# Grafana server dead after upgrade, but Grafana works **URL:** \ **Category:** Support apps\ **Tags:** grafana, bug, english\ **Created:** [February 17, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/grafana-server-dead-after-upgrade-but-grafana-works/41600 "2026-02-17T17:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VarrinS](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/varrins/32/1970_2.png) [@VarrinS](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/VarrinS)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/grafana-server-dead-after-upgrade-but-grafana-works/41600/1 "2026-02-17T17:21:23Z")
**What app is this about, and its version** : Grafana 12.3.3~ynh1 **What YunoHost version are you running** : 12.1.39 **What type of hardware are you using** : Old laptop or computer ### Describe your issue After upgrade to current versions, error diagnostics error message says “Service grafana-server is failed :(” The grafana-server page says “Status dead since about 56 years” and “Start on boot Disabled” Grafana actually works and is continuing to work. Is the service no longer required? I think so? Logs below show failed attempt to restart service and logs from the upgrade. Is there an elegant way to remove this service from the list? ### Share relevant logs or error messages Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Failed to load environment files: No such file or directory Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Failed to run ‘start’ task: No such file or directory Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Failed with result ‘resources’. Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: Failed to start grafana-server.service - Grafana instance. Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1. Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: Stopped grafana-server.service - Grafana instance. Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Failed to load environment files: No such file or directory Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Failed to run ‘start’ task: No such file or directory Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Failed with result ‘resources’. Feb 17 12:17:59 systemd[1]: Failed to start grafana-server.service - Grafana instance. LOGFILE: journalctl Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.influxdb t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.018914196-05:00 level=debug msg=“Stopping plugin” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.019787107-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=text Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.table t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020151015-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020043139-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=alertlist Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.grafana-pyroscope-datasource t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020180429-05:00 level=debug msg=“Stopping plugin process” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.alertlist t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020185555-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.geomap t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020192959-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.019794301-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=stat Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020077509-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=gettingstarted Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.stat t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020213085-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.gettingstarted t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020218637-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.text t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020156072-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.candlestick t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020255161-05:00 level=debug msg=“Stopping plugin process” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020269502-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=candlestick Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.candlestick t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020283192-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020301005-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=trend Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.trend t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020314052-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.02033185-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=nodeGraph Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.nodeGraph t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020345162-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020363069-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=xychart Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.xychart t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020375641-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.heatmap t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020383467-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.prometheus t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020394597-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020415205-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=tempo Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.tempo t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020429328-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020438944-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=elasticsearch Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.debug t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020454397-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.elasticsearch t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020464438-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.flamegraph t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020473094-05:00 level=debug msg=“Stopping plugin process” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.state-timeline t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020484243-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020491136-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=flamegraph Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.flamegraph t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020504148-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.annolist t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020525902-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020568943-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=cloudwatch Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.influxdb t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020580145-05:00 level=debug msg=“Stopping plugin process” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.cloudwatch t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020584997-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.02059502-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=influxdb Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020607187-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=grafana-pyroscope-datasource Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.datagrid t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020617613-05:00 level=debug msg=“Stopping plugin process” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.grafana-pyroscope-datasource t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020624181-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugins.deregister t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020630391-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin unregistered” pluginId=datagrid Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=ngalert.notifier.alertmanager org=1 t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020626046-05:00 level=debug msg=“Maintenance done” duration=1.741669ms size=0 Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.influxdb t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020609916-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=plugin.datagrid t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.020655575-05:00 level=debug msg=“Plugin stopped” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=server t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.02067679-05:00 level=debug msg=“Stopped background service” service=\*pluginstore.Service reason=“context canceled” Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=server t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.021074649-05:00 level=debug msg=“Stopped background service” service=\*ngalert.AlertNG reason=null Feb 14 11:39:18 grafana[1094]: logger=server t=2026-02-14T11:39:18.021165829-05:00 level=debug msg=“Finished waiting for server to shut down” Feb 14 11:39:18 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Deactivated successfully. Feb 14 11:39:18 systemd[1]: Stopped grafana-server.service - Grafana instance. Feb 14 11:39:18 systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Consumed 1d 4h 1min 57.287s CPU time. ---
**Author:** ![ewilly](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/ewilly/32/12681_2.png) [@ewilly](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/ewilly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/grafana-server-dead-after-upgrade-but-grafana-works/41600/2 "2026-02-18T07:46:13Z")
Strange becauce `grafana-server.service` should be removed as it is replaced with `grafana.service` (see [grafana\_ynh/scripts/upgrade at e78961a085870102caaad717f5f5b461df96d5e7 · YunoHost-Apps/grafana\_ynh · GitHub](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/grafana_ynh/blob/e78961a085870102caaad717f5f5b461df96d5e7/scripts/upgrade#L14)) You can manually run: ```auto sudo systemctl stop grafana-server.service sudo systemctl disable grafana-server.service sudo rm -f "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/grafana-server.service" sudo systemctl daemon-reload ``` ---
**Author:** ![VarrinS](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/varrins/32/1970_2.png) [@VarrinS](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/VarrinS)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/grafana-server-dead-after-upgrade-but-grafana-works/41600/3 "2026-02-23T16:40:14Z")
> [@ewilly](#): > > `sudo systemctl daemon-reload` I did the above and tried a reboot after. The services list in tools/services (in the admin web portal) shows both grafana and grafana-server still. I didn’t look further into how that list is built but the above changes didn’t remove it anyway. V- ---
**Author:** ![ewilly](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/ewilly/32/12681_2.png) [@ewilly](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/ewilly)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/grafana-server-dead-after-upgrade-but-grafana-works/41600/4 "2026-02-23T17:21:37Z")
`sudo yunohost service remove grafana-server` should solve that. ---
**Author:** ![VarrinS](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/varrins/32/1970_2.png) [@VarrinS](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/VarrinS)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/grafana-server-dead-after-upgrade-but-grafana-works/41600/5 "2026-02-25T23:33:05Z")
> [@ewilly](#): > > sudo yunohost service remove grafana-server That got it removed from the list. Reran diagnostics and no error. Seems like it’s fixed. Thank you! V- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.yunohost.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f59fe8e3ee6b100b4f574d30d6e30479c68b89f0.png) [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/grafana-server-dead-after-upgrade-but-grafana-works/41600/6 "2026-03-12T23:33:26Z")
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