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Install the Google Sheets data source plugin for Grafana

You can any of the following sets of steps to install the Google Sheets data source plugin for Grafana.

Install from plugin catalog

To install the plugin from the plugin catalog:

  1. Sign in to Grafana as a server administrator.
  2. Click Administration > Plugins and data > Plugins in the side navigation menu to view all plugins.
  3. Type Google Sheets in the Search box.
  4. Click the All in the State filter option.
  5. Click the plugin logo.
  6. Click Install.

Install from the Grafana plugins page

To install the plugin from the Grafana plugins page, browse to the Google Sheets data source plugin and follow the instructions provided there.

Install from GitHub

To install the plugin from GitHub:

  1. Browse to the plugin GitHub releases page.

  2. Find the release you want to install.

  3. Download the release by clicking the release asset called grafana-googlesheets-datasource-<VERSION>.zip where VERSION is the version of the plugin you want to install. You may need to un-collapse the Assets section to see it.

  4. Extract the plugin into the Grafana plugins directory:

    On Linux or macOS, run the following commands to extract the plugin:

    bash 
    unzip grafana-googlesheets-datasource-<VERSION>.zip
mv grafana-googlesheets-datasource /var/lib/grafana/plugins

    On Windows, run the following command to extract the plugin:

    powershell 
    Expand-Archive -Path grafana-googlesheets-datasource-<VERSION>.zip -DestinationPath C:\grafana\data\plugins

  5. Restart Grafana.

Install using grafana-cli

To install the plugin using grafana-cli:

  1. On Linux or macOS, open your terminal and run the following command:

    bash 
    grafana-cli plugins install grafana-googlesheets-datasource

    On Windows, run the following command:

    shell 
    grafana-cli.exe plugins install grafana-googlesheets-datasource

  2. Restart Grafana.

Install a custom version

If you need to install a custom version of the plugin using grafana-cli, use the --pluginUrl option.

bash 
grafana-cli --pluginUrl <ZIP_FILE_URL> plugins install grafana-googlesheets-datasource

For example, to install version 1.2.10 of the plugin on Linux or macOS:

bash 
grafana-cli --pluginUrl https://github.com/grafana/google-sheets-datasource/releases/download/v1.2.10/grafana-googlesheets-datasource-1.2.10.zip plugins install grafana-googlesheets-datasource

Or to install version 1.2.10 of the plugin on Windows:

powershell 
grafana-cli.exe --pluginUrl https://github.com/grafana/google-sheets-datasource/releases/download/v1.2.10/grafana-googlesheets-datasource-1.2.10.zip plugins install grafana-googlesheets-datasource