From f02ad33fd22cfd93f081a5668bbf697733e147e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Valdez Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:47:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: adding information on adjusting short link expiration time in Grafana cloud (#106112) * Docs: adding information on adjusting short link expiration time in Grafana cloud * changing admonition and adding info on changing config for cloud * adjusting wording * fixing typo * Update docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/_index.md Co-authored-by: Isabel Matwawana <76437239+imatwawana@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Isabel Matwawana <76437239+imatwawana@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/_index.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/_index.md b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/_index.md index 5442fd9c46a..14bfd8404ce 100644 --- a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/_index.md +++ b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/_index.md @@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ By default, the configuration file is located at `/opt/homebrew/etc/grafana/graf For a Grafana instance installed using Homebrew, edit the `grafana.ini` file directly. Otherwise, add a configuration file named `custom.ini` to the `conf` directory to override the settings defined in `conf/defaults.ini`. +### Grafana Cloud + +There is no local configuration file for Grafana Cloud stacks, but many of these settings are still configurable. To edit configurable settings, open a support ticket. + ## Remove comments in the .ini files Grafana uses semicolons (`;`) to comment out lines in the INI file. @@ -2101,7 +2105,7 @@ Setting `0` means the short links are cleaned up approximately every 10 minutes. A negative value such as `-1` disables expiry. {{< admonition type="caution" >}} -Short links without an expiration increase the size of the database and can't be deleted. +Short links without an expiration increase the size of the database and can't be deleted. Grafana recommends setting a duration based on your specific use case {{< /admonition >}}