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Point Domain Name

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Point Domain Name Point Domain Name

Description

Note that these next few lessons are optional, but they are useful if you want your Grafana service to look more professional for clients, add encryption to your data as it travels across the network and to manage any HTTP warning errors that your browser will show.

For example, accessing http://[your servers IP address]:3000 may cause some browsers to show a full screen "HTTPS-Only Mode Alert" or similar warning.

I have a domain name already, and I can add subdomains to it, so I will create a new subdomain, grafana.sbcode.net and point it to the new IP address.

After waiting some time for the record to propagate, I can then visit

http://grafana.sbcode.net:3000 instead of using the IP address of the server as the URL.

Note

Adding a domain name to your Grafana Server is optional.

To check the progress of a domain name propagation, you can use the dig command.

#
dig abc.your-domain.tld

Or a good online tool such as DNS Checker

Purchasing A Domain

If you don't have a domain name, and your colleagues can't lend you one or even create a subdomain for you, then you can get cheap domains from Namecheap

Use the Domain Name Search Tool and try anything. The cheapest domains at the moment are the .xyz and .website domains.

Namecheap also has an advanced DNS config tool which allows you to create subdomains. The @ symbol in the image below is an alias for the main domain that is being managed.

Namecheap Advanced DNS

The grafana line in the above image, is an example subdomain added for the main domain that is being managed.

Grafana Cloud

If you use your own Grafana Cloud deployment, then you will already have a domain name being your-account-name.grafana.net

While it is important to know the inner details of managing your own Grafana server, it can later be more strategic for your business to outsource the many aspects of it. Visit Grafana Cloud to start the process.

Benefits,

  • Upgraded 28-day trial to Grafana Pro (vs. the standard 14-days)
  • 3 users
  • 10k metrics
  • 50GB logs
  • 50GB traces
  • Automatic updates
  • 30 notifications for OnCall
  • 14-day retention

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