Grafana Install Fails

I am trying to upgrade to the latest version but when doing so the Grafana install fails with exit code

"Unable to setup Grafana. Process ended with exit code 1 clock ok to continue"
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Was anything installed into ../grafana subfolder?

If you see files in .../grafana/bin, can you please try starting grafana-server.exe from command line. If you see an error, please let us know what's in the error message.

	SysOp wrote:
	Was anything installed into ../grafana subfolder? If you see files in .../grafana/bin, can you please try starting grafana-server.exe from command line. If you see an error, please let us know what's in the error message.

i got the following

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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd ..
PS C:\WINDOWS> cd ..
PS C:\> cd .\24x7\
PS C:\24x7> cd .\grafana\
PS C:\24x7\grafana> cd .\bin\
PS C:\24x7\grafana\bin> .\grafana-server.exe
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Starting Grafana logger=settings version=11.1.4 commit=2355de00c61fdd6609a67f35ab506fae87f09a84 branch=HEAD compiled=2025-03-12T08:00:36-04:00
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Config loaded from logger=settings file=C:\\24x7\\grafana/conf/defaults.ini
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Target logger=settings target=[all]
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Path Home logger=settings path=C:\\24x7\\grafana
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Path Data logger=settings path=C:\\24x7\\grafana\\data
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Path Logs logger=settings path=C:\\24x7\\grafana\\data\\log
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Path Plugins logger=settings path=C:\\24x7\\grafana\\data\\plugins
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Path Provisioning logger=settings path=C:\\24x7\\grafana\\conf\\provisioning
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] App mode production logger=settings
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] FeatureToggles logger=featuremgmt alertingInsights=true dashgpt=true awsDatasourcesNewFormStyling=true prometheusAzureOverrideAudience=true logsInfiniteScrolling=true annotationPermissionUpdate=true prometheusConfigOverhaulAuth=true exploreContentOutline=true exploreMetrics=true prometheusDataplane=true recoveryThreshold=true betterPageScrolling=true alertingSimplifiedRouting=true lokiMetricDataplane=true logsExploreTableVisualisation=true logRowsPopoverMenu=true awsAsyncQueryCaching=true logsContextDatasourceUi=true lokiStructuredMetadata=true correlations=true ssoSettingsApi=true nestedFolders=true prometheusMetricEncyclopedia=true publicDashboards=true managedPluginsInstall=true dataplaneFrontendFallback=true transformationsRedesign=true lokiQueryHints=true cloudWatchNewLabelParsing=true kubernetesPlaylists=true influxdbBackendMigration=true cloudWatchCrossAccountQuerying=true alertingNoDataErrorExecution=true recordedQueriesMulti=true panelMonitoring=true angularDeprecationUI=true lokiQuerySplitting=true topnav=true
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Connecting to DB logger=sqlstore dbtype=sqlite3
WARN [03-12|08:00:36] SQLite database file has broader permissions than it should logger=sqlstore path=C:\\24x7\\grafana\\data\\grafana.db mode=-rw-rw-rw- expected=-rw-r-----
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Locking database logger=migrator
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Starting DB migrations logger=migrator
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] migrations completed logger=migrator performed=0 skipped=572 duration=0s
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Unlocking database logger=migrator
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Envelope encryption state logger=secrets enabled=true current provider=secretKey.v1ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Failed to get renderer plugin sources logger=renderer.manager error="failed to open plugins path"
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Restored cache from database logger=plugin.angulardetectorsprovider.dynamic duration=1.0002ms
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Loading plugins... logger=plugin.store
ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Failed to load external plugins logger=plugin.sources error="failed to open plugins path"ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Could not register plugin logger=plugins.registration pluginId=xychart error="plugin xychart is already registered"
ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Could not initialize plugin logger=plugins.initialization pluginId=xychart error="plugin xychart is already registered"
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Plugins loaded logger=plugin.store count=54 duration=142.995ms
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Query Service initialization logger=query_data
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Live Push Gateway initialization logger=live.push_http
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Applying new configuration to Alertmanager logger=ngalert.notifier.alertmanager org=1 configHash=d2c56faca6af2a5772ff4253222f7386
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Running in alternative execution of Error/NoData mode logger=ngalert.state.manager
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] registering usage stat providers logger=infra.usagestats.collector usageStatsProvidersLen=2
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] starting to provision alerting logger=provisioning.alerting
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] finished to provision alerting logger=provisioning.alerting
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Storage starting logger=grafanaStorageLogger
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Warming state cache for startup logger=ngalert.state.manager
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] State cache has been initialized logger=ngalert.state.manager states=0 duration=1.0007ms
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Starting MultiOrg Alertmanager logger=ngalert.multiorg.alertmanager
ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Failed to get renderer plugin sources logger=renderer.manager error="failed to open plugins path"
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Starting scheduler logger=ngalert.scheduler tickInterval=10s maxAttempts=1
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] starting logger=ticker first_tick=2025-03-12T08:00:40-04:00
ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Stopped background service logger=server service=*api.HTTPServer reason="failed to open listener on address 0.0.0.0:3000: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:3000: bind: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted."
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] stopped logger=ticker last_tick=2025-03-12T08:00:30-04:00
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Closing tracing logger=tracing
ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Update check failed logger=grafana.update.checker error="failed to get stable version from grafana.com: Get \"https://grafana.com/api/grafana/versions/stable\": context canceled" duration=6.9959ms
ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Stopped secret migration service logger=secret.migration service=*migrations.DataSourceSecretMigrationService reason="context canceled"
ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Failed to release the lock logger=infra.lockservice error="context canceled"
ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Failed to get last sent time logger=infra.usagestats error="context canceled"
ERROR[03-12|08:00:36] Error downloading plugin manifest keys logger=plugin.signature.key_retriever error="kv get: context canceled"
WARN [03-12|08:00:36] Failed to delete orphaned provisioned dashboards logger=provisioning.dashboard err="context canceled"
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] starting to provision dashboards logger=provisioning.dashboard
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] finished to provision dashboards logger=provisioning.dashboard
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Adding GroupVersion playlist.grafana.app v0alpha1 to ResourceManager logger=grafana-apiserver
INFO [03-12|08:00:36] Adding GroupVersion featuretoggle.grafana.app v0alpha1 to ResourceManager logger=grafana-apiserverError: ✗ *api.HTTPServer run error: failed to open listener on address 0.0.0.0:3000: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:3000: bind: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.
PS C:\24x7\grafana\bin>

also, what is Grafana used for exactly? I am getting vulnerabilities on my servers from this. If not needed I may remove it.

It appears that port 3000 is blocked by the firewall

*api.HTTPServer run error: failed to open listener on address 0.0.0.0:3000: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:3000: bind: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.

This is the default port used by Grafana.

Grafana runs the 24x7 Performance Dashboard.