SOLVED: unable to start grafana on 16.04

[m1schka]

t=2018-01-16T11:06:02+0000 lvl=eror msg="Failed to write pidfile" logger=server error="open /grafana-server.pid: permission denied"

fixed it by adding the pid file according to this

[john-delivuk]

+1 Thank you!

[steenzout]

@m1schka and @john-delivuk I've merged a PR that should handle this.

please let me know if the problem persists.

thank you!