Grafana is an observability and monitoring platform used to query, visualize, and alert on metrics, logs, and traces from a wide range of data sources. It provides evidence that monitoring and alerting are in place through its configured alert rules and dashboards.
Required Permissions
read: organization users
read: alert rules
read: dashboards
read: alert.provisioning
Scytale follows the least-privilege principle, limiting permission scopes strictly to what's required for reliable audit evidence collection.
How to Connect
In Scytale, go to 'Integrations'.
Search for Grafana and select 'Connect'.
Paste your service account token & your Grafana instance URL.
Add a connection name — this will be used to differentiate between your connections — and then select 'Connect'.
You have now successfully connected to Grafana.
How to Generate a Service Account Token in Grafana
Log in to Grafana.
Go to Administration → Users and access → Service accounts.
Click Add service account, enter a name, and set Role = Admin.
Open the service account and click 'Add service account token'.
Select 'Generate token', then copy the token — it begins with
glsa_.Note: The token is displayed only once. Be sure to copy it before closing the dialog.