Company
Date Published
Author
Roberto Jiménez Sánchez
Word count
878
Language
English
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None

Summary

Managing Grafana dashboards at scale can become challenging, prompting teams to adopt the "dashboards as code" approach, which introduces version control and change management benefits but also complexity and potential bottlenecks. To address these issues, Grafana 12 introduces Git Sync, an experimental feature that integrates Git version control directly into Grafana, allowing users to submit dashboard changes as pull requests for team review. Git Sync simplifies the synchronization of dashboard configurations with GitHub, making them part of the Save workflow and ensuring changes are easily reviewable. Initially available in Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise, and in private preview on Grafana Cloud, Git Sync is designed to reduce setup complexity and improve dashboard management, though it is recommended for use in development rather than production environments due to its experimental status. The feature will be expanded to support additional tools and storage solutions, with user feedback actively sought for further improvements.