DashMove: Grafana Dashboard Migration Tool

DashMove is a command-line interface (CLI) tool for exporting and importing data from Grafana.

What to expect

This tool allows users to migrate:

• Datasources
• Folders
• Dashboards
• Alerts

Installation

At the moment there are no formal installation methods. To use DashMove you just need the dash-move.py file, Python 3 and requests I chose to keep external packages to a minimum to be abe to run this anywhere.

Quick and dirty I need this now installation method

sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/dm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ENERGINET-ELTRANSMISSION/DashMove/main/dash-move.py
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dm
dm

Usage

To use DashMove, run the dash-move.py file the help wil guide you in getting the correct arguments.

main help

$ dm
usage: dm [-h] {import,export} ...

positional arguments:
  {import,export}
    import         Grafana importer
    export         Grafana exporter

options:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit

Import Command

The import command imports data from your machine to a Grafana instance. Here are the available arguments:

$ dm import
usage: dm import [-h] --location LOCATION --secret SECRET --url URL [--format DATA_FORMAT] [--override]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --location LOCATION   The location of the dump
  --secret SECRET       grafana_session=## cookie, glsa_## Service account token or apikey
  --url URL             The grafana URL: https://grafana.local
  --format DATA_FORMAT  Dump format: json pickle(default)
  --override            remove everything before importing

Export Command

The export command exports data from a Grafana instance and saves it to a local file. Here are the available arguments:

$ dm export
usage: dm export [-h] --location LOCATION --secret SECRET --url URL [--tag TAG] [--format DATA_FORMAT]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --location LOCATION   The location to save the dump, file or folder. (pointing to a folder will automaticly set a time and url specific name)
  --secret SECRET       grafana_session=## cookie, glsa_## Service account token or apikey
  --url URL             The grafana URL: https://grafana.local
  --tag TAG             The tag you want to include in your dump
  --format DATA_FORMAT  Dump format: json pickle(default)

Download grafana

You can download the latest installable version of Grafana for Windows, macOS, Linux, ARM and Docker.

Credits

• HCS COMPANY B.V - for creating this Migration tool

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License

Apache 2.0