How To Import Multiple Grafana Dashbords via A Helm Chart

Question

Is there a way to install multiple Grafana dashboards into the same folder via Helm?

I have created a configMap

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: grafana-dashboards
  labels:
    grafana_dashboard: "1"
data:
  kubernetes.json: |
{{ .Files.Get "dashboards/kubernetes-cluster.json" | indent 4 }}

And also created a dashbordProvider and dashboardConfigMap for it.

dashboardProviders:
 dashboardproviders.yaml:
   apiVersion: 1
   providers:
   - name: 'monitoring'
     orgId: 1
     folder: "monitoring"
     type: file
     disableDeletion: false
     editable: true
     options:
       path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/monitoring

dashboardsConfigMaps:
 monitoring: "grafana-dashboards"

However, I want to add an additional dashboard into the same monitoring folder.

I've tried importing the json via the Grafana UI, and it works just fine, but I would like to persist it in code.

So I've created a new configmap.

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: persistent-volumes
  labels:
    grafana_dashboard: "1"
data:
  kubernetes.json: |
{{ .Files.Get "dashboards/persistent-volumes.json" | indent 4 }}

And also created a new dashboardProviders section and dashbordConfigMap

dashboardProviders:
 dashboardproviders.yaml:
   apiVersion: 1
   providers:
   - name: 'monitoring'
     orgId: 1
     folder: "monitoring"
     type: file
     disableDeletion: false
     editable: true
     options:
       path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/monitoring
   - name: 'pvc'
     orgId: 1
     folder: "monitoring"
     type: file
     disableDeletion: false
     editable: true
     options:
       path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/monitoring

dashboardsConfigMaps:
 monitoring: "grafana-dashboards"
 pvc: "persistent-volumes"

But when I log into Grafana, I see a pvc folder but no dashboard in it.

What I want to do is to create this new dashboard inside the monitoring folder. The same way I'm able to do in the UI

https://github.com/esnet/gdg is a nice helper for this use-case — Ivan Aracki, Aug 17 '23 at 12:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '22 at 12:39

Your config looks about right.

Have you tried changing the path for the pvc provider to path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/pvc

So it looks like this.

dashboardProviders:
 dashboardproviders.yaml:
   apiVersion: 1
   providers:
   - name: 'monitoring'
     orgId: 1
     folder: "monitoring"
     type: file
     disableDeletion: false
     editable: true
     options:
       path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/monitoring
   - name: 'pvc'
     orgId: 1
     folder: "monitoring"
     type: file
     disableDeletion: false
     editable: true
     options:
       path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/pvc

Instead of what you have at the moment.

How To Import Multiple Grafana Dashbords via A Helm Chart

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