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Grafana API Keys option not available

The API option under Administration is not available for me, I am using docker image (grafana/grafana) installed on a VM. [Image showing the said option not being there][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/H4eDm.png

Hello everyone!!

I am trying to learn grafana and I have one installed on my VM through Docker ("version": "10.1.2").

While exploring the app I got to learn that dashboards and data sources can be installed using API but I am not able to find the option API KEYS.

I watched a few videos on Internet to see how the said option is available but I wasn't able to find it.

Thanks in advance!!

Solution

  • Please use Service Accounts in place of API Keys from Grafana v9.1 and newer.

    Once you create a service account with the appropriate permissions, you can then create a token within the service account, and use that token where you would have used an API key.

    The API keys documentation has a disclaimer of the above deprecation and points you to the same Service Accounts documentation.

    You can also refer to this blog post for more information and a video introducing service accounts too.