Folder Provisioning: Error while provisioning already existing folders

[jad-gha]

What happened?

Error: ✗ *provisioning.ProvisioningServiceImpl run error: Failed to provision dashboards: failed to provision config alerting: a folder with the same name already exists in the current location

What did you expect to happen?

I expect the provisioning to ignore or overwrite the existing folder.

Did this work before?

Yes, I'm trying to upgrade from v.10.4.1 --> 11.0.0.
Provisioning works perfectly on previous versions.

How do we reproduce it?

I'm using a docker-compose

grafana:
image: grafana/grafana:11.0.0
container_name: grafana
ports:
- 3000:3000
volumes:
- /host/data/grafana/:/var/lib/grafana:rw
- /host/data/grafana/provisioning/:/etc/grafana/provisioning/
- /host/data/grafana/grafana.ini:/etc/grafana/grafana.ini
restart: unless-stopped

In host/data/grafana/provisioning/ - I have :

dashboards/alerting.yml :
apiVersion: 1

providers:

• name: alerting
  orgId: 1
  folder: 'Alerting'
  folderUid: 'rIDmUF1'
  type: file
  disableDeletion: true
  editable: true
  allowUiUpdates: true
  updateIntervalSeconds: 60
  options:
  path: /var/lib/grafana/json/alerting

In host/data/grafana/json/ - I have :
alerting/*.json

1. Provision a folder on 10.4.1 version (or older)
2. Wait till Grafana starts up
3. upgrade to 11.0.0

Is the bug inside a dashboard panel?

no

Environment (with versions)?

Grafana: 11.0.0
OS: Docker compose

Grafana platform?

Docker

Datasource(s)?

No response

[naiin]

Hi, I am facing the same issue did you find a solution ?

[jad-gha]

Hello,
Yes the solution is the following file structure to provision folder :

apiVersion: 1

providers:
  - name: alerting
    orgId: 1
    folder: ''  <== empty
    folderUid: '' <== empty
    type: file
    disableDeletion: true
    editable: true
    allowUiUpdates: true
    updateIntervalSeconds: 60
    options:
      foldersFromFilesStructure: true  <== add this 
      path: /var/lib/grafana/json/[name]

[ravindrajob]

I had the same issue, and the solution provided by jad-gha worked. Thank you!

[csantiagoo]

Solution of @jad-gha worked for us as well. Thank you!