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Grafana backed by Postgres instead of its default embedded SQLite, for multi-instance or external-DB setups. This page describes the Levelrail template for Grafana (Postgres) (Monitoring). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/. Recommended memory: about 512 MiB.

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Services, ports and volumes

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Environment variables

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

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Deploy Grafana (Postgres) with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Grafana (Postgres). Review the Compose body and deploy. With the CLI:
See the service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

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More Monitoring templates

All templates are listed in the self-host gallery.
Last modified on October 12, 2026