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page_title: OpenTSDB Guide page_description: OpenTSDB guide for Grafana
page_keywords: grafana, opentsdb, documentation
OpenTSDB Guide
Adding the data source to Grafana
Open the side menu by clicking the the Grafana icon in the top header. In the side menu under the Dashboards link you
should find a link named Data Sources. If this link is missing in the side menu it means that your current
user does not have the Admin role for the current organization.
Now click the Add new link in the top header.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The data source name, important that this is the same as in Grafana v1.x if you plan to import old dashboards. |
| Default | Default data source means that it will be pre-selected for new panels. |
| Url | The http protocol, ip and port of you opentsdb server (default port is usually 4242) |
| Access | Proxy = access via Grafana backend, Direct = access directory from browser. |
Query editor
Open a graph in edit mode by click the title.
Templating queries
When using OpenTSDB with a template variable of query type you can use following syntax for lookup.
metrics() // returns metric names
tag_names(cpu) // return tag names (i.e. keys) for a specific cpu metric
tag_values(cpu, hostname) // return tag values for metric cpu and tag key hostname
For details on opentsdb metric queries checkout the official OpenTSDB documentation