SEC.01

The playbook

The run starts read-only: the recon probes decide what happens next. The steps that follow are adapted to the distribution and state found — a real machine is rarely clean.

1. 01recondistro (apt or dnf) and architecture (amd64/arm64)
2. 02reconGrafana already installed? version?
3. 03reconservice active? existing config and database to preserve
4. 04reconport 3000 free? otherwise who holds it
5. 05reconreverse proxy present (only useful if a domain is provided)
6. 06actAdd the Grafana repositoryverify
7. 07actInstall Grafanaverify
8. 08actListen on 127.0.0.1verify
9. 09actEnable and startverify
10. 10actRandom admin password (fresh install)verify
11. 11actTLS reverse proxy (only if a domain is provided)verify

SEC.02

What it verifies

Each step ships its own check. The run only moves on when the check passes, so what the recipe reports as done is what is actually on the server.

1. 01verifyAdd the Grafana repositoryVerified byapt-cache policy grafana 2>/dev/null | grep -c Candidate || dnf info grafana -q | grep -c Version
2. 02verifyInstall GrafanaVerified by(dpkg -s grafana 2>/dev/null || rpm -qi grafana) | grep -m1 -i "^version"
3. 03verifyListen on 127.0.0.1Verified bygrep -E '^http_addr' /etc/grafana/grafana.ini
4. 04verifyEnable and startVerified bycurl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/health
5. 05verifyRandom admin password (fresh install)Verified bycurl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -u "$(cat /root/grafana-admin.txt)" http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/user
6. 06verifyTLS reverse proxy (only if a domain is provided)Verified bycurl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' https://${domain}/api/health

SEC.03

Guardrails

Non-negotiable instructions the run must respect, whatever it finds on the server.

SEC.04

Variables

What you choose before launching — the recipe fills in the rest.

SEC.05

How a recipe runs in Servor

Servor is zero-knowledge: the platform cannot execute anything on its own. When you launch this recipe, a run reads the reconnaissance, plans the steps and asks for your approval. Each approved command is signed by your browser — with a key the server never sees — then relayed verbatim to the agent, which verifies the signature locally before executing.

SEC.06

Deploy on Servor button

Maintain Grafana or a project that needs it? Put this button in your README or on your site: one click and your users install it on their own server.

SEC.07

More observability recipes

1. 01node_exporterPrometheus system metrics exporter, as a systemd service.
2. 02NetdataNetdata real-time monitoring (stable channel), local dashboard on :19999.
3. 03PrometheusPrometheus (metrics collection), as a local systemd service on :9090.
4. 04Grafana LokiLoki 3.7 log aggregation via Docker, local on :3100.
5. 05Grafana + Prometheus stackGrafana + Prometheus + node_exporter via Docker Compose, datasource preconfigured, all local.