Is your Grafana dashboard still running on unencrypted HTTP? Without secure HTTPS, you're exposing sensitive metrics, dashboards, and login credentials to potential attackers every time someone accesses your instance. But don’t worry, with Let's Encrypt, you can enable HTTPS on Grafana to protect your sensitive metrics and user credentials, all for free. In this comprehensive guide, I will walk you through the entire process of securing your Grafana instance with free SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt.

Enable HTTPS in Grafana with Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates

Enable HTTPS in Grafana Using Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates - Overview

To enable HTTPS in Grafana with Let's Encrypt, you’ll first install Certbot, use it to generate a certificate, then stop the Grafana server so that you can modify the configuration file to use the HTTPS protocol. Finally you’ll restart the service to apply changes. The entire process takes about 10 minutes and provides immediate protection with automatic certificate renewal.

Why Secure Your Grafana Dashboard with HTTPS?

When accessing Grafana through the web, unencrypted HTTP connections expose sensitive information including:

Login credentials
API keys
Visualization data and metrics

By enabling HTTPS with Let's Encrypt certificates, you ensure that all communication between users and your Grafana instance is encrypted, preventing potential eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks.

Prerequisites for Installing Let's Encrypt on Grafana

Before you proceed with installing Let's Encrypt, you'll need:

A domain name. You can purchase one directly from your SSD Nodes dashboard, where you will be able to manage it efficiently.
Grafana installed on your VPS.

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And congratulations! You'll have Grafana installed on your VPS in less than 5 minutes. To access Grafana, use the URL in the App Details section in your SSD Nodes dashboard: Grafana Default Credentials

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When you first access Grafana, your browser will show a security warning because Grafana uses a self-signed SSL certificate by default. We'll fix this warning by installing a trusted Let's Encrypt certificate in the next steps. For now, just click "Advanced" or "More Information" in your browser, then "Proceed" to continue to the login page: Enable HTTPS in Grafana with Let's Encrypt

Enable HTTPS in Grafana with Let's Encrypt

Once you proceed, you'll have access to the Grafana login page: Grafana Login with HTTPS

With Grafana now installed on your VPS, you can move on to installing Let's Encrypt on it

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