Template to create a new Grafana panel plugin

Introduction

The Abc panel is a template we created to streamline our development process and gladly share it with the Grafana community.

To make the creation process efficient, starting with a well-constructed template is always easier.

Generate a template with https://github.com/VolkovLabs/volkovlabs-abc-panel/generate.

Requirements

• Version 3.X requires Grafana 9 or Grafana 10.
• Version 2.X requires Grafana 8.5 or Grafana 9.
• Version 1.X requires Grafana 8.

Getting Started

1. Install packages

npm install

2. Build the plugin

npm run build

3. Sign the plugins if required

export GRAFANA_ACCESS_POLICY_TOKEN=token==
npm run sign

4. Start the Docker container

npm run start

Highlights

• Use docker-compose to start the development environment with provisioned data source and dashboard.
• Provides unit and E2E test configuration.
• Based on the latest version of Grafana and Grafana Tools.
• Includes GitHub Actions for CI, E2E and Release.
• Includes Static Data Source to emulate any data.

Tutorial

Follow along and have your first-panel plugin built and provisioned. We created this three-part series as an easy-to-follow tutorial.

Support

• Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and leave your comments.
• Premium support for the development plugins is available via GitHub Sponsor.

License

Apache License Version 2.0, see LICENSE.