Grafana Licensing API

Licensing is only available in Grafana Enterprise. Read more about Grafana Enterprise. If you are running Grafana Enterprise and have Fine-grained access control enabled, for some endpoints you would need to have relevant permissions. Refer to specific resources to understand what permissions are required.

Operations 8

GET /licensing/check Check license availability #
GET /licensing/custom-permissions Get custom permissions report #
GET /licensing/custom-permissions-csv Get custom permissions report in CSV format #
GET /licensing/refresh-stats Refresh license stats #
GET /licensing/token Get license token #
POST /licensing/token Create license token #
DELETE /licensing/token Remove license from database #
POST /licensing/token/renew Manually force license refresh #

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grafana-com-licensing-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: 'The Grafana backend exposes an HTTP API, the same API is used by the frontend to do

    everything from saving dashboards, creating users and updating data sources.'
  title: Grafana HTTP API. Licensing API
  contact:
    name: Grafana Labs
    url: https://grafana.com
    email: hello@grafana.com
  version: 0.0.1
servers:
- url: /api
security:
- basic: []
- api_key: []
tags:
- description: 'Licensing is only available in Grafana Enterprise. Read more about Grafana Enterprise.

    If you are running Grafana Enterprise and have Fine-grained access control enabled, for some endpoints you would need to have relevant permissions. Refer to specific resources to understand what permissions are required.'
  name: Licensing
paths:
  /licensing/check:
    get:
      tags:
      - Licensing
      summary: Check license availability
      operationId: getStatus
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/getStatusResponse'
  /licensing/custom-permissions:
    get:
      description: 'You need to have a permission with action `licensing.reports:read`.


        Deprecated. There is currently no replacement for this endpoint. Please reach out to Grafana support if you rely on this endpoint.'
      tags:
      - Licensing
      summary: Get custom permissions report
      operationId: getCustomPermissionsReport
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
  /licensing/custom-permissions-csv:
    get:
      description: 'You need to have a permission with action `licensing.reports:read`.


        Deprecated. There is currently no replacement for this endpoint. Please reach out to Grafana support if you rely on this endpoint.'
      tags:
      - Licensing
      summary: Get custom permissions report in CSV format
      operationId: getCustomPermissionsCSV
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
  /licensing/refresh-stats:
    get:
      description: You need to have a permission with action `licensing:read`.
      tags:
      - Licensing
      summary: Refresh license stats
      operationId: refreshLicenseStats
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/refreshLicenseStatsResponse'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
  /licensing/token:
    get:
      description: You need to have a permission with action `licensing:read`.
      tags:
      - Licensing
      summary: Get license token
      operationId: getLicenseToken
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/getLicenseTokenResponse'
    post:
      description: You need to have a permission with action `licensing:write`.
      tags:
      - Licensing
      summary: Create license token
      operationId: postLicenseToken
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/getLicenseTokenResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/badRequestError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteTokenCommand'
        required: true
    delete:
      description: 'Removes the license stored in the Grafana database. Available in Grafana Enterprise v7.4+.


        You need to have a permission with action `licensing:delete`.'
      tags:
      - Licensing
      summary: Remove license from database
      operationId: deleteLicenseToken
      responses:
        '202':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/acceptedResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/badRequestError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unprocessableEntityError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteTokenCommand'
        required: true
  /licensing/token/renew:
    post:
      description: 'Manually ask license issuer for a new token. Available in Grafana Enterprise v7.4+.


        You need to have a permission with action `licensing:write`.'
      tags:
      - Licensing
      summary: Manually force license refresh
      operationId: postRenewLicenseToken
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/postRenewLicenseTokenResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
        required: true
components:
  responses:
    acceptedResponse:
      description: AcceptedResponse
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    unauthorisedError:
      description: UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    internalServerError:
      description: InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    notFoundError:
      description: NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    getStatusResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: boolean
    unprocessableEntityError:
      description: UnprocessableEntityError
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    refreshLicenseStatsResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActiveUserStats'
    badRequestError:
      description: BadRequestError is returned when the request is invalid and it cannot be processed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    getLicenseTokenResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Token'
    postRenewLicenseTokenResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: boolean
    forbiddenError:
      description: ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
  schemas:
    DeleteTokenCommand:
      type: object
      properties:
        instance:
          type: string
    ActiveUserStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        active_admins_and_editors:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        active_anonymous_devices:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        active_users:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        active_viewers:
          type: integer
          format: int64
    Token:
      type: object
      properties:
        account:
          type: string
        anonymousRatio:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        company:
          type: string
        details_url:
          type: string
        exp:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        iat:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        included_users:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        iss:
          type: string
        jti:
          type: string
        lexp:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        lic_exp_warn_days:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        lid:
          type: string
        limit_by:
          type: string
        max_concurrent_user_sessions:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        nbf:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        prod:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenStatus'
        sub:
          type: string
        tok_exp_warn_days:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        trial:
          type: boolean
        trial_exp:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        update_days:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        usage_billing:
          type: boolean
    ErrorResponseBody:
      type: object
      required:
      - message
      properties:
        error:
          description: Error An optional detailed description of the actual error. Only included if running in developer mode.
          type: string
        message:
          description: a human readable version of the error
          type: string
        status:
          description: 'Status An optional status to denote the cause of the error.


            For example, a 412 Precondition Failed error may include additional information of why that error happened.'
          type: string
    TokenStatus:
      type: integer
      format: int64
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
    basic:
      type: http
      scheme: basic