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Overview

Connect Grafana Cloud to give TierZero access to your metrics, logs, and traces. TierZero queries your Grafana Cloud data sources during investigations.

Prerequisites

  • Administrative access to your Grafana Cloud instance
  • Permission to create service account tokens

Setup Instructions

Step 1: Navigate to Integration Settings

  1. Log into your TierZero dashboard
  2. Go to Settings → Integrations
  3. Click Connect next to Grafana Cloud

Step 2: Create a Service Account Token

  1. In Grafana Cloud, go to Administration → Service Accounts
  2. Create a new service account with Viewer role
  3. Generate a token for the service account
  4. Copy the token

Step 3: Enter Credentials

  1. Paste the service account token into TierZero
  2. Enter your Grafana Cloud instance URL
  3. Click Connect

What TierZero Accesses

  • Dashboards: Dashboard configurations and panel queries
  • Data sources: Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and other configured data sources
  • Metrics: Prometheus metrics via data source queries
  • Logs: Loki log queries
  • Traces: Tempo trace queries

Security

  • TierZero uses a Grafana service account token with Viewer role
  • Read-only access to dashboards and data sources
  • Tokens are encrypted at rest
  • Revoke by deleting the service account or token in Grafana Cloud

Troubleshooting

Dashboard Not Visible

  • Verify the service account has at least Viewer permissions
  • Check that the dashboard is not restricted to specific teams or folders