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title: "Configure Kubernetes Monitoring with other methods | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Overview of other configuration options for Kubernetes Monitoring"
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# Configure Kubernetes Monitoring with other methods

You can send metrics, logs, events, cost data, and traces with the [Grafana Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/kubernetes-monitoring/configuration/config-k8s-helmchart/). This is the recommended approach for sending telemetry data to Grafana Cloud to monitor your Kubernetes fleet. However, there are other configuration methods available, depending on your circumstances and the technologies you prefer. Regardless of the approach you take, you can use the preconfigured alerts and recording rules available with Kubernetes Monitoring.

## Activation

Before you can send data to Grafana Cloud, you must first [activate Kubernetes Monitoring](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/kubernetes-monitoring/configuration/activate/).

## Send metrics and logs to Grafana Cloud

To send metrics and logs, you can configure with:

- [Open Telemetry Collector](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/kubernetes-monitoring/configuration/config-other-methods/otel-collector/)
- [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/kubernetes-monitoring/configuration/config-other-methods/config-aws-eks/)
- [Helm and Argo CD](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/kubernetes-monitoring/configuration/config-other-methods/argocd-config/)
- [Helm and Terraform](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/kubernetes-monitoring/configuration/config-other-methods/helm-terraform-config/)
- [Helm and Ansible](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/kubernetes-monitoring/configuration/config-other-methods/ansible-config/)

## Send metrics to Grafana Cloud

To send metrics only, you can:

- Configure a new or existing Prometheus installation using [remote\_write](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/kubernetes-monitoring/configuration/config-other-methods/prometheus/).
- [Migrate a Kube-Prometheus Helm stack](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/kubernetes-monitoring/configuration/config-other-methods/helm-operator-migration/) in your Kubernetes cluster.