Display Grafana dashboards on TV screens

Yes, depending on how you want to share it.

Grafana lets you:
- Generate internal links for logged-in users
- Create snapshots for public sharing
- Embed panels in other tools (if anonymous access is enabled)
- Schedule PDF reports (Grafana Enterprise users only)

Most of these options either require viewers to log in, expose the dashboard publicly, or only work inside a browser session. They're useful for team sharing, but not ideal for secure, unattended TV display.

Yes, but not directly through Grafana alone.

You can open a dashboard in a browser and leave it running, but sessions can expire, layouts may not scale well to large displays, and SSO or 2FA makes automation difficult. In many cases, teams end up enabling anonymous access, which introduces security concerns.

For stable, secure TV display, you typically need digital signage software built for always-on screens.

Digital signage is just a way of managing what shows up on screens — like TVs in break rooms, warehouse monitors, or office displays. Think of it as a playlist manager for visual content across your screens.

Some digital signage tools such as Fugo can connect directly to platforms like Grafana. They allow you to:
- Display dashboards as visual slides on a screen
- Keep the data up to date by refreshing periodically
- Control how the dashboard looks (e.g. cropping, resizing, adding context)
- Schedule when and where each dashboard appears

This setup lets you treat your dashboards more like informational displays, visible to anyone who needs the data without needing to log in.

Grafana's iframe embed works only if anonymous access is enabled, which is not available in Grafana Cloud and is often discouraged in secure environments.

A signage platform like Fugo connects using a read-only service account and API token, renders the dashboard securely, and publishes it to screens without requiring public URLs, browser automation, or stored login credentials.

No. Fugo works with Grafana Cloud, including free and paid plans, using a standard read-only service account and API token.

Grafana Enterprise is only required if you want Enterprise-specific features inside Grafana itself, such as scheduled PDF reports. It is not required to display dashboards securely on screens with Fugo.

Yes. You create a read-only service account in Grafana and generate an API token, which is stored encrypted in Fugo's cloud.

Fugo uses that token to capture the visual output of your dashboard. Only the rendered image is sent to screens. No raw queries, credentials, or editable data are stored on the device.

Access is limited to whatever the service account is permitted to view.

Yes.

Each dashboard is added as a separate app instance in Fugo. You can rotate multiple dashboards in a playlist, assign them to different screens, and use dashboards from different Grafana accounts as long as you have the correct URL and API token for each.

Yes. Fugo includes a visual editor called the Design Studio that lets you tailor how your dashboard appears.

You can:
- Crop dashboards to focus on specific metrics or panels
- Resize and position them alongside other content
- Add titles, ticker text, QR codes, or labels for extra context
- Overlay branding, team logos, or clocks
- Combine Grafana dashboards with other apps (like news feeds or announcements)

This helps make dashboards more readable at a distance and useful in real-world environments like offices, control rooms, or shared team areas.

Different signage platforms take different approaches to displaying Grafana dashboards, and the method matters for both security and reliability:

• ScreenCloud: Uses a browser-based recorder and IAM encryption to keep sessions alive in the cloud. Designed to avoid public links but relies heavily on session handling.
• Screenly: Lets you paste Grafana URLs and manually attach an authentication header with a bearer token. Requires users to handle auth headers themselves.
• OptiSigns: Requires installing a browser extension to record login steps, then replay them as a script on the screen.
• Yodeck: Asks for your Grafana email and password directly, which raises security concerns in many organizations.

By contrast, Fugo uses Grafana's official service account + API token flow. Only visual output is transmitted — not raw data, queries, or credentials.

Here's what you'll need:
1. A Fugo CMS account (free 14-day trial available)
2. A screen or media player connected to Fugo
3. A Grafana Cloud account with the dashboard(s) you want to display
4. A service account in Grafana with viewer permissions
5. An API token generated from that service account
6. The URL of your Grafana dashboard (copied from the browser, not the Share menu)

Setup usually takes just a few minutes. We've got step-by-step instructions in this guide.

You can use nearly any screen that runs the Fugo player app or connects to a supported signage device.

Supported options include Android TV, ChromeOS devices, Windows mini PCs, external signage players, tablets, kiosks, and most commercial displays with HDMI input. See our supported & recommended hardware.

Grafana includes a kiosk mode that hides navigation elements in the browser, but it does not manage authentication, screen refresh, or device monitoring. For always-on TV dashboards across multiple screens, a dedicated screen management layer is typically required.

You can, but leaving a browser tab open long term often leads to session timeouts, refresh issues, or device instability. Using a managed signage setup ensures dashboards reload properly and remain visible without manual intervention.

Yes. Start with a trial, connect a Grafana instance, and test on a single screen before expanding.