Migrate Grafana dashboard Dev to UAT Environment

Migrating a Grafana dashboard from Dev to the UAT (User Acceptance Testing) environment involves exporting the dashboard from Dev and importing it to Production. Here's a step-by-step guide.

Export Dashboard from Dev Environment

1. Log in to the Grafana Dev environment
2. Navigate to the dashboard you want to export
3. Click on the dashboard's dropdown menu (three dots) and select "Export"
4. Choose the export format (e.g., JSON)
5. Save the exported file (e.g., dashboard.json)

Import Dashboard to UAT Environment

1. Log in to the Grafana UAT environment
2. Navigate to the dashboard list
3. Click on the "Import" button
4. Select the exported file
5. Choose the import options
6. Click "Import"

Update Data Source

1. Update the data source configuration in the UAT environment
2. Ensure the data source is pointing to the correct UAT environment metrics

Verify Dashboard

1. Verify the dashboard is functioning correctly in UAT
2. Test data visualization and alerting

Automated Migration

Use Graf ana's API to automate the migration process.

Export Dashboard using API

curl -X GET \
  http://grafana-dev:3000/api/dashboards/uid/<dashboard_uid> \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <grafana_token>'

Import Dashboard using API

curl -X POST \
  http://grafana-uat:3000/api/dashboards \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <grafana_token>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '@dashboard.json'

Replace <dashboard_uid> and <grafana_token> with your actual values.

Tools

1. Grafana CLI
2. Grafana API
3. Terraform (for infrastructure as code)

Best Practices

1. Use version control for dashboard configurations
2. Test dashboard migrations thoroughly
3. Document dashboard configurations and migrations