Follow this demo to learn how to access private data securely in Grafana Cloud and how to use Grafana Assistant to translate complex database queries into human readable language and visualizations.

Grafana is an open-source analytics and monitoring platform that allows users to visualize and analyze metrics from various data sources. The Grafana blog covers topics such as data visualization, monitoring best practices, and new features in Grafana software. Developers and data engineers can learn how to leverage Grafana for monitoring infrastructure, analyzing performance metrics, and creating interactive dashboards for data-driven decision-making.

Grafana Labs

Grafana Cloud's Private Data Source Connect (PDC) enables secure, encrypted connections between Grafana Cloud and databases in private networks via a lightweight SSH tunnel agent — no VPNs or NAT gateways required. Combined with Grafana Assistant (an LLM-powered AI feature), users can query PostgreSQL databases using natural language, auto-generate SQL, and create visualizations without deep SQL expertise. A Terraform blueprint is provided that provisions an Amazon RDS PostgreSQL instance preloaded with the World Happiness Report dataset, deploys the PDC agent in a private VPC, and creates a prebuilt Grafana dashboard — demonstrating end-to-end secure business analytics in Grafana Cloud.

Business metrics in Grafana Cloud: Get an AI assist to help securely analyze your data

Making business analytics easy with PDC, Assistant, and Postgres

AI-powered dashboard generation from PostgreSQL

Automated setup: A Terraform blueprint for secure observability