diff --git a/software/dashboard/README.md b/software/dashboard/README.md index 720a535..5ae119c 100644 --- a/software/dashboard/README.md +++ b/software/dashboard/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,14 @@ # Grafana +Grafana is amn open source analytics and interactive visualization toll. It provides charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources. + +As a visualization tool, Grafana is a popular component in monitoring stacks, often used in combination with time series databases such as InfluxDB. + +## Connection + +To connect Grafana to our Influx-DB, you have to create a `token`in Influx-DB. +![Token](../flow/docs/images/influx-create-token.png) + +You can use this token to create a connection from Grafana to Influx-DB. +![Connection](./docs/images/database-connection.png) + diff --git a/software/dashboard/docs/images/database-connection.png b/software/dashboard/docs/images/database-connection.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..820997b Binary files /dev/null and b/software/dashboard/docs/images/database-connection.png differ