SolarThing Grafana

A Grafana Panel that can communicate with SolarThing REST

Goals

• Communicate with SolarThing REST

Development Setup

• See below
• Install nvm on your machine
  • If you're having trouble installing or using, make sure to use bash or a common shell
  • Run nvm install 14.0 && nvm use 14.0 && nvm alias default 14.0
    • I don't recommend versions other than 14. I tested 16, and couldn't get it to work
  • WebStorm or your IDE may default to using /usr/bin/node, so make sure to change it if you need to
    • "Language & Frameworks" -> "Node.js and NPM"
• Running Grafana in docker: With your current working directory as this folder,
  • docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -v "$(pwd)":/var/lib/grafana/plugins/solarthing-grafana --name=grafana-solarthing-grafana grafana/grafana:7.0.0
  • yarn dev
  • docker restart grafana-solarthing-grafana
  • Password admin/admin
  • Note that data is completely purged if you recreate the container

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Grafana Panel Plugin Template

This template is a starting point for building Grafana Panel Plugins in Grafana 7.0+

What is Grafana Panel Plugin?

Panels are the building blocks of Grafana. They allow you to visualize data in different ways. While Grafana has several types of panels already built-in, you can also build your own panel, to add support for other visualizations.

For more information about panels, refer to the documentation on Panels

Getting started

1. Install dependencies

   yarn install

2. Build plugin in development mode or run in watch mode

   yarn dev

   or

   yarn watch

3. Build plugin in production mode

   yarn build

Learn more

• Build a panel plugin tutorial
• Grafana documentation
• Grafana Tutorials - Grafana Tutorials are step-by-step guides that help you make the most of Grafana
• Grafana UI Library - UI components to help you build interfaces using Grafana Design System