Panel plugin not found: grafana-map-panel

[withanhdammit]

Describe the bug

Charging Stats panel reports "Panel plugin not found: grafana-map-panel"
Extensive searching has not found where to download this panel

Expected behavior

Display map panel

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):

Install using the Manual Install instructions.

Screenshots

Environment

• TeslaMate version: 1.23.7
• Type of installation: Manual
• OS TeslaMate is installed on: Debain 10 Buster
• User OS & Browser: Windows 10, Chrome

[miguelangelnieto]

Hello,

Try the following one:

grafana-cli --pluginUrl https://github.com/panodata/grafana-map-panel/releases/download/0.15.0/grafana-map-panel-0.15.0.zip plugins install grafana-worldmap-panel-ng

[iandees]

This is successful:

$ sudo grafana-cli --pluginUrl https://github.com/panodata/grafana-map-panel/releases/download/0.15.0/grafana-map-panel-0.15.0.zip plugins install grafana-worldmap-panel-ng
[sudo] password for iandees:
✔ Downloaded grafana-map-panel v0.15.0 zip successfully

Please restart Grafana after installing plugins. Refer to Grafana documentation for instructions if necessary.

$ sudo systemctl restart grafana-server

but the missing plugin error remains. I'm on Grafana 8.2.2

[iandees]

Downgrading to Grafana 7.5.10 (as suggested over in #2000) seems to have helped here.

[withanhdammit]

Downgrading to Grafana 7.5.11 worked perfectly for me, I also had to allow the unsigned grafana-map-panel. This totally fixed all the issues I was having!

[withinfocus]

A hopefully-helpful note: with TeslaMate 1.26+ and Grafana 8+ you'll now use the panodata-map-panel plugin v0.16+. Since it's unsigned and installed from a URL vs. the Grafana directory you'll need to place:

allow_loading_unsigned_plugins = panodata-map-panel

in your grafana.ini and restart Grafana to get that plugin to load.

[manuelkamp]

Hi,

I added allow_loading_unsigned_plugins = panodata-map-panel to grafana.ini and restarted grafana. Then installed
sudo grafana-cli --pluginUrl https://github.com/panodata/panodata-map-panel/releases/download/0.16.0/panodata-map-panel-0.16.0.zip plugins install grafana-worldmap-panel-ng

but I still get the error...?

[jmalcaide]

Hello,

This issue only affects manual installations. TeslaMate's Grafana Docker container includes the necessary definitions of environment variables for installing unsigned plugins. Since I use a manual installation on FreeBSD, I had to edit grafana.ini to solve this problem.

[manuelkamp]

yes, I have manual installation on proxmox container. Can not switch to docker or freebsd. is there another change in the ini file except the one i already did?

[hmin03]

@manuelkamp Did you remove the semicolon in front of the configuration line for allow_loading_unsigned_plugins in /etc/grafana/grafana.ini?

To override the setting in default.ini, you need to remove the semicolon.

editing reason: prevent editing the default.ini

[brianmay]

I had this problem, but the solution in #1901 (comment) fixed it for me.

@manuelkamp I think you got the command wrong, the correct command is:

grafana-cli --pluginUrl https://github.com/panodata/panodata-map-panel/releases/download/0.16.0/panodata-map-panel-0.16.0.zip plugins install panodata-map-panel

You need to install panodata-map-panel not grafana-worldmap-panel-ng

[manuelkamp]

Thanks but: this command complains about: "Error: Incorrect Usage: flag provided but not defined: -v"

If I run the command without the -v flag, it says "Downloaded...successfully". But after Grafana restart it still does not work... Idk..

[brianmay]

Sorry, don't use the -v. I deleted it from the previous post. That sounds exactly like the symptoms I got before I set allow_loading_unsigned_plugins = panodata-map-panel. grafana silently ignores the plugin because it isn't signed.

[manuelkamp]

yes, I already had that set in the ini since the previous install of the wrong (as you told me) plugin. It is not working for me so far... I guess this is a big mess with this plugin with different names and I am curious how many also do not get it to work and just live with it... Who came up with this :D

anyway, thanks for help!

edit: it may be that the position where I put it in the INI is wrong. since I had no sample entry of it, i just put it at the end of the file? Is that correct, or does it neet to be on a specific position?

[manuelkamp]

alright, i just found out, that you need to define also a section [plugins] before the line for allow_loading_unsigned_plugins if you do not have one in the ini file. if you have this section, you need to put your line here, and nowhere else - then it works!

found here: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/administration/configuration/#plugins-1

[brianmay]

Come to think about it, the instructions were vague - a pet hate of mine, and I missed an opportunity to clarify them. Apologies for that. Just to clarify for anybody reading this at a later date:

grafana-cli --pluginUrl https://github.com/panodata/panodata-map-panel/releases/download/0.16.0/panodata-map-panel-0.16.0.zip plugins install panodata-map-panel

And edit the grafana.ini (sorry, I can't help with this location, likely to vary depending on your install):

[plugins] 
allow_loading_unsigned_plugins = panodata-map-panel

And as per above, this is documented at https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/administration/configuration/#plugins-1

[brianmay]

Personally I think maybe teslamate shouldn't be relying on an unsigned grafana plugin like this. And I suspect it might be a sign that the plugin isn't being maintained any more. Looking at the git commit log it seems like it hasn't had any significant updates for some time:

https://github.com/panodata/panodata-map-panel/commits/main

Perhaps we should open a bug report asking that references to panodata-map-panel be replaced by a supported plugin that is being maintained? Maybe grafana-worldmap-panel?

[driehle]

Following grafana-toolbox/panodata-map-panel#108 and grafana-toolbox/panodata-map-panel#112, I found that Grafana 8.0 has a geomap plugin. With a bit of configuration, this one works actually quite well for the above-mentioned panel. I changed the plugin type to "Geomap", did a bit of configuration (mostly Data: Query A, Styles Size: chg_total, Styles: Color: chg_total) and the result is actually quite good, I'd say:

I am not sure how the original panodata-map-panel would have looked like, since I never used it. However, since this is quite informative, it could probably be a new default configuration?

[swiffer]

routes functionality had been introduced as alpha in grafana 9 - therefore replacing it is not a vaid option right now. I wonder if there are any plans on upgrading the bundled grafana version. I'm using Grafana 10 externally which deprecates angularjs plugin support. therefore looking for a replacement and geomap works great in my case!

grafana/grafana#43554

[swiffer]

see #3382 - great work on getting to grafana latest