aws s3 sync skips same-size files on download unless --exact-timestamps is set,
so a dashboard edit that doesn't change file size (e.g. refresh 2->1, or a query
tweak) never propagated to the instance. Add --exact-timestamps to all four
sync invocations (boot + 15-min timer).
Found on first boot (cloud-init errored, grafana-server never started):
- grafana-cli needs --homepath=/usr/share/grafana or it can't find config
defaults; under set -e that aborted the whole bootstrap.
- pinned plugin version 2.18.2 doesn't exist (conflated with awswrangler's
version) — grafana-athena-datasource latest is 3.2.0.
Verified by running the corrected bootstrap on the instance via SSM: plugin
installs, grafana-server active, /api/health 200, ALB target healthy.
NOTE: the running instance was repaired in-place (the user-data change updated
the launch template but did not replace the instance). The committed user-data
is now correct, so a fresh launch boots clean — a one-time clean instance
replacement should validate that before prod sign-off.
The one non-serverless piece — Grafana OSS on a t4g.small (AL2023, ARM64) in the
imported seahaven-vpc, fronted by an internet-facing ALB locked by SG to the
office CIDRs (no Client VPN exists, so "VPN-only" = office-IP restriction, the
syslog-server pattern). Instance in private subnets, reachable only from the ALB
SG, administered via SSM Session Manager (no SSH/key pair).
grafana_stack.py: ALB (HTTPS, *.seahaven.com cert, open=False so the SG office
rules aren't undone by an auto 0.0.0.0/0), instance role (Athena query + Glue
read + S3 analytics/athena-results, no static keys), Route53 grafana.seahaven.com
alias, gp3 root volume RETAINed, daily DLM snapshot of the tagged instance, and a
BucketDeployment that uploads grafana/ to the S3 config prefix.
grafana_userdata.sh: install Grafana OSS, pin the Athena datasource plugin, write
grafana.ini (root_url grafana.seahaven.com, kiosk embedding), sync provisioning +
dashboards from S3 on boot, and a systemd timer re-syncs every 15 min so repo
edits land without an instance rebuild.
Dashboard (grafana-author agent, grafana/dashboards/apm-work-orders.json, uid
apm-wo so the Slack 📊 button resolves): 7 panels — category distribution,
escalation summary, action/routine, escalations-by-site, trend time-series over
dt (the new capability), filterable WO table (5 template vars, escalation row
coloring, CSV export, no APM links), and the mismatch panel. Datasource uid
"athena" pinned in the provisioning yaml.
Tests: tests/test_grafana_synth.py — ALB admits only the office CIDRs on 443
(caught and fixed a default 0.0.0.0/0 listener rule), instance only-from-ALB,
no static keys, scoped instance role + SSM, gp3+retained root volume, daily DLM
backup, grafana.seahaven.com alias. 57/57 tests pass; full cdk synth green.
