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Integration with Grafana

Grafana integrates with Apache CloudStack through external data sources such as Prometheus and Zabbix.
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About Grafana

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana, an open-source analytics and visualization platform used for monitoring infrastructure, applications, and cloud environments. Grafana allows users to build custom dashboards from multiple data sources and supports extensive integration with open observability tools.

Using Grafana with Apache CloudStack

Grafana integrates with Apache CloudStack through external data sources such as Prometheus and Zabbix. CloudStack exposes operational metrics via its native Prometheus Metrics Exporter, which can be visualised directly in Grafana using pre-built dashboards. Additionally, organisations using Zabbix for CloudStack monitoring can connect it to Grafana through the official Zabbix data source plugin. This combination enables real-time visualisation of CloudStack infrastructure metrics including Hosts, Instances, capacity, storage, and IP utilisation, as well as alerting and capacity trend analysis.

Pros

  • Native support for Prometheus and Zabbix data sources
  • Rich visualization and dashboarding capabilities
  • Pre-built dashboards for CloudStack Management metrics
  • Supports alerting via Grafana or external systems (Alertmanager, Zabbix)
  • Highly extensible and customisable

Cons

  • Requires external data source (no direct API or DB connection to CloudStack)
  • Dashboard setup and Prometheus/Zabbix configuration required
  • Relies on accurate metrics collection from upstream monitoring systems
  • 3
implementation

Ease of Implementation

Moderate effort depending on the chosen data source (Prometheus, Zabbix, or InfluxDB).
use
  • 4

Ease of Use

Intuitive dashboards and flexible visualization tools for CloudStack environments.
total cost
  • 5

Total Cost of Ownership

Low, with a free open-source edition and optional enterprise features as needed.
support
  • 5

Support

Supported by Grafana Labs and a large open-source community. Enterprise support is available through Grafana Cloud and Grafana Enterprise offerings, including SLAs, hosted infrastructure, and managed alerting.
integrations
  • 5

Supported Integrations

  • Apache CloudStack Prometheus Metrics Exporter
  • Zabbix (via Grafana Zabbix Plugin)
  • Grafana Alerting and Alertmanager
  • MySQL, InfluxDB, and other time-series data sources
  • CloudStack Libvirt (KVM) dashboards via Prometheus exporters

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    Grafana Documentation

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