(SOLVED) Edit dashboard.cfg

Setup, Configuration and Use Installation
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Using Rpi 3B+ and openhabian, openhab 2.5M1.

I had originally added influxdb and Grafana through openhabian-config. Not I want to get rid of grafana, so I used sudo apt-get purge grafana, which removed Grafana allright…
But how to remove its link from the dashboard.cfg? (or maybe to edit dashboard.cfg, cause I have grafana running on my windows server)

I have looked at the /services/danshboard.cfg, but it just doesnt look like a usual text file to be edited in a normal editor. So how to edit this file?

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It is a text file with - in your case - a few entries for Grafana, like this:

grafana.link-name=Grafana
grafana.link-url=http://your_server:3000
grafana.link-imageurl=../static/grafana.png

You can just open it (with nano for instance) on the Pi and remove the 3 lines. Make a copy first!

BTW, you can also change the Grafana link to point to your Windows Server system.

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Thanks… it worked. I wonder why the very long line (not readable) in the imageurl is doing. It seem like a link to some cache directories or?..
Yes my next step was to link to Grafana on my windows server insted. It seems to work just fine :slight_smile:

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It is the actual image Base64 encoded instead of a path to an image file.

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Ahh makes sense… though I wonder why a image file wouldnt be better… It fooled me to think this wasnt a editable text file.

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I have an issue where i removed entries from dashboard.cfg, cleared cache etc, rebooted and still an item persists when viewing the dashboard. I’ve no idea where its coming from!

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In case this is still open, please delete:

/var/lib/openhab2/config/org/openhab/dashboard.config

…and reboot openHAB

This should solve this problem :slight_smile:

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Problem is fixed. But your suggestion sounds good. Never thought about that. Good to know, till next time :slight_smile: