Grafana Notifications

Using the Grafana Annotations API, you can send Manako incident events as annotations to Grafana and visualize them on dashboards.

Prerequisites: Obtaining a Cloud Access Policy Token

1. Log in to Grafana Cloud

   Log in to Grafana Cloud.

2. Create a Cloud Access Policy Token

   Go to Security > Access Policies and click “Create access policy”.

3. Set the scope

   Add annotations:write under Scopes.

4. Create and copy the Token

   Add a token to the Access Policy and copy the token that starts with glc_.

5. Confirm your Grafana instance URL

   The format is https://your-stack.grafana.net.

Manako Configuration

1. Open the “Notification Channels” menu in the dashboard
2. Click “Add Channel” and select Grafana as the Type
3. Enter the following:
   • API Token: Cloud Access Policy Token
   • Push URL: Grafana instance URL (e.g., https://your-stack.grafana.net)
4. Click “Add Channel”

Note

The Push URL must use HTTPS. Private IPs and local addresses cannot be specified.

Annotations Sent

Manako Event	Tags	Description
Incident Created	manako, incident, critical	Down detected
Incident Created (warning)	manako, incident, warning	Warning level
Incident Recovered	manako, resolved	Recovery
Web Change Detected	manako, webchange	Change detected

Tip

Specify the manako tag in the Annotations filter on your Grafana dashboard to display only Manako events.