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-page_title: About Grafana
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-page_description: Introduction to Grafana.
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-page_keywords: grafana, introduction, documentation, about
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+---
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+page_title: Grafana Installation
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+page_description: Install guide for Grafana.
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+page_keywords: grafana, installation, documentation
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+---
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+
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+# Installation
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+Grafana is easily installed via a Debian/Ubuntu package (.deb), via
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+Redhat/Centos package (.rpm) or manually via a tarball that contains all
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+required files and binaries. If you can't find a package or binary for
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+your platform, you might be able to build one yourself. Read the [build
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+from source](../project/building_from_source) instructions for more
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+information.
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+
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+## Platforms
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+- [Installing on Debian / Ubuntu](installation/debian.md)
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+- [Installing on RPM-based Linux (CentOS, Fedora, OpenSuse, RedHat)](installation/rpm.md)
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+- [Installing on Mac OS X](installation/mac.md)
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+- [Installing on Windows](installation/windows.md)
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+- [Installing on Docker](installation/docker.md)
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+- [Installing using Provisioning (Chef, Puppet, Salt, Ansible, etc)](installation/provisioning.md)
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+- [Nightly Builds](http://grafana.org/download/builds.html)
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+
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+## Configuration
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+The back-end web server has a number of configuration options. Go the
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+[Configuration](/installation/configuration) page for details on all
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+those options.
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+
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+## Data sources guides
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+- [Graphite](datasources/graphite.md)
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+- [Elasticsearch](datasources/elasticsearch.md)
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+- [InfluxDB](datasources/influxdb.md)
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+- [OpenTSDB](datasources/opentsdb.md)
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-# About Grafana
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-Grafana is a leading open source application for visualizing large-scale measurement data.
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-It provides a powerful and elegant way to create, share, and explore data and dashboards from your disparate metric databases, either with your team or the world.
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-Grafana is most commonly used for Internet infrastructure and application analytics, but many use it in other domains including industrial sensors, home automation, weather, and process control.
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-Grafana features pluggable panels and data sources allowing easy extensibility. There is currently rich support for [Graphite](http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/), [InfluxDB](http://influxdb.org) and [OpenTSDB](http://opentsdb.net). There is also experimental support for [KairosDB](https://github.com/kairosdb/kairosdb), [Prometheus](http://prometheus.io/), and SQL is on the roadmap. Grafana has a variety of panels, including a fully featured graph panel with rich visualization options.
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-Version 2.0 was released in April 2015: Grafana now ships with its own backend server that brings [many changes and features](../guides/whats-new-in-v2/).
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-Version 2.1 was released in July 2015 and added [even more features and enhancements](../guides/whats-new-in-v2-1/).
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-## Community Resources, Feedback, and Support
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-Thousands of organizations large and small rely on Grafana, and we have a vibrant and active community that constantly inspires us.
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-Please don't hesitate to [open a new issue on Github](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues) with your suggestions, ideas, and bug reports.
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-Most of the new features and improvements that go into Grafana come from our users. We greatly value your feedback and suggestions; we consider them paramount to making the product better!
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-If you have any trouble with Grafana, whether you can't get it set up or you just want clarification on a feature, there are a number of ways to get help:
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-- [Troubleshooting guide](/installation/troubleshooting/)
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-- \#grafana IRC channel on the freenode network (chat.freenode.net)
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-- Search closed and open [issues on GitHub](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues)
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-- [Mailing list](https://groups.io/org/groupsio/grafana)
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-
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-## Commercial Support
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-[raintank](http://www.raintank.io), the company behind Grafana, will be launching a SaaS Grafana-based platform later this year that will also include commercial support for all your existing Grafana installations. Please sign up for [early access at raintank](http://www.raintank.io) for more information.
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-
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-## License
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-By utilizing this software, you agree to the terms of the included license. Grafana is licensed under the Apache 2.0 agreement. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for the full license terms.
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Torkel Ödegaard