grafana-ansible-collection/roles/grafana/tasks/dashboards.yml

---
- name: "Download grafana.net dashboards"
  become: false
  delegate_to: localhost
  run_once: true
  when: "grafana_dashboards | length > 0"
  block:
    - name: "Create local grafana dashboard directory"
      ansible.builtin.tempfile:
        state: directory
      register: __tmp_dashboards
      changed_when: false

    - name: "Download grafana dashboard from grafana.net to local directory"
      ansible.builtin.get_url:
        url: "https://grafana.com/api/dashboards/{{ item.dashboard_id }}/revisions/{{ item.revision_id }}/download"
        dest: "{{ __tmp_dashboards.path }}/{{ item.dashboard_id }}.json"
        mode: "0644"
      register: __download_dashboards
      until: "__download_dashboards is succeeded"
      retries: 5
      delay: 2
      changed_when: false
      loop: "{{ grafana_dashboards }}"

    # As noted in [1] an exported dashboard replaces the exporter's datasource
    # name with a representative name, something like 'DS_GRAPHITE'. The name
    # is different for each datasource plugin, but always begins with 'DS_'.
    # In the rest of the data, the same name is used, but captured in braces,
    # for example: '${DS_GRAPHITE}'.
    #
    # [1] http://docs.grafana.org/reference/export_import/#import-sharing-with-grafana-2-x-or-3-0
    #
    # The data structure looks (massively abbreviated) something like:
    #
    #   "name": "DS_GRAPHITE",
    #   "datasource": "${DS_GRAPHITE}",
    #
    # If we import the downloaded dashboard verbatim, it will not automatically
    # be connected to the data source like we want it. The Grafana UI expects
    # us to do the final connection by hand, which we do not want to do.
    # So, in the below task we ensure that we replace instances of this string
    # with the data source name we want.
    # To make sure that we're not being too greedy with the regex replacement
    # of the data source to use for each dashboard that's uploaded, we make the
    # regex match very specific by using the following:
    #
    # 1. Literal boundaries for " on either side of the match.
    # 2. Non-capturing optional group matches for the ${} bits which may, or
    #    or may not, be there..
    # 3. A case-sensitive literal match for DS .
    # 4. A one-or-more case-sensitive match for the part that follows the
    #    underscore, with only A-Z, 0-9 and - or _ allowed.
    #
    # This regex can be tested and understood better by looking at the
    # matches and non-matches in https://regex101.com/r/f4Gkvg/6

    - name: "Set the correct data source name in the dashboard"
      ansible.builtin.replace:
        dest: "{{ __tmp_dashboards.path }}/{{ item.dashboard_id }}.json"
        regexp: '"(?:\${)?DS_[A-Z0-9_-]+(?:})?"'
        replace: '"{{ item.datasource }}"'
      changed_when: false
      loop: "{{ grafana_dashboards }}"

- name: "Import grafana dashboards via api"
  community.grafana.grafana_dashboard:
    grafana_url: "{{ grafana_api_url }}"
    grafana_user: "{{ grafana_security.admin_user }}"
    grafana_password: "{{ grafana_security.admin_password }}"
    path: "{{ item }}"
    message: "Updated by ansible role {{ ansible_role_name }}"
    state: present
    overwrite: true
  no_log: "{{ 'false' if lookup('env', 'CI') else 'true' }}"
  with_fileglob:
    - "{{ __tmp_dashboards.path }}/*"
    - "{{ grafana_dashboards_dir }}/*.json"
  when: "not grafana_use_provisioning"

- name: "Import grafana dashboards through provisioning"
  when: grafana_use_provisioning
  block:
    - name: "Create/Update dashboards file (provisioning)"
      ansible.builtin.copy:
        dest: "/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/ansible.yml"
        content: |
          apiVersion: 1
          providers:
            - name: 'default'
              orgId: 1
              folder: ''
              type: file
              options:
                path: "{{ grafana_data_dir }}/dashboards"          
        backup: false
        owner: root
        group: grafana
        mode: "0640"
      become: true
      notify: restart_grafana

    - name: "Register previously copied dashboards"
      ansible.builtin.find:
        paths: "{{ grafana_data_dir }}/dashboards"
        hidden: true
        patterns:
          - "*.json"
      register: __dashboards_present
      when: grafana_provisioning_synced

    - name: "Import grafana dashboards"
      ansible.builtin.copy:
        src: "{{ item }}"
        dest: "{{ grafana_data_dir }}/dashboards/{{ item | basename }}"
        mode: "0640"
      with_fileglob:
        - "{{ __tmp_dashboards.path }}/*"
        - "{{ grafana_dashboards_dir }}/*.json"
      become: true
      register: __dashboards_copied
      notify: "provisioned dashboards changed"

    - name: "Remove dashboards not present on deployer machine (synchronize)"
      ansible.builtin.file:
        path: "{{ item }}"
        state: absent
      loop: "{{ __dashboards_present_list | difference(__dashboards_copied_list) }}"
      become: true
      when: grafana_provisioning_synced
      vars:
        __dashboards_present_list: "{{ __dashboards_present | json_query('files[*].path') | default([]) }}"
        __dashboards_copied_list: "{{ __dashboards_copied | json_query('results[*].dest') | default([]) }}"