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# Build alerts & dashboards with Grafana Terraform provider

## Configure the Grafana Terraform provider

For instructions on how to generate a Grafana Service Account Token and use it in the Grafana Terraform provider, see: [Grafana Service Account Token](/use-groundcover/remote-access-and-apis/build-alerts-and-dashboards-with-grafana-terraform-provider.md).

## Dashboard provisioning example

* Create a directory for the terraform assets

  ```bash
  mkdir groundcover-tf-example && cd groundcover-tf-example
  ```
* Create a `main.tf` file within the directory that contains the terraform provider configuration mentioned in step 2
* Create the following `dashboards.tf` file, this example declares a new `Golden Signals` folder, and within it a `Workload Golden Signals` dashboard that will be created

```hcl
resource "grafana_folder" "goldensignals" {
  title = "Golden Signals"
}

resource "grafana_dashboard" "workloadgoldensignals" {
  config_json = file("workloadgoldensignals.json")
  folder = grafana_folder.goldensignals.id
}
```

* add the `workloadgoldensignals.json` file to the directory as well

{% file src="/files/GryYyKjAWqnr8CyxKWg7" %}

* Run `terraform init` to initialize terraform context
* Run `terraform plan` , you should see a long output describing the assets that are going to be created last line should state\
  `Plan: 2 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.`
* Run `terraform apply` to execute the changes, you should now see a new folder in your grafana dashboards screen with the newly created dashboard
* Run `terraform destroy` to revert the changes

Here is a short video to demonstrate the process

{% embed url="<https://www.loom.com/share/c0dabc965dcf45a1854f3d68e777fb5b?sid=1519a6a8-97f0-42ef-80a7-22335b04b681>" %}

You can read more about what you can achieve with the Grafana Terraform provider in the [official docs](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/grafana/grafana/latest/docs)


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