grafana-operator
An operator for Grafana that installs and manages Grafana instances, Dashboards and Datasources through Kubernetes/OpenShift CRs
Runs with mockssource: GitHubhomepageGoApache-2.0commit 5c12c7397bc9
Go, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: community, go, golang, grafana, grafana operator, hacktober, k8s and kubernetes.
grafana-operator runs, with stand-ins for the services it depends on. An Argusic agent installed it in 12 minutes and hit 3 errors on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Grafana Operator binary builds and runs. All 59 unit tests pass across 5 packages. Integration tests (requiring Docker/Grafana TestContainers) skipped without Docker.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 85.3 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- Go 1.27.1 binary not found on system3 minutes
- kubebuilder test binaries (etcd, kube-apiserver, kubectl) not found at /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin2 minutes
- Docker not available: controller integration tests (TestContainers) require Docker to spin up a Grafana instance
- Install time
- 12 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 13 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 3 hit, 2 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- go test -short on api/v1beta1, pkg/autodetect, pkg/featureflags, pkg/gtime, controllers: all 5 packages OK, 59/59 PASS. Binary: /home/runner/gopath/bin/grafana-operator --help outputs 62 lines of usage flags.
- Model tokens used
- 103,511
- Exact commit tested
- 5c12c7397bc9
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
- Behaviour against real services
- this run was verified against stand-in services only
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
ok github.com/grafana/grafana-operator/v5/controllers (cached)
All tests pass. Here's the final summary.
exec
/bin/sh -lc "echo '{\"install_succeeded\": true, \"launch_succeeded\": true, \"install_minutes\": 1…
succeeded in 0ms:
{"install_succeeded": true, "launch_succeeded": true, "install_minutes": 12, "errors": [{"msg": "Go…
exec
/bin/sh -lc "python3 -c \"import json; d=json.loads('{\\\"install_succeeded\\\": true, \\\"launch_s…
succeeded in 0ms:
Valid JSON
tokens used
103,511Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Installed in 12 minutes.
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Only reached a running state against stand-in services, so nothing here proves it works against the real ones.
- Hit 3 errors during setup, 1 of which were not solved.
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
| tested by | attempt | outcome | score | cost USD | when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Runs with mocks | 85.33 | 0.09 |
Topics (from GitHub)
communitygogolanggrafanagrafana-operatorhacktoberk8skuberneteskubernetes-operatormonitoringobservabilityopen-sourceopenshiftopenshift-v4operator
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/grafana-operator)Questions
- Does grafana-operator run?
- grafana-operator runs, with mocks standing in for external services. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 12 minutes, hitting 3 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test grafana-operator?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 5c12c7397bc9. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test grafana-operator?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.09: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does grafana-operator take to install?
- 12 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does grafana-operator need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing grafana-operator?
- 3 things broke in the recorded run, and 2 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- Where is the evidence for grafana-operator?
- The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.