Not able to install grafana datasource plugin about grafanaplugin HOT 8 CLOSED

Following instruction on the github, i am able to download the plugin but not able to unzip it to the grafana plugin directory

tdengine-datasource-3.1.1.zip 100%[====================================================>] 27.90M 35.4MB/s in 0.8s

2021-11-16 17:28:02 (35.4 MB/s) - ‘tdengine-datasource-3.1.1.zip’ saved [29256274/29256274]

(base) vibhu@vibhu-Opti-1-UB20:~$ sudo unzip tdengine-datasource-$GF_VERSION.zip /var/lib/grafana/plugins/ Archive: tdengine-datasource-3.1.1.zip caution: filename not matched: /var/lib/grafana/plugins/

Also tried to manually copy the zip file over to plugins directory and change the options in /etc/grafana/grafana.ini

enable_alpha = true allow_loading_unsigned_plugins = taosdata-tdengine-datasource

Now the Grafana server is not starting

 Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/grafana-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
 Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2021-11-16 18:04:55 PST; 3min 17s ago
   Docs: http://docs.grafana.org
Process: 2202 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/grafana-server --config=${CONF_FILE} --pidfile=${PID_FILE_DIR}/grafana-server.pid --packaging=deb cfg:default.paths.logs=${LOG_DIR} cfg:default.paths.data=${DATA_D} cfg:default.paths.plugins=${PLUGINS_DIR} cfg:default.paths.provisioning=${PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR} 

Main PID: 2202 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)cfg:default.paths.plugins=${PLUGINS_DIR} cfg:default.paths.provisioning=${PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR} (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Nov 16 18:04:55 vibhu-Opti-1-UB20 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. Nov 16 18:04:55 vibhu-Opti-1-UB20 systemd[1]: Stopped Grafana instance. Nov 16 18:04:55 vibhu-Opti-1-UB20 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Nov 16 18:04:55 vibhu-Opti-1-UB20 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Nov 16 18:04:55 vibhu-Opti-1-UB20 systemd[1]: Failed to start Grafana instance.

unzip need -d before install directory

sudo unzip tdengine-datasource-$GF_VERSION.zip -d /var/lib/grafana/plugins/

And the plugin id is tdengine-datasource.

allow_loading_unsigned_plugins = tdengine-datasource

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You can also manually run the /usr/sbin/grafana-server command to start the program and look at the log.

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Grafana not starting was my mistake extra ';'

as for grafana recognizing the tdengine plugin still no luck

screenshot of grafana ini

screenshot of adding datasource

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(base) vibhu@vibhu-Opti-1-UB20:~$ /usr/sbin/grafana-server

Grafana-server Init Failed: Could not find config defaults, make sure homepath command line parameter is set or working directory is homepath
(base) vibhu@vibhu-Opti-1-UB20:~$

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Please fix the documentation at https://www.taosdata.com/en/documentation/connections#grafana
for unzip need -d before install directory

sudo unzip tdengine-datasource-$GF_VERSION.zip -d /var/lib/grafana/plugins/

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also i am using ubuntu 20.04 and grafana v8.2.4

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First you can install the plugin with the following command.
grafana-cli --pluginUrl https://github.com/taosdata/grafanaplugin/releases/download/v3.1.1/tdengine-datasource-3.1.1.zip plugins install tdengine-datasource
In addition, you have to delete ";" to ensure that your configuration takes effect, and then restart grafana.

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Thanks instructions provided worked well. Please update the instruction online with these.

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