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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Setup grafana with proper datasource and some initial dashboards
+"""
+import os
+from os.path import join as pjoin
+import requests
+from simplejson import dumps
+
+username = 'admin'
+pasword = 'admin'
+url = 'http://localhost:8882'
+headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
+
+def setup_grafana():
+
+    # authenticate to grafana
+    session = requests.session()
+    login_post = session.post(pjoin(url, 'login'), data=dumps(dict(
+        user=username,
+        email='',
+        password=pasword
+    )), headers=headers)
+    assert login_post.ok
+
+    # get current list of data sources
+    datasources = session.get(pjoin(url, 'api/datasources')).json()
+
+    # check if we have one called 'voltha'
+    has_voltha = bool([ds for ds in datasources if ds['name'] == 'voltha'])
+
+    # if does not have voltha yet, add it
+    if not has_voltha:
+        res = session.put(pjoin(url, 'api/datasources'), data=dumps(dict(
+            name='voltha',
+            isDefault=True,
+            type='graphite',
+            url='http://localhost:8000',
+            access='proxy',
+            withCredentials=False,
+            user='',
+            password='',
+        )))
+        assert res.ok
+
+    # get dashboards
+    dashboards = session.get(pjoin(url, 'api/search?query=')).json()
+
+    # for now, just print all dashboards as json
+    for dashboard in dashboards:
+        content = session.get(
+            pjoin(url, 'api/dashboards', dashboard['uri'])).json()
+        print '========== Dashboard {} ==========='.format(dashboard['title'])
+        print dumps(content, indent=4)
+
+    print
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    setup_grafana()