This options is required when the ds_type is influxdb, elasticsearch (index name), mysql or postgres.
ds_type - / required	Choices: graphite prometheus elasticsearch influxdb opentsdb mysql postgres cloudwatch alexanderzobnin-zabbix-datasource	The type of the datasource.
es_version -	Choices: 2 5 ← 56	Elasticsearch version (for ds_type = elasticsearch only) Version 56 is for elasticsearch 5.6+ where tou can specify the max_concurrent_shard_requests option.
grafana_api_key -		The Grafana API key. If set, grafana_user and grafana_password will be ignored.
grafana_url - / required		The Grafana URL.
interval -	Choices: Hourly Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly	For elasticsearch ds_type, this is the index pattern used.
is_default boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Make this datasource the default one.
max_concurrent_shard_requests -	Default: 256	Starting with elasticsearch 5.6, you can specify the max concurrent shard per requests.
name - / required		The name of the datasource.
org_id -	Default: 1	Grafana Organisation ID in which the datasource should be created. Not used when grafana_api_key is set, because the grafana_api_key only belong to one organisation.
password -		The datasource password
sslmode -	Choices: disable require verify-ca verify-full	SSL mode for postgres datasource type.
state -	Choices: absent present ←	Status of the datasource
time_field -	Default: "timestamp"	Name of the time field in elasticsearch ds. For example @timestamp
time_interval -		Minimum group by interval for influxdb or elasticsearch datasources. for example >10s
tls_ca_cert -		The TLS CA certificate for self signed certificates. Only used when tls_client_cert and tls_client_key are set.
tls_client_cert -		The client TLS certificate. If tls_client_cert and tls_client_key are set, this will enable TLS authentication. Starts with ----- BEGIN CERTIFICATE -----
tls_client_key -		The client TLS private key Starts with ----- BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY -----
tls_skip_verify boolean added in 2.6	Choices: no ← yes	Skip the TLS datasource certificate verification.
trends boolean added in 2.6	Choices: no yes	Use trends or not for zabbix datasource type
tsdb_resolution -	Choices: millisecond second ←	The opentsdb time resolution.
tsdb_version -	Choices: 1 ← 2 3	The opentsdb version. Use 1 for <=2.1, 2 for ==2.2, 3 for ==2.3.
url - / required		The URL of the datasource. aliases: ds_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 2.8	Choices: no yes ←	Boolean of whether or not to use proxy.
user -		The datasource login user for influxdb datasources.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Whether to validate the Grafana certificate.
with_credentials boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Whether credentials such as cookies or auth headers should be sent with cross-site requests.

Examples

---
- name: Create elasticsearch datasource
  grafana_datasource:
    name: "datasource-elastic"
    grafana_url: "https://grafana.company.com"
    grafana_user: "admin"
    grafana_password: "xxxxxx"
    org_id: "1"
    ds_type: "elasticsearch"
    ds_url: "https://elastic.company.com:9200"
    database: "[logstash_]YYYY.MM.DD"
    basic_auth_user: "grafana"
    basic_auth_password: "******"
    time_field: "@timestamp"
    time_interval: "1m"
    interval: "Daily"
    es_version: 56
    max_concurrent_shard_requests: 42
    tls_ca_cert: "/etc/ssl/certs/ca.pem"

- name: Create influxdb datasource
  grafana_datasource:
    name: "datasource-influxdb"
    grafana_url: "https://grafana.company.com"
    grafana_user: "admin"
    grafana_password: "xxxxxx"
    org_id: "1"
    ds_type: "influxdb"
    ds_url: "https://influx.company.com:8086"
    database: "telegraf"
    time_interval: ">10s"
    tls_ca_cert: "/etc/ssl/certs/ca.pem"

- name: Create postgres datasource
  grafana_datasource:
    name: "datasource-postgres"
    grafana_url: "https://grafana.company.com"
    grafana_user: "admin"
    grafana_password: "xxxxxx"
    org_id: "1"
    ds_type: "postgres"
    ds_url: "postgres.company.com:5432"
    database: "db"
    user: "postgres"
    password: "iampgroot"
    sslmode: "verify-full"

- name: Create cloudwatch datasource
  grafana_datasource:
    name: "datasource-cloudwatch"
    grafana_url: "https://grafana.company.com"
    grafana_user: "admin"
    grafana_password: "xxxxxx"
    org_id: "1"
    ds_type: "cloudwatch"
    url: "http://monitoring.us-west-1.amazonaws.com"
    aws_auth_type: "keys"
    aws_default_region: "us-west-1"
    aws_access_key: "speakFriendAndEnter"
    aws_secret_key: "mel10n"
    aws_custom_metrics_namespaces: "n1,n2"

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
after dictionary	changed	datasource updated by module Sample: {'access': 'proxy', 'basicAuth': False, 'database': 'test_*', 'id': 1035, 'isDefault': False, 'jsonData': {'esVersion': 5, 'timeField': '@timestamp', 'timeInterval': '10s'}, 'name': 'grafana_datasource_test', 'orgId': 1, 'type': 'elasticsearch', 'url': 'http://elastic.company.com:9200', 'user': '', 'password': '', 'withCredentials': False}
before dictionary	changed	datasource returned by grafana api Sample: {'access': 'proxy', 'basicAuth': False, 'database': 'test_*', 'id': 1035, 'isDefault': False, 'jsonData': {'esVersion': 5, 'timeField': '@timestamp', 'timeInterval': '1m'}, 'name': 'grafana_datasource_test', 'orgId': 1, 'type': 'elasticsearch', 'url': 'http://elastic.company.com:9200', 'user': '', 'password': '', 'withCredentials': False}
id integer	success	Id of the datasource Sample: 42
name string	success	name of the datasource created. Sample: test-ds

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Thierry Sallé (@seuf)

• Martin Wang (@martinwangjian)

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