Identity

Unit: grafana-server.service
Config: /etc/grafana/grafana.ini
Data dir: /var/lib/grafana/ (SQLite DB, sessions, images)
Plugin dir: /var/lib/grafana/plugins/
Logs: journalctl -u grafana-server, /var/log/grafana/grafana.log
Port: 3000/tcp (HTTP)
CLI tool: grafana-cli (plugin management, admin resets)
Distro install: apt install grafana / dnf install grafana (after adding Grafana APT/RPM repo)

Key Operations

Operation	Command
Service status	`systemctl status grafana-server`
Start / stop / restart	`sudo systemctl start\|stop\|restart grafana-server`
Reload (provisioning only)	`curl -s -u admin:password http://localhost:3000/api/admin/provisioning/dashboards/reload`
Check logs (live)	`journalctl -u grafana-server -f`

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