How to set up Grafana so that no password is neces

Question

Despite these settings, Grafana still requires the use of a password to view Dashboards. Can someone please help me with the correct settings?

[auth.anonymous]
# enable anonymous access
enabled = true

[auth.basic]
enabled = false

Answer 1

Here is what i did for my Caddy proxy which uses client-cert auth already. Beware, this still exposes your datasource to the public! Be sure to replace [e-mail] with your email and the Caddy proxy ip in grafana.ini.

Caddyfile

grafana.****.***, gf.****.*** {
    tls [e-mail] {
        clients /mnt/user/appdata/caddy/conf/ca.crt
    }

    proxy / http://10.0.1.39:3000 {
        transparent
        websocket
        insecure_skip_verify
        header_upstream X-WEBAUTH-USER "admin"
    }
}

gf-pub.****.*** {
    tls [e-mail]

    proxy / http://10.0.1.39:3000 {
        transparent
        websocket
        insecure_skip_verify
        header_upstream X-WEBAUTH-USER "public"
    }
}

grafana.ini

[auth.proxy]
enabled = true
header_name = X-WEBAUTH-USER
header_property = username
enable_login_token = false
whitelist = 10.0.1.3 <-- Your Caddy IP

Answer 2

Thanks @Donald Mok for his answer; I just want to make it as clear as possible. In the Grafana interface you can create an organization. After that you can create some dashboards for this organization. So, there is a problem that you need to specify the organization for anonymous users. And it should be a real organization (for your Grafana). And anonymous users will be able to see only dashboards from this organization.

#################################### Anonymous Auth ##########################
[auth.anonymous]
# enable anonymous access
enabled = true

# specify organization name that should be used for unauthenticated users
org_name = ORGANIZATION

Answer 3

I had this issue, but the root cause in my case was a tiny mistake. I checked the grafana.log file and found that:

"2016/02/12 09:24:57 [middleware.go:62 initContextWithAnonymousUser()] [E] Anonymous access organization error: 'Anonymous Org.': Organization not found"

I changed the org_name in grafana.ini, and after restarting Grafana, things worked well as I intended.

I recommend you check your grafana.log file to see what's wrong with your configuration.

Answer 4

To setup login for anonymous users you need to make these small configuration changes in the default.ini/grafana.ini file (Grafana\conf).

1. If you want to hide the login page do this configuration:

   [auth]
   # Set to true to disable (hide) the login form, useful if you use OAuth
   #disable_login_form = false 
   disable_login_form = true
   

   Change disable_login_form to true.

2. Enable anonymous access:

   [auth.anonymous]
   # enable anonymous access 
   enabled = true
   

3. Specify the organization:

   # specify organization name that should be used for unauthenticated users
   org_name = YOUR_ORG_NAME_HERE
   

4. Restart Grafana and you should be able to see the Grafana dashboard. If not, just change your org role from Viewer to Editor:

   # specify role for unauthenticated users
   org_role = Editor
   

Answer 5

First of all, in grafana.ini adjust the following values:

[auth.anonymous]
# enable anonymous access
enabled = true

# specify organization name that should be used for unauthenticated users
org_name = YOUR_ORG_NAME_HERE

# specify role for unauthenticated users
org_role = SOME_USER_NAME_HERE # e.g. Anonymous

Now, after restarting Grafana, log in and make sure there is another user than admin created. If not, create one. The values in the user creation dialogue are actually unimportant to achieve the task.

Finally, set the same organisation name under global orgs to match your grafana.ini value. Also, make sure the user you created has the role you set in grafana.ini (in my example the role would be "Anonymous").