Grafana OSS preinstalled for AWS. The open source observability and dashboarding platform with nginx reverse proxy on Ubuntu 24.04, with a per instance admin password generated on first boot. Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.
## Grafana OSS by cloudimg
Grafana is the leading open source observability and dashboarding platform. It connects to dozens of data sources, turns metrics and logs into rich dashboards, and triggers alerts when something goes wrong. This Amazon Machine Image delivers Grafana fully installed and configured, so a complete observability platform is running within minutes of launch. The release available is the latest Grafana 12 line.
## Application Stack
The image runs Grafana OSS as a systemd service on its dedicated resizable data volume, with the bundled SQLite database. nginx reverse proxies port 80 to the Grafana upstream on the loopback interface, so the Grafana port is never exposed directly and customers reach the UI on standard HTTP without opening additional ports.
## Secure First Boot
On the first boot of every instance a one shot service generates a fresh Grafana administrator password, unique to that instance, rotates the admin user via the Grafana command line tool, and writes the plain text value to a root only file. No shared or default credentials ship in the image.
## Ready To Use
The Grafana service, the nginx reverse proxy, the data directory and the administrator account are all prepared. Browse to the instance address to reach the Grafana sign-in page, then add your first data source, build dashboards, configure alerts and start exploring telemetry.
## cloudimg Support
cloudimg provides 24/7 technical support for this image, covering Grafana deployment, data source configuration, dashboard authoring, alerting, plugin management and upgrades.