Grafana Backup and Restore

This script can:

• Donwload datasources, folders and dashboards to json files from Grafana.
• Upload datasources, folders and dashboards from json files to Grafana.

Requirements

• python3
• requests

Usage

Required environment variables:

• GRAFANA_URL - Grafana address (Example: https://grafana.example.com)
• GRAFANA_TOKEN - Admin API token generated in Grafana

Optional environment variables:

• DIR_DATASOURCES - Grafana Datasources directory. Will be created if not exist. (Default is ./datasources)
• DIR_FOLDERS - Grafana Folders directory. Will be created if not exist. (Default is ./folders)
• DIR_DASHBOARDS - Grafana Dashboards directory. Will be created if not exist. (Default is ./dashboards)
• LOG_LEVEL - Logging level. (Default is INFO)

Running script:

main.py <action>

Actions:

  --help                show this help message and exit
  --get-datasources     download datasources as json files
  --get-folders         download folders as json files
  --get-dashboards      download dashasboards json files
  --upload-datasources  upload datasources from json files
  --upload-folders      upload folders from json files
  --upload-dashboards   upload dashboards from json files

NOTE: Folders upload must be executed before uploading dashboards! When uploading dashboards, script will make a request to Grafana instance to get folders IDs.