Grafana

Open-source observability platform for real-time metrics, logs, and alerting across any infrastructure stack.

Features

Interactive dashboards with drag-and-drop panels
Multi-source data ingestion (Prometheus, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, and 50+ others)
Real-time alerting with Slack, PagerDuty, email, and webhook notifications
Built-in user authentication and RBAC
Explore mode for ad-hoc querying
Plugin ecosystem for custom visualizations and data sources

Configuration

Variable	Description	Default
`GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER`	Grafana admin username	`admin`
`GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD`	Grafana admin password	(required)
`GF_SERVER_HTTP_PORT`	HTTP listen port	`3000`
`GF_PATHS_DATA`	Persistent data directory	`/var/lib/grafana`
`GF_PATHS_LOGS`	Log directory	`/var/log/grafana`
`GF_PATHS_PLUGINS`	Plugins directory	`/var/lib/grafana/plugins`
`GF_PATHS_PROVISIONING`	Provisioning configs directory	`/etc/grafana/provisioning`
`GF_SECURITY_ALLOW_EMBEDDING`	Allow iframe embedding	`false`

Volumes

/var/lib/grafana — Persistent data, plugins, and SQLite database

License

AGPLv3 — Grafana License

Deploy and Host

This template deploys Grafana 13.1.1 on Railway with a persistent volume for data storage. The service runs on port 3000 with a configured health check. Set GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD on first deploy.

About Hosting

Railway provides managed infrastructure with automatic HTTPS, persistent volumes, private networking, and simple one-click deploys. The platform handles TLS termination, service scaling, and deployment rollbacks.

Why Deploy on Railway

One-click deploy from template — no manual infrastructure setup
Built-in persistent volume for Grafana's SQLite database and plugins
Automatic HTTPS with Railway-managed TLS certificates
Private networking for secure connections to other Railway services
Health monitoring with automated restart on failure

Common Use Cases

Infrastructure monitoring dashboard for Railway-deployed services
Business metrics and KPI visualization
Log aggregation and analysis with Loki integration
IoT sensor data visualization with InfluxDB or TimescaleDB
Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus integration

Dependencies for Grafana

Deployment Dependencies

This template has no required external services. For multi-source monitoring, deploy Prometheus, InfluxDB, or other data sources as sibling services in the same Railway project.