Set up Timescale and Grafana

Add Timescale as a data source in Grafana

Grafana is and open source analytics and monitoring solution. You use Grafana to visualize queries directly from your Timescale Cloud service.

Before you import your data:

To connect the data in your Timescale Cloud service to Grafana:

Log in to Grafana
In your browser, log in to either :
- Self-hosted Grafana: at http://localhost:3000/. The default credentials are admin, admin.
- Grafana Cloud: use the URL and credentials you set when you created your account.
Add your Timescale Cloud service as a data source
1. In the Grafana dashboard, navigate to Configuration > Data sources, then click Add data source.
2. In Add data source, select PostgreSQL.
3. Configure the data source using the connection in $TARGET:
  - Name: the name to use for the dataset
  - Host: the host and port for your service, in this format: <HOST>:<PORT>.
    For example: example.tsdb.cloud.timescale.com:35177.
  - Database: tsdb
  - User: tsdbadmin, or another privileged user
  - Password: the password for User
  - TLS/SSL Mode: select require
  - PostgreSQL details: enable TimescaleDB
  - Leave the default setting for all other fields
4. Click Save & test.
Grafana checks that your details are set correctly.