
Self-Hosting Grafana: A Complete Guide to Prometheus Monitoring Dashboards
Grafana turns metrics into actionable dashboards, but you still need a collector. This guide self-hosts Grafana with Prometheus and node_exporter on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS using Docker Compose, HTTPS, provisioning, alerting contact points, backups, and day-two operations for private server monitoring.
Aug 28, 2026 · 4 min read