Grafana CLI

Administration Commands

Reset passwords, manage data, migrate databases, and perform server maintenance.

7 commands

Pro Tips

Use grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password to recover access

Common Mistakes

Stop Grafana before running some admin commands

Commands

Reset admin password

$ grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password newpassword

Reset the admin password.

Generate secret key

$ grafana-cli admin secret-key

Generate a new secret key.

Migrate data

$ grafana-cli admin data-migration

Run data migration.

Check Grafana version

$ grafana-cli --version

Show Grafana CLI version.

Start Grafana server

$ grafana-server --config=/etc/grafana/grafana.ini --homepath=/usr/share/grafana

Start Grafana with custom config.

List users via API

$ curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/users -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN'

List all Grafana users.

Get current org

$ curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/org -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN'

Get current organization details.