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[Grafana](http://grafana.org/) is a tool that allows you to visualize time
series metrics through graphs and dashboards. It supports several backend
data stores, including InfluxDB. GitLab writes performance data to InfluxDB
-and Grafana will allow you to query InfluxDB to display useful graphs.
+and Grafana will allow you to query to display useful graphs.
For the easiest installation and configuration, install Grafana on the same
server as InfluxDB. For larger installations, you may want to split out these
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ services.
## Installation
-Grafana supplies package repositories (Yum/Apt) for easy installation.
+[GitLab Omnibus can help you install Grafana (recommended)](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/grafana.html)
+or Grafana supplies package repositories (Yum/Apt) for easy installation.
See [Grafana installation documentation](http://docs.grafana.org/installation/)
for detailed steps.
-> **Note**: Before starting Grafana for the first time, set the admin user
+NOTE: **Note:**
+Before starting Grafana for the first time, set the admin user
and password in `/etc/grafana/grafana.ini`. Otherwise, the default password
will be `admin`.