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https://github.com/etsy/rules_grafana

Bazel rules for building Grafana dashboards
https://github.com/etsy/rules_grafana

bazel bazel-rules grafana non-sox

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Bazel rules for building Grafana dashboards

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/etsy/rules_grafana
Owner: etsy
License: mit
Created: 2018-09-19T17:29:27.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-03-18T19:29:00.000Z (9 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-03-18T21:13:33.420Z (9 months ago)
Topics: bazel, bazel-rules, grafana, non-sox
Language: Starlark
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Stars: 66
Watchers: 19
Forks: 9
Open Issues: 1
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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README

# `rules_grafana` for Bazel

Dashboards as code, the [Bazel](https://bazel.build/) way.
Write Grafana dashboards with Python
and build them in into a reusable Docker image.

Try it out! `bazel run //example:grafana` to build and load a Docker image,
then run it with `docker run --rm -p 3000:3000 bazel/example:grafana`.
Then load Grafana in your browser at `http://localhost:3000`!

## Installing

Load `io_bazel_rules_grafana` by adding the following to your `WORKSPACE`:

```python
load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:git.bzl", "git_repository")
git_repository(
name = "io_bazel_rules_grafana",
commit = "{HEAD}", # replace with a real commit hash
remote = "https://github.com/etsy/rules_grafana.git",
)

load("@io_bazel_rules_grafana//grafana:workspace.bzl", grafana_repositories="repositories")
grafana_repositories()
```

`rules_grafana` also depends on [`rules_python`](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python) and
[`rules_oci`](https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_oci?tab=readme-ov-file#installation).
If you don't already have these libraries in your `WORKSPACE`,
add them above the previous block:

- [`rules_python` setup](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python#setup).
- [`rules_oci` setup](https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_oci?tab=readme-ov-file#installation).

## Bazel compatibility

The current version has only been tested to work with Bazel 2.0.0, but may work with other versions.

## Usage

`rules_grafana` makes it easy to build dashboards and incorporate them into your Bazel build,
and to build a complete, runnable Docker image.

Dashboards can be either hard-coded JSON files or Python scripts that generate dashboards.

### JSON dashboards

Use `json_dashboards` to add JSON files containing dashboard to your build.
The JSON must be a complete, valid Grafana 5.0 dashboard;
see the [Grafana docs](http://docs.grafana.org/reference/dashboard/) for details on the JSON format.

```python
load("@io_bazel_rules_grafana//grafana:grafana.bzl", "json_dashboards")

json_dashboards(
name = "dashboards",
srcs = ["awesome_graphs.json"],
)
```

Unlike using the JSON files directly,
`json_dashboards` will check the syntax of your files
and ensure that each dashboard has a `uid` set,
to ensure it has a [consistent URL in Grafana](http://docs.grafana.org/administration/provisioning/#reuseable-dashboard-urls).

### Python dashboards

Dashboards can also be generated with Python,
using the [`grafanalib`](https://github.com/weaveworks/grafanalib) library.
`grafanalib` is automatically imported,
and you can also add other `deps` to help build your dashboard.

> You can override `grafanalib` with a [different version](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#requirements-file-format) via `grafana_repositories(grafanalib_pip_specifier=YOUR_REQUIREMENT)` in your `WORKSPACE`.

Each Python dashboard file should print the complete JSON of a Grafana dashboard.
An easy way to do that is to follow a template like this:

```python
from grafanalib.core import *
from grafanalib._gen import print_dashboard

dashboard = Dashboard(
# Fill in your dashboard!
)

print_dashboard(dashboard.auto_panel_ids()) # `auto_panel_ids()` call is required!
```

Use `py_dashboards` to add Python files that generate dashboards to your build.
You need to set python_version to either `PY2` or `PY3`, depending if you write your code in python2 or python3.

```python
load("@io_bazel_rules_grafana//grafana:grafana.bzl", "py_dashboards")

py_dashboards(
name = "dashboards",
srcs = ["amazing_graphs.py", "even_better_graphs.py"],
python_version = "PY2",
)
```

You can run the Python and see the generated JSON with the `FOO_builder` target created by `py_dashboards`,
where `FOO` is the Python filename without `.py`.
For example, run `bazel run //example:sample_builder` in this repository to see the output of `sample.py`.
The JSON is generated at build time, not a run time, so Python isn't a runtime dependency.

### Docker image

Use `grafana_image` to build your dashboards into a Docker image containing Grafana.
When you run the image, it starts Grafana on port 3000
and serves all of the dashboards you've built,
directly from the container.

The dashboards and datasources are added via [Grafana provisioning](http://docs.grafana.org/administration/provisioning/),
where the configuration and sources are declared and built into the image,
alongside all the dashboards.
You must provide a `datasources.yaml` file declaring your datasources;
see the [Grafana datasources docs](http://docs.grafana.org/administration/provisioning/#datasources) for details of the format.

Grafana plugins can be installed into the image too.
Use the `grafana_plugin` WORKSPACE rule to download the plugin ZIP,
providing the URL from the "download the .zip file" on the Grafana plugin page's Installation tab.
Then pass the plugin to the image rule's `plugins` list as `@grafana_plugin_repository_name//:plugin`.

### Custom grafana image

The default version of grafana shipped with this module may not suit your needs.
You can use a custom image by setting the `use_custom_container` arg for `repositories()`
macro and defining a container_pull rule named `io_bazel_rules_grafana_docker`:

```starlark
load(
"@io_bazel_rules_grafana//grafana:workspace.bzl",
grafana_repositories = "repositories",
)

grafana_repositories(use_custom_container = True)

container_pull(
name = "io_bazel_rules_grafana_docker",
registry = "gcr.io",
repository = "etsy-searchinfra-tools-sandbox/grafana",
tag = "6.5.2",
digest = "sha256:24fcb753c050522ebc36f70873f081ff937f41a6adad133407709513aac3b016",
)
```

## API reference

### `json_dashboards`

Processes a set of `.json` Grafana dashboards for inclusion in the image.

Arguments:

- `name`: Unique name for this target. Required.
- `srcs`: List of labels of `.json` files to build into dashboards. Required.

### `py_dashboards`

Processes a set of `.py` Grafana dashboards for inclusion in the image.

Arguments:

- `name`: Unique name for this target. Required.
- `python_version`: Version of python used.
- `srcs`: List of labels of `.py` files to build into dashboards. Required.
- `deps`: List of labels of additional `py_library` targets to use while executing the Python dashboards. Optional, default `[]`.

### `grafana_image`

Builds a Docker image containing Grafana and the provided dashboards and datasources.

Arguments:

- `name`: Unique name for this target. Required.
- `dashboards`: List of labels of `json_dashboards` and/or `py_dashboards` targets to include in the image. Required.
- `datasources`: List of labels of `datasources.yaml` files to include in the image ([Grafana datasources docs](http://docs.grafana.org/administration/provisioning/#datasources)). Required.
- `plugins`: List of labels of `grafana_plugin` targets, like `@your_repository_name//:plugin`. Optional.
- `env`: Dictionary of environment variant names to values, set in the Docker image when Grafana is run. Optional.
Useful for setting runtime configs with `GF_` variables.

### `grafana_plugin`

Repository rule to download a Grafana plugin for inclusion in a `grafana_image`.

Arguments:

- `name`: Unique name for this target. Required.
- `urls`: List of strings of mirror URLs referencing the plugin archive. Required.
- `sha256`: String of the expected SHA-256 hash of the download. Required.
- `type`: The archive type of the downloaded file as a string;
takes the same values as the `type` attribute of Bazel's `http_archive` rule.
Optional, as the archive type can be determined from the plugin's file extension.