grafana operator

About Grafana Operator

Grafana Operator is a Kubernetes operator that automates the management of Grafana instances, dashboards, datasources, and other Grafana resources using custom resources (CRs).

Key features include:

• Declarative Grafana management: Define Grafana instances as Kubernetes custom resources
• Dashboard automation: Manage dashboards as code with GrafanaDashboard CRs
• Datasource management: Configure datasources declaratively with GrafanaDatasource CRs
• Multi-instance support: Manage multiple Grafana instances across namespaces
• GitOps ready: Integrates seamlessly with ArgoCD, Flux, and other GitOps tools

Advanced capabilities:

• Automatic synchronization of dashboards and datasources
• Support for dashboard discovery via label selectors
• External dashboard sources (Grafana.com, URLs, ConfigMaps)
• Alert rule and notification management
• Plugin management