Grafana

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Grafana Host Port
Grafana /config Path

Grafana is an open source and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Postgres and many more.


Port	`3000`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/grafana`
Daemonless	daemonless/grafana
Source	grafana/grafana
Website	grafana.com/grafana

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest` / `pkg`	Installed from the FreeBSD quarterly package repository.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
`pkg-latest`	Installed from the FreeBSD latest package repository.	Alternative build.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  grafana:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/grafana:latest"
    container_name: grafana
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/grafana:/config"
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    restart: unless-stopped

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=grafana
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  grafana:
    name: grafana
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - GRAFANA_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  GRAFANA_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/grafana'

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/grafana:${tag}

podman run -d --name grafana \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/grafana:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/grafana:latest

- name: Deploy grafana
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: grafana
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/grafana:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/grafana:/config"

Access at: http://localhost:3000

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration, data, logs, plugins and provisioning

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`3000`	TCP	Web UI

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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