Connect Az managed Grafana instance to Azure Data Explorer cluster

Saikrishnan Srivatsan 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2024-03-19T05:08:29.99+00:00

I have an Azure Data Explorer cluster that's stood up in tenant A. I am trying to connect to it from my Grafana UI(adding a new data source), which is in tenant B. In the Azure Data Explorer cluster DB, I have added the necessary permissions using the app id and tenant id using. Now I see my app in the listed in the ADE permissions screen with "Viewer" access.

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  1. Azar 18,770 Reputation points
    2024-03-19T06:16:55.5666667+00:00

    Hey there Saikrishnan Srivatsan

    Thats a good question and thanks for using QandA platform.

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    If this persists i recommend reaching out to Azure support for further assistance. link below

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/managed-desktop/operate/support-request

    If this helps kindly accept the answer

  2. ShaikMaheer-MSFT 37,896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-03-21T09:13:28.4133333+00:00

    Hi Saikrishnan Srivatsan,

    It seems like you are trying to connect to an Azure Data Explorer cluster from your Grafana UI, but you are facing some issues. To connect to an Azure Data Explorer cluster from Grafana, you need to set up authentication for Azure Data Explorer through Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

    Since you have already added the necessary permissions using the app id and tenant id, you can follow the below steps to configure the data source for Azure Managed Grafana:

    1. Open your Grafana endpoint and go to Configurations > Data Sources > Azure Data Explorer.
    2. Check if the information listed for Azure cloud, Cluster URL, Directory (tenant) ID, Application (client) ID, and Client secret is correct. If needed, create a new key to add as a client secret.
    3. At the top of the page, you can find instructions guiding you through the process to grant necessary permissions to this Azure AD app to read the Azure Data Explorer database.
    4. Make sure that your Azure Data Explorer instance doesn't have a firewall that blocks access to Managed Grafana. The Azure Data Explorer database needs to be exposed to the public internet.

    If you have followed these steps and still facing issues, please provide more information about the error message you are receiving so that I can assist you better.