Creating a dashboard
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Updated at April 8, 2026
To create a new dashboard and add metrics to it:
- Open Grafana using the
https://grafana.sys.<cluster domain>link and log in with your username and password. - Open the Dashboards tab.
- Create a new dashboard: click New and select New dashboard in the menu that opens.
- In the window that opens, click Add visualization.
- Select a data source: Prometheus metrics or Loki logs.
- In the Metric field, specify a metric, labels, or values. To check query visualization, click Run queries and make sure the dashboard displays the correct data.
- Click Save dashboard.
You can also create dashboards using a custom resource. For more information, see this grafana-operator guide