[grafana] Playbook to Import / Export Dashboards

[shantanoo-desai]

Description

Provide playbook(s) to import / export Grafana Dashboards. Conduct checks on datasource compatibility. Use the ansible.community.grafana Galaxy Collection for the playbook modules.

Tasks

• Import a Dashboard JSON file into the Grafana instance
• Export an existing Dashboard JSON file from the Grafana instance

[shantanoo-desai]

Update

• Importing the Grafana Dashboard JSON via the User-Interface has better User-Experience than via the ansible.community.grafana collection

• ansible.community.grafana import / export features rely on dashboards file to exist on the controlled nodes NOT on the controller node.

[shantanoo-desai]

Draft Playbook

---
- name: Playbook to Manage Grafana Dashboards
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: true
  vars_files:
    - vars/creds.yml
  collections:
    - community.grafana

  tasks:
    - name: Export Grafana Dashboard
      community.grafana.grafana_dashboard:
        grafana_url: "http://localhost/grafana"
        grafana_user: "{{ credentials.grafana.admin_username }}@localhost"
        grafana_password: "{{ credentials.grafana.admin_password }}"
        validate_certs: false
        path: "./dashboard_test.json"
        overwrite: yes
        state: present
        use_proxy: false