Index: conf/sample.ini
--- conf/sample.ini.orig
+++ conf/sample.ini
@@ -12,19 +12,19 @@
 #################################### Paths ####################################
 [paths]
 # Path to where grafana can store temp files, sessions, and the sqlite3 db (if that is used)
-;data = /var/lib/grafana
+data = /var/grafana
 
 # Temporary files in `data` directory older than given duration will be removed
 ;temp_data_lifetime = 24h
 
 # Directory where grafana can store logs
-;logs = /var/log/grafana
+logs = /var/log/grafana
 
 # Directory where grafana will automatically scan and look for plugins
-;plugins = /var/lib/grafana/plugins
+plugins = /var/grafana/plugins
 
 # folder that contains provisioning config files that grafana will apply on startup and while running.
-;provisioning = conf/provisioning
+provisioning = ${SYSCONFDIR}/grafana/provisioning
 
 # Directories that are permitted to contain local repositories.
 # This is a list. Each entry is delimited by a pipe (|). No leading or trailing spaces are supported.
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 # No ip addresses are being tracked, only simple counters to track
 # running instances, dashboard and error counts. It is very helpful to us.
 # Change this option to false to disable reporting.
-;reporting_enabled = true
+reporting_enabled = false
 
 # The name of the distributor of the Grafana instance. Ex hosted-grafana, grafana-labs
 ;reporting_distributor = grafana-labs
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 # in some UI views to notify that a grafana update exists.
 # This option does not cause any auto updates, nor send any information
 # only a GET request to https://grafana.com/api/grafana/versions/stable to get the latest version.
-;check_for_updates = true
+check_for_updates = false
 
 # Set to false to disable all checks to https://grafana.com
 # for new versions of plugins. The check is used
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@
 [log]
 # Either "console", "file", "syslog". Default is console and  file
 # Use space to separate multiple modes, e.g. "console file"
-;mode = console file
+mode = file
 
 # Either "debug", "info", "warn", "error". Default is "info"
 ;level = info
