Defining the Grafana server

You must define the Grafana server as a target system in z/OSMF to access Grafana from the Resource Monitoring page of z/OSMF.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Procedure

  1. Enter the URL of z/OSMF in a web browser.
  2. Log in to z/OSMF if you are not already logged in.
  3. Double-click System Status.
  4. Click Add Entry from the Actions drop-down list.
  5. Perform the following steps to add details about the Grafana server:
    1. Enter a name for the Grafana server in the Resource name field.
      The Resource name is the required field, and you must provide a unique name. The Resource name can contain up to 24 characters including alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, and 0-9) and special characters (@ # $).
      Note: You must note that the Resource name is not case sensitive. Therefore, the entries with similar names but different capitalization, such as SYS1 and Sys1 are considered as identical by the system.
    2. Enter the host name or IP address of the Grafana server that you want to access in the Host name or IP address field.
      The host name or IP address can contain up to 4000 characters.
    3. Select Grafana from the Target system type drop-down list.
    4. Select the Use HTTPS checkbox to enable secure communication.
    5. Enter the port number where the Grafana server is hosted in the Port field.

      The Port is the required field, and the default port number is set to 3000.

      Tip: Alternatively, you can use up-down controls to specify the port number.
  6. Click OK.

Results

You have defined the Grafana server as the target system.

What to do next

You can perform the following tasks:
  • Modify or Remove the Grafana server by clicking the Action drop-down menu from the System Status page.
  • Access Grafana dashboards. See Accessing the Grafana dashboard.