[Question] - Grafana error says "panel plugin not found" after installs the Service Dependency Graph plugin

[AmilaDevops]

I installed Service Dependency Graph plugin in my Grafana (v7.5.5) and I installed the plugin from here https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/novatec-sdg-panel/. I successfully installed the plugin in grafana and restarted the grafana service but when I try to upload the custom dashboard into grafana https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10142 , but after I load the dashboard below error displays on grafana dashboard when I view it

Could anyone help me out ? why the dashboard panel says "Panel plugin not found: novatec-service-dependency-graph-panel", even if I have installed the grfana plugin ?

@MariusBrill Thanks

[mc-chaos]

Hi @AmilaDevops , the Plugin has a new name. If nobody updatet the example dashboards, you need to change the Name. The Panel has now the name "novatec-sdg-panel". Before release 3.0.0 it was named "novatec-service-dependency-graph-panel". Look at the releasenotes for v 3.0.0. Oben the Panel-Config und search for "novatec-service-dependency-graph-panel" in the JSON and replace it with "novatec-sdg-panel". Regards, Sascha

[mc-chaos]

@mariusoe : You should update the example dashboards for the new SDG version.

[AmilaDevops]

Thanks for your comment @mc-chaos I have changed the name in the json and now I don't get the previous error.

But now after load the dashboard getting this error message,

fyi - I'm having InfluxDB data source for my dashboard which contains SNMP data from LibreNMS

any idea about above error ?

[mc-chaos]

Do you have the right datasource and RP configured? Looks like, the Dashboard is not finding your InfluxDB. With version of InfluxDB do you have? As far as i know, only v1.x is tested. Regards, Sascha

[mc-chaos]

Cool idee to use SNMP Network data for this dashboard. If you have this up and running, i am interested in this solution. Regards, Sascha

[AmilaDevops]

I will let you know the InfluxDB version soon @mc-chaos, But what did you mean by RP configured?

Also below is when I go to Panel Service Graph > edit looks like

[mc-chaos]

Hi @AmilaDevops , this looks like InfluxDB 1.x . InfluxDB 1.x uses Databases an Retention Policy as "StoragePool". Looks like, you have defined some default Retention Policy (-> FROM "autogen"; here is autogen your selected RP). We have named our RPs with different names, so could be that is on your site? Think of "rp" as "Table" on a Database. if you select the wrong table, you will get an error. Did you have checked in Grafana-Explorer if you could select/see some date with this search? I always use the Explorer to look at the RAW data as first step. So i could see, if there are Data an with are the Fieldnames are.

[AmilaDevops]

hi @mc-chaos yes you were right my InfluxDB retention policy is "cleanup" not "autogen", then after I changed it to "cleanup" no any error message but no any out put either.

So do you think I should query the exact tables which exist SNMP data ? other than I query the retention policy table ?

I'm not an expert in InfluxDB table structure, I just want to query the SNMP data and get some output which I has inside the InfluxDB.

[AmilaDevops]

also @mc-chaos my InfluxDB version is 1.6.4, do you guys have any idea why I don't get any output when I query even the correct rp ?

[AmilaDevops]

hi @mc-chaos I still have this error with InfluxDB datasource, my problem maybe is I don't know how to query influxdB as I used the default query as it was when I load the dashboard, I changed there rp policy into "cleanup" that's the only change I made.

could you please tell me if there any issues with this InfluxDB query which is the default one came with your plugin's dashboard ?

SELECT SUM("count") AS "in_count" FROM "cleanup"."service_in_responsetime" WHERE ("service" =~ /^$service$/ OR "origin_service" =~ /^$service$/) AND $timeFilter GROUP BY "service", "origin_service", "target_external", "protocol"

even after I changed RP it gives no out put

@mc-chaos and @emma-luk actually I want something to show in my dashboard but still I see nothing, can you guys at lease tell me is it my InfluxDB issue or Grafana dashboard settings issue with your plugin ?

[mc-chaos]

@AmilaDevops Do you have searched in Grafana-Explorer if there is Data in your Datasource? Are you using the right Metrics and TAGs? As i say a few days ago, have you used your query in the Grafana-Explorer or influx Chronograf to check that you selected the right metrics and tags? Are the Variable "service" filled in Grafana? With the right data? Are the fields and TAGs you are selecting exists in the Datasource( count; service_in_responsetime; service; orgin_service; target_external; protocol ? "cleanup" is an exotic name for RP. Are you using the right RP? We have our RP named "raw" and "rp5m" and "rp1h" for different aggregation. could it be, that you are using a "cleanup/delete" RP? First you should be able to see some data in Grafana-Explorer and than you should use some complex Dashboards, with needs some experiences with influxDB/Grafana. This is an opensource Project. I am an User of this project. I am not an Creator or Support-Agent of this opensource project. If you have a technical problem, get a (payed) support-contract from the company "novatec" and they will help you. I will help you,if i could, but do not think i am your support-agent. regards, Sascha