{"id":25468,"date":"2021-05-27T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T12:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.zenner-connect.com\/?p=25468"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:26:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:26:36","slug":"open-source-tool-grafana-an-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.zenner-connect.com\/en\/blog\/open-source-tool-grafana-an-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source Tool Grafana &#8211; An Introduction&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"- \ud83d\udcd6\ud83d\udd53&nbsp;\u2248\u00a0 4 min - Last modified on 11th April, 2024 In the digital age, the monitoring and display of systems and databases, both in private and in business, are very popular and almost fundamental. Therefore we would like to introduce you to the open source visualization tool Grafana in this blog post. What is Grafana, what can Grafana do and what do you need to be able to use Grafana? 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