Use Grafana to visualize data

1. Unzip the FlightSQL plugin archive to your Grafana custom plugin directory. The custom plugin directory can exist anywhere in your filesystem as long as the Grafana process can access it.

   unzip influxdata-flightsql-datasource-0.1.5.zip -d /path/to/grafana-plugins/
   

2. Edit your Grafana configuration.

   Configure Grafana using configuration file or environment variable. For information about where to find your Grafana configuration file or what environment variables are available, see the Configure Grafana documentation.

   1. Point Grafana to your custom plugin directory. Do one of the following:

      • Edit the paths.plugins directive in your Grafana configuration file to point to the path of your custom plugins directory:

        [paths]
        plugins = /path/to/grafana-plugins/
        

      • Set the GF_PATHS_PLUGINS environment variable to point to the path of your custom plugins directory:

        GF_PATHS_PLUGINS=/path/to/grafana-plugins/
        

   2. Allow Grafana to load unsigned plugins. The FlightSQL plugin is unsigned and cannot be loaded by default. Do one of the following:

      • Edit the plugins.allow_loading_unsigned_plugins directive in your Grafana configuration file to allow the influxdata-flightsql-datasource:

        [plugins]
        allow_loading_unsigned_plugins = influxdata-flightsql-datasource
        

      • Set the GF_PLUGINS_ALLOW_LOADING_UNSIGNED_PLUGINS environment variable to influxdata-flightsql-datasource:

        GF_PLUGINS_ALLOW_LOADING_UNSIGNED_PLUGINS=influxdata-flightsql-datasource
        

3. Restart Grafana to apply the configuration changes.

Unzip the FlightSQL plugin archive to your Grafana custom plugin directory. The custom plugin directory can exist anywhere in your filesystem as long as the Grafana process can access it.

```sh
unzip influxdata-flightsql-datasource-0.1.2.zip
```

To add the FlightSQL plugin to your pre-existing Grafana Docker deployment mount the plugin directory, influxdata-flightsql-datasource, as a volume to your Grafana container:

Docker Run

docker run \
  --volume $PWD/influxdata-flightsql-datasource:/var/lib/grafana/plugins/influxdata-flightsql-datasource \
  --publish 3000:3000 \
  --name grafana \
  --env GF_PLUGINS_ALLOW_LOADING_UNSIGNED_PLUGINS=influxdata-flightsql-datasource \
  grafana/grafana:latest

Docker-Compose

version: '3'
services:
  grafana:
    image: grafana/grafana:latest
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
    environment:
      - GF_PLUGINS_ALLOW_LOADING_UNSIGNED_PLUGINS=influxdata-flightsql-datasource
    volumes: 
      - ./influxdata-flightsql-datasource:/var/lib/grafana/plugins/influxdata-flightsql-datasource
    restart: always