Grafana 2.0-Beta1 Released

Grafana 2.0-beta1 introduces significant updates and new features, including a new backend server written in Go, which implies a more complex upgrade process than previous versions. The release ensures backward compatibility for dashboards while offering new functionalities such as dashboard snapshot sharing, allowing users to share interactive dashboards without exposing sensitive data. Other enhancements include panel time overrides, timeshift capabilities, and panel iframe embedding for greater customization and integration flexibility. The user interface has been improved with a new dashboard search view, logarithmic scale support for graph panels, and a dashboard list panel, while data sources can now be added through the UI, simplifying setup. Grafana 2.0 also emphasizes user and organization permissions, providing roles such as Viewer, Editor, and Admin, to manage access and editing rights. Documentation has been updated in the main Grafana repository, and users are encouraged to provide feedback or report issues on GitHub.