
Adds a new requirements page to the installation docs. Wanted/needed some place to document known browser issues and thought that adding this missing page together with OS, hardware, database and browser requirements would be a good thing. Fix: move 6.4 section in upgrade notes further down. Fixes #16487 Ref #18690
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+++ title = "Requirements" description = "Requirements for Grafana" keywords = ["grafana", "installation", "documentation"] type = "docs" [menu.docs] name = "Requirements" identifier = "requirements" parent = "installation" weight = -1 +++
Requirements
This page includes useful information on the supported Operating Systems as well as the hardware requirements that are needed to install and use Grafana.
Operating Systems
Supported
Unsupported
Installation of Grafana on other operating systems is possible, but not supported. Please see the building from source guide for more information.
Hardware requirements
Grafana does not use a lot of resources and is very lightweight in use of memory and CPU. Minimum recommendation is 255mb of memory and 1 CPU.
Depending on what features are being used and to what extent the requirements varies. Features that consume and requires more resources:
- Server side rendering of images
- Alerting
- Data source proxy
Database
Grafana requires a database to store its configuration data, e.g. users, data sources and dashboards. The exact requirements depend on the size of the Grafana installation (e.g. the number of users, data sources, dashboards, features in use etc).
Grafana supports the following databases:
- SQLite
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
Per default Grafana ships with and uses SQLite which is an embedded database stored on disk in Grafana's installation location.
Supported web browsers
Grafana is supported in the following browsers:
- Chrome/Chromium
- Firefox
- Safari
- Microsoft Edge
Note 1: Older versions of above browsers may not be supported
Note 2: Internet Explorer 11 is only fully supported in Grafana versions prior v6.0.
Note 3: Running Grafana without JavaScript enabled in the browser is not supported
Known issues
Problem with logging in using Safari 12
There is a known iOS Safari 12 issue that prevents the Grafana session cookie from being written after a successful login.
A quick workaround for this problem would be to configure cookie_samesite to none
. However, there is another known Safari 12 issue that threats SameSite=none
as strict
which also
prevents the Grafana session cookie from being written after a successful login.
To resolve using none
as SameSite
cookie attribute in combination with Safari 12, please upgrade to at least Grafana v6.3.3 which includes a fix.