New in Grafana 8.0: Streaming real-time events and data to dashboards

Grafana 8.0 introduces significant updates tailored for industrial and IoT applications, with a focus on real-time data streaming to dashboards via Grafana Live. This core feature allows events and data to be broadcast in real-time, overcoming previous limitations in Grafana 7 where streaming required custom plugins and data sources. Now, data can be streamed directly out of the box, facilitating new applications and use cases. The update supports real-time dashboard events, such as live changes in visualizations and sensor data streaming through plugins like MQTT or direct server updates via HTTP and WebSocket endpoints. Demonstrations highlighted the system's ability to handle data from accelerometers, illustrating the platform's enhanced integration capabilities with tools such as Telegraf. Future updates, including the option to stream to Grafana Cloud in version 8.1 and beyond, promise to expand Grafana's functionality further for IoT and industrial users.