curl -X POST http://<ip>:<port>/events/ -d '{"what": "Title", "tags": "tag1, tag2", "data" : "data"}'
- what: title
- tags: add tags
- data: data
- when: time(unix timestamp). when is an optional key which is set to the current Unix timestamp if when is not set.
Source: http://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/events.html
- To open the annotations panel, click the settings icon in the top bar and select Annotations.
- Set the datasource to ‘you source’ and use the ‘Graphite event tags’ input box to filter annotiations by tags. Leave empty to find all annotations.
- When you have added an annotation, a checkbox will appear in the top of grafana. With this checkbox you can turn the annotation s on and off.
Source: https://www.hostedgraphite.com/docs/advanced/annotations-and-events.html#grafana-annotations
Use the Graphite admin page to update or remove events.
Link: http://<ip>:<port>/admin/events/event/