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Installing on Mac

Installation can be done using homebrew

Install latest stable:

brew update
brew install grafana

To start grafana look at the command printed after the homebrew install completes.

To upgrade use the reinstall command

brew update
brew reinstall grafana

You can also install the latest unstable grafana from git:

brew install --HEAD grafana/grafana/grafana

To upgrade grafana if you've installed from HEAD:

brew reinstall --HEAD grafana/grafana/grafana

Starting Grafana

To start Grafana using homebrew services first make sure homebrew/services is installed.

brew tap homebrew/services

Then start Grafana using:

brew services start grafana

Configuration

The Configuration file should be located at /usr/local/etc/grafana/grafana.ini.

Logs

The log file should be located at /usr/local/var/log/grafana/grafana.log.

Plugins

If you want to manually install a plugin place it here: /usr/local/var/lib/grafana/plugins.

Database

The default sqlite database is located at /usr/local/var/lib/grafana