# Grafana

> Grafana is an open source platform to build dashboards and alerts from metrics, logs and traces stored in many data sources.

- Source: https://www.itwonderlab.com/grafana/
- Published: 2026-09-11
- Updated: 2026-09-11
- Author: Javier Ruiz Jiménez (https://www.javierruizjimenez.com/)
- Site: IT Wonder Lab (https://www.itwonderlab.com/)

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**Grafana** connects to data sources such as [Prometheus](https://www.itwonderlab.com/prometheus/) and [CloudWatch](https://www.itwonderlab.com/aws-cloudwatch/) and shows them in dashboards.

### Key concepts

- **Data source**: where the data lives.
- **Dashboard**: panels with queries.
- **Alerting**: notifications on thresholds.

### Learn it

See [Istio in a local Kubernetes cluster](https://www.itwonderlab.com/istio-in-local-kubernetes/).

Install it and build a dashboard with [Install Grafana with Docker](https://www.itwonderlab.com/install-grafana-docker/).