Grafana plugin installation

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hi, I’m trying to install a grafana plugin that is not listed in their official plugin page. All I want to install is a plugin that allows to group bars by date, without needing to stack them. So far I’ve found 2 options:

https://github.com/CorpGlory/grafana-multibar-graph-panel

https://github.com/gipong/grafana-groupedbarchart-panel

However, when I try to install them, by typing their name in the add-on config:

plugins:
  - grafana-groupedbarchart-panel

It doesn’t work at all, I guess because they are being searched in the grafana site and not on github. However, I’ve read that others have installed non-oficial plugins. How can I get them installed??: THANK YOU!

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Any solution on this? I’m in the same boat :frowning:

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+1 for this from here…

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I found a way for this. Only problem is that with this method all the other plugins has to be installed also manually…

Docker uses host machines folder as /data folder for the grafana -container. My path with Ubuntu+docker configuration was: /usr/share/hassio/addons/data/a0d7b954_grafana/

So I figured I’ll create plugins folder with host machine under this and make the hass.io / docker container grafana search for the plugins from there.

The process:

  1. Under host machine (ubuntu terminal) create plugins directory under /usr/share/hassio/addons/data/a0d7b954_grafana/ (sudo mkdir plugins)
  2. git clone the multibar plugin to this folder (sudo git clone https://github.com/CorpGlory/grafana-multibar-graph-panel.git)
  3. git clone other plugins. OBS! You may have to define git clone --branch example-branch-version-xyz for the clone to pull correct release version (not the source)
  4. Under grafana configuration (hass.io supervisor -> Grafana -> configuration) define Grafana to search plugins from the previously created plugin directory by adding
env_vars:
  - name: GF_PATHS_PLUGINS
    value: /data/plugins
  1. Restart and fingers crossed! For me this worked…
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Hello. I am running HA OS in virtual disk, so I do not have access to host OS. Is it possible to install grafana plugin from within Home Assistant or its terminal?