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Sign in to Grafana

This topic describes how to sign in to Grafana.

Before you begin

Steps

To sign in to Grafana for the first time, follow these steps:

  1. Open your web browser and go to root URL specified in Grafana configuration file.

    Unless you have configured Grafana differently, it is set to use http://localhost:3000 by default.

  2. On the signin page, enter admin for username and password.

  3. Click Sign in.

    If successful, you will see a prompt to change the password.

  4. Click OK on the prompt and change your password.

Note: We strongly recommend that you change the default administrator password.