Create a Dashboard in Grafana with ScyllaDB’s Monitoring Stacks

ScyllaDB's approach to improving Grafana dashboard management involves applying principles similar to CSS in HTML to separate repetitive styling from main logic, which simplifies modification and maintenance. By adding a 'class' attribute to JSON components and using a type definition file, the team reduced dashboard file sizes by about 30%, making it easier to copy panels and rows between dashboards. A Python program, make_dashboards.py, was developed to merge type JSON files and template files into a single file, allowing for dynamic inheritance and attribute overrides. This system enables streamlined management and could influence Grafana's future template mechanisms.