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R. McCollamGetting Started with Grafanahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8309-7_5

5. User Administration

Ronald McCollam1  
(1)
Somerville, MA, USA
 

So far, we’ve looked at Grafana from the perspective of a single user. That user – you – has full access to everything inside of Grafana. They can add or remove data sources and plugins, change dashboards on a whim, and even delete everything that you’ve built with a couple of clicks.

Operating Grafana as a single user is fine for a lot of uses, but in shared environments you probably want to have some roles assigned. For example, you might want to limit who has access to certain dashboards. (Even if you don’t have ...

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