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Overview

To authenticate with Grafana, you need:

1. Domain - The domain for your Grafana instance account.
2. Token - The service account token, a randomly generated string that serves as an alternative to a password when authenticating with Grafana’s HTTP API.

This guide will walk you through generating your service account token and finding your domain within Grafana.

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Prerequisites:

• You must have a registered Grafana account.
• You must have a service account within Grafana. To learn how to create one, visit Create a Service Account.

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Step 1: Finding your Domain

1. Login to your Grafana account. On you address bar, The URL will be similar to: https://nango.grafana.net/a/cloud-home-app. Your domain is the text between https:// and the first forward slash /, which in this case would be nango.grafana.net.

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Step 2: Generating Your Service Account Token

1. Sign in to Grafana and click Administration in the left-side menu.
2. Click Users and access.
3. Click Service accounts.
4. Click the service account to which you want to add a token.

5. Click Add service account token.

6. Enter a name for the token.
7. (recommended) Select Set expiration date and enter an expiry date for the token.

• The expiry date specifies how long you want the key to be valid.
• If you are unsure of an expiration date, Grafana recommends that you set the token to expire after a short time, such as a few hours or less. This limits the risk associated with a token that is valid for a long time.

8. Click Generate token.

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Step 3: Enter credentials in the Connect UI

Once you have your Domain and Token:

1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Grafana.
2. Enter your Domain and Token in their respective fields.
3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.

You are now connected to Grafana.