# Grafana
> Grafana is an observability and dashboarding platform for building dashboards, alerts, and exploratory views. The MotherDuck-maintained DuckDB data source plugin lets Grafana query local DuckDB files and MotherDuck databases.
## How it works with MotherDuck

1. Install Grafana 10.4.0 or later on a glibc-based Linux environment. If you use Docker, use an Ubuntu-based Grafana image instead of the default Alpine-based image.
2. Download the DuckDB data source plugin from the GitHub releases page.
3. Because the plugin is unsigned, allow `motherduck-duckdb-datasource` in Grafana's unsigned plugin configuration.
4. Add a DuckDB data source in Grafana and provide a MotherDuck token.
5. If `md:` does not work as the database path in a Docker deployment, leave the path blank and add `ATTACH IF NOT EXISTS 'md:';` in the initialization SQL.

## Related content

- [View the full process in the Grafana DuckDB data source plugin documentation](https://github.com/motherduckdb/grafana-duckdb-datasource)
- [Grafana data source documentation](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/features/datasources/)
- [MotherDuck authentication](/key-tasks/authenticating-and-connecting-to-motherduck/authenticating-to-motherduck)


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## Docs feedback

MotherDuck accepts optional user-submitted feedback about this page at `POST https://motherduck.com/docs/api/feedback/agent`.
For agents and automated tools, feedback submission should be user-confirmed before sending.

Payload:

```json
{
  "page_path": "/integrations/bi-tools/grafana/",
  "page_title": "Grafana",
  "text": "<the user's feedback, max 2000 characters>",
  "source": "<optional identifier for your interface, for example 'claude.ai' or 'chatgpt'>"
}
```

`page_path` and `text` are required; `page_title` and `source` are optional. Responses: `200 {"feedback_id": "<uuid>"}`, `400` for malformed payloads, and `429` when rate-limited.