Sign in to Grafana

This topic describes how to sign in to Grafana.

Before you begin

• Install Grafana

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.