Merge pull request #309596 from khdownie/kendownie-acstor-grafana

use Grafana dashboard for ACStor

Author: v-dirichards

articles/storage/container-storage/TOC.yml

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   items:
   - name: Enable monitoring with managed Prometheus
     href: enable-monitoring.md
+  - name: Use Grafana dashboards
+    href: use-grafana-dashboard.md
   - name: Remove Azure Container Storage
     href: remove-container-storage.md
 - name: Concepts

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+---
+title: Use Grafana Dashboards with Azure Container Storage
+description: Learn how to use the default dashboard for Azure Container Storage in Azure Managed Grafana for monitoring with Azure Monitor.
+author: khdownie
+ms.service: azure-container-storage
+ms.date: 12/17/2025
+ms.author: kendownie
+ms.topic: how-to
+# Customer intent: "As a Kubernetes administrator, I want to understand how to use the default dashboard for Azure Container Storage in Azure Managed Grafana for monitoring with Azure Monitor."
+---
+
+# Use Grafana dashboards with Azure Container Storage
+
+[Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana](/azure/azure-monitor/visualize/visualize-grafana-overview) allow you to view and create [Grafana](https://grafana.com/) dashboards directly in the Azure portal. This article describes how to use the default dashboard for Azure Container Storage for monitoring with Azure Monitor.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- The Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster on which you've installed Azure Container Storage must be enabled for Azure Monitor. See [Enable monitoring for AKS clusters](/azure/azure-monitor/containers/kubernetes-monitoring-enable).
+- To open the dashboards, you must have read access to the logs and Azure Monitor workspace holding the log and metric data. You can query [analytics tier logs](/azure/azure-monitor/logs/data-platform-logs#table-plans) using the Kubernetes cluster as its [scope](/azure/azure-monitor/logs/scope), so direct access to the Log Analytics workspace isn't required. [Basic logs](/azure/azure-monitor/logs/data-platform-logs#table-plans) only support workspace scoped queries, so access to the Log Analytics workspace is required.
+
+## Open Azure Container Storage dashboard
+
+Azure Managed Grafana includes managed dashboards that are pre-provisioned and automatically updated to help you get started quickly with monitoring Azure Kubernetes Service and other Azure services. These dashboards are identified with an `Azure-managed` tag.
+
+Follow these steps to use the default Azure Container Storage Grafana dashboard in the Azure portal.
+
+1. Sign in to the Azure portal and navigate to your AKS Cluster.
+
+1. Under **Monitoring**, select **Dashboards with Grafana**.
+
+   :::image type="content" source="media/use-grafana-dashboard/open-dashboard.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing how to find the default Azure Container Storage Grafana dashboard in the Azure portal." lightbox="media/use-grafana-dashboard/open-dashboard.png":::
+
+1. Browse the list of available dashboards and select **Azure Container Storage v2** under **Azure Managed Prometheus**.
+
+1. After you select the **Azure Container Storage v2** dashboard, you should see the dashboard overview.
+
+   :::image type="content" source="media/use-grafana-dashboard/dashboard-overview.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the default Azure Container Storage Grafana dashboard overview page in the Azure portal." lightbox="media/use-grafana-dashboard/dashboard-overview.png":::
+
+## Open Azure Container Storage dashboard using linked Grafana instances
+
+Follow these steps to open the Azure Container Storage dashboard using a linked Grafana instance.
+
+1. Sign in to the Azure portal and navigate to your AKS cluster.
+1. Under **Monitoring**, select **Insights**.
+1. Select **View Grafana**.
+1. Select the linked Grafana instance.
+1. Click on the endpoint URL in the next window to browse the dashboards.
+1. From the **Azure Managed Grafana** window, select the **Azure Container Storage v2** dashboard.
+
+## See also
+
+- [Install Azure Container Storage for use with AKS](install-container-storage-aks.md)
+- [Azure Monitor Grafana overview](/azure/azure-monitor/visualize/visualize-grafana-overview)
+- [Use Azure Managed Grafana](/azure/azure-monitor/visualize/visualize-use-managed-grafana-how-to)