updated readme for grafana.com info

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Nicholas St. Germain 2018-12-30 00:59:02 -06:00
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named `varken`
### Grafana
[Grafana Installation Documentation](http://docs.grafana.org/installation/)
[Grafana Installation Documentation](http://docs.grafana.org/installation/)
[Official Example Dashboards](https://grafana.com/dashboards?search=Varken%20%5BOfficial%5D)
Grafana is used in our examples but not required, nor packaged as part of
Varken. Panel example pictures are pinned in the grafana-panels channel of
discord. Future releases may contain a json-generator, but it does not exist
as varken stands today.
Varken. Panel examples now exist in both nightly and tagged releases hosted
on grafana.com (link above).
1. Use the link above, then click on your desired dashboard version
2. Click `Copy ID to Clipboard`
3. In grafana, click your dashboards menu dropdown, and then click `Import dashboard`
4. Paste the ID into the `Grafana.com Dashboard` field and then click into empty space on the screen. (This should change the screen to show `Importing Dashboard from Grafana.com`
5. Select your varken datasource name in the dropdown labeled `Varken`
6. Click Import!