Installing the IBM Security QRadar AQL Plugin in your Grafana instance

The IBM® Security QRadar® AQL Plugin is available in the IBM Application Exchange.

Before you begin

To install the IBM Security QRadar AQL Plugin, Grafana must be installed. For more information, see Install Grafana (https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/installation/).

About this task

Procedure

  1. Download the app ZIP file from the IBM Security QRadar AQL Plugin for Grafana extension page in the IBM Application Exchange.
  2. Copy the ZIP file to the /var/lib/grafana/plugins directory in your Grafana instance.
    For example, if you are using Docker, run the following command:
    docker cp ibm-aql-datasource-<version>.zip <container
name>:/var/lib/grafana/plugins
  3. Unpack the ZIP file in the same /var/lib/grafana/plugins directory. There should now be an ibm-aql-datasource folder present.
  4. Edit the /etc/grafana/grafana.ini config file on your Grafana instance. Add ibm-aql-datasource to the allow_loading_unsigned_plugins line 
    allow_loading_unsigned_plugins = ibm-aql-datasourc
    Note: This is a comma-separated list. If other plugins are listed, append IBM-aql-datasource to the end of the list.
  5. Restart your Grafana instance.
    For example, if you are using Docker, run the following command:
    docker stop <container name>
docker start <container name>
  6. Log in to your Grafana instance.
  7. In your Grafana instance, from the navigation menu, click Administration > Plugins and data > Plugin.
  8. Confirm that the IBM Security QRadar AQL Plugin is listed as Installed.