Grafana on EKS – Install and Test

Grafana on EKS – Install and Test Deploy Grafana via Argo CD on EKS and access it locally with port-forward. The Application manifest includes persistence, Prometheus datasource, and health probes. 1. Overview What this guide does: Deploys Grafana using the official Helm chart via an Argo CD Application Creates an AppProject and Application for the grafana namespace Configures Prometheus as the default datasource (pre-configured for dashboards) Persists data with EBS-backed PVC Uses port-forward for local access (no ingress required) Prerequisites: EKS cluster running with kubectl context set Argo CD installed Prometheus installed 2. Prerequisites Before starting, ensure you have: kubectl configured with context set to your EKS cluster Argo CD installed and syncing Applications Prometheus running (e.g. kube-prometheus-stack-prometheus.kube-prometheus-stack.svc.cluster.local:9090 —adjust the datasource URL if yours differs) 3. Install Grafana Save the manifest below as grafana-applicati