Grafana

Create an integration to manage access to Grafana resources

Grafana is an open-source observability platform that enables teams to monitor infrastructure, applications, and business metrics through interactive dashboards and alerts.

With this integration, Apono helps you to manage access to Grafana's data sources based on access flow configurations.

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Prerequisites

Item	Description
Apono connector	On-prem connection serving as a bridge between a MySQL instance and Apono: AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Learn how to update an existing AWS, Azure, GCP, or Kubernetes connector.
Grafana Portal URL	Public URL of your Grafana portal
Grafana API key	Randomly generated string used as an alternative to a password when accessing Grafana’s HTTP API Be sure to copy the key after it has been generated. Create your secret based on your Grafana API key: "api_key": <GRAFANA_API_KEY>

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Integrate Grafana

Grafana tile

You can also use the steps below to integrate with Apono using Terraform.

In step 10, instead of clicking Confirm, follow the Are you integrating with Apono using Terraform? guidance.

Follow these steps to complete the integration:

1. On the Catalog tab, click Grafana. The Connect Integration page appears.

2. Under Discovery, click Next. The Apono connector section expands.

3. From the dropdown menu, select a connector. Choosing a connector links Apono to all the services available on the account where the connector is located.

If the desired connector is not listed, click + Add new connector and follow the instructions for creating a connector (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes).

1. Click Next. The Integration Config section expands.

2. Define the Integration Config settings.

   Setting	Description
   Integration Name	Unique, alphanumeric, user-friendly name used to identify this integration when constructing an access flow
   Grafana Portal URL	Public URL of your Grafana portal Example: https://grafana.company.com

3. Click Next. The Secret Store section expands.

4. Associate the secret or credentials.

If you select the Apono secret manager, enter your Grafana API Key.

1. Click Next. The Get more with Apono section expands.

2. Define the Get more with Apono settings.

   Setting	Description
   Custom Access Details	(Optional) Instructions explaining how to access this integration's resources Upon accessing an integration, a message with these instructions will be displayed to end users in the User Portal. The message may include up to 400 characters. To view the message as it appears to end users, click Preview.
   Integration Owner	(Optional) Fallback approver if no resource owner is found Follow these steps to define one or several integration owners: From the Attribute dropdown menu, select User or Group under the relevant identity provider (IdP) platform. From the Value dropdown menu, select one or multiple users or groups. NOTE: When Resource Owner is defined, an Integration Owner must be defined.
   Resource Owner	(Optional) Group or role responsible for managing access approvals or rejections for the resource Follow these steps to define one or several resource owners: Enter a Key name. This value is the name of the tag created in your cloud environment. From the Attribute dropdown menu, select an attribute under the IdP platform to which the key name is associated. Apono will use the value associated with the key (tag) to identify the resource owner. When you update the membership of the group or role in your IdP platform, this change is also reflected in Apono. NOTE: When this setting is defined, an Integration Owner must also be defined.

3. Click Confirm.

💡Are you integrating with Apono using Terraform?

If you want to integrate with Apono using Terraform, follow these steps instead of clicking Confirm:

1. At the top of the screen, click View as Code. A modal appears with the completed Terraform configuration code.

2. Click to copy the code.

3. Make any additional edits.

4. Deploy the code in your Terraform.

Refer to Integration Config Metadata for more details about the schema definition.

Now that you have completed this integration, you can create access flows that grant permission to your Grafana resources.