Building IoT Visualizations using Grafana (eBook)

Grafana is a powerful open source software that helps you to visualize and analyze data gathered from various sources. It allows you to share valuable information through unclouded dashboards, run analytics, and send notifications.
Building IoT Visualizations Using Grafana offers how-to procedures, useful resources, and advice that will help you to implement IoT solutions with confidence. You'll begin by installing and configuring Grafana according to your needs. Next, you'll acquire the skills needed to implement your own IoT system using communication brokers, databases, and metric management systems, as well as integrate everything with Grafana. You'll learn to collect data from IoT devices and store it in databases, as well as discover how to connect databases to Grafana, make queries, and build insightful dashboards. Finally, the book will help you implement analytics for visualizing data, performing automation, and delivering notifications.
By the end of this Grafana book, you'll be able to build insightful dashboards, perform analytics, and deliver notifications that apply to IoT and IT systems.

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The IoT developer's complete guide to building powerful dashboards, analyzing data, and integrating with other platformsKey FeaturesConnect devices, store and manage data, and build powerful data visualizationsIntegrate Grafana with other systems, such as Prometheus, OpenSearch, and LibreNMSLearn about message brokers and data forwarders to send data from sensors and systems to different platformsBook DescriptionGrafana is a powerful open source software that helps you to visualize and analyze data gathered from various sources. It allows you to share valuable information through unclouded dashboards, run analytics, and send notifications. Building IoT Visualizations Using Grafana offers how-to procedures, useful resources, and advice that will help you to implement IoT solutions with confidence. You'll begin by installing and configuring Grafana according to your needs. Next, you'll acquire the skills needed to implement your own IoT system using communication brokers, databases, and metric management systems, as well as integrate everything with Grafana. You'll learn to collect data from IoT devices and store it in databases, as well as discover how to connect databases to Grafana, make queries, and build insightful dashboards. Finally, the book will help you implement analytics for visualizing data, performing automation, and delivering notifications. By the end of this Grafana book, you'll be able to build insightful dashboards, perform analytics, and deliver notifications that apply to IoT and IT systems.What you will learnInstall and configure Grafana in different types of environmentsEnable communication between your IoT devices using different protocolsBuild data sources by ingesting data from IoT devicesGather data from Grafana using different types of data sourcesBuild actionable insights using plugins and analyticsDeliver notifications across several communication channelsIntegrate Grafana with other platformsWho this book is forThis book is for IoT developers who want to build powerful visualizations and analytics for their projects and products. Technicians from the embedded world looking to learn how to build systems and platforms using open source software will also benefit from this book. If you have an interest in technology, IoT, open source, and related subjects then this book is for you. Basic knowledge of administration tasks on Linux-based systems, IP networks and network services, protocols, ports, and related topics will help you make the most out of this book.