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title: "Analyze cloud resources | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Analyze cloud resources with the Knowledge graph"
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# Analyze cloud resources with the Knowledge graph

Cloud Provider Observability integrates with the [Knowledge graph](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/) so you can understand relationships between cloud resources, such as AWS RDS, Azure Virtual Machines, and GCP Compute Engine. You can move from identifying a problem on a cloud resource to investigating root cause using [RCA workbench](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/troubleshoot-infra-apps/workbench/), view connections in the [Entity graph](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/troubleshoot-infra-apps/explore-entity-graph/), and explore connected entities without leaving Cloud Provider.

> Note
> 
> To access root cause analysis tools from Cloud Provider Observability, [activate the Knowledge graph](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/get-started/#activate-the-knowledge-graph) on your stack.

## Supported cloud resources

The following cloud resources include the Knowledge graph integration:

- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS EC2)
- Amazon Relational Database Service (AWS RDS)
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (AWS S3)
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure Storage (Blob and Queue) Storage
- Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Servers
- GCP Compute Engine
- GCP Cloud SQL

## Access root cause analysis from service overviews

From overview pages for the supported cloud services, you can open RCA workbench or see entity health and connected entities for a specific resource.

To access root cause analysis from a service overview page:

1. Hover over or click the [Insights rings](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/reference/insights-categories/#insight-rings-and-severity) icon beside the instance Account ID.
   
   [Insights dialog box revealed when hovering over Insights rings](/media/docs/grafana-cloud/cloud-provider/screenshot-kg-insights-rings.png)
   
   The dialog box displays either **This entity looks healthy** or the current health state, and under **Direct connections** the number of connected entities (for example, **1 Database**).
2. Click **+ Workbench** to add the resource to RCA workbench and [start an investigation](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/use-cases/investigate-incidents/).
3. Optionally click **Analyze** to run analysis using [Grafana Assistant](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/) for that entity.

## Access root cause analysis from an instance

When you are on the instance page for a specific cloud resource (for example, an AWS RDS instance), you can open RCA workbench or see entity health and connected entities for a specific resource.

To access root cause analysis from an instance page:

1. At the top of the page next to the time range selector, click **Insights** (a badge may show the number of insights).
2. In the Insights dropdown, review the entity type (for example, **RDSInstance**) and any listed alerts or insights.
   
   [Insights dialog box revealed when clicking the Insights dropdown](/media/docs/grafana-cloud/cloud-provider/screenshot-kg-insights-dropdown.png)
3. Click **Open in RCA Workbench** to open RCA workbench with this resource already loaded.
4. Optionally click **Analyze** run analysis using [Grafana Assistant](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/) for that entity.
   
   You can then use RCA workbench [Timeline](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/troubleshoot-infra-apps/workbench/#use-the-timeline-to-perform-root-cause-analysis), [graph](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/troubleshoot-infra-apps/workbench/#view-an-entity-graph), and [mind map](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/troubleshoot-infra-apps/workbench/#navigate-an-insight-mind-map) views to correlate events and dependencies.

## Explore connected entities

To see which services or other entities are connected to a cloud resource (for example, which application uses an RDS instance):

1. From an AWS service overview in Cloud Provider, hover over the Insights rings next to an instance.
2. Click the **View** button next to the connected entity section in the Insights dialog box. The **View** button only displays if the entity is connected to another entity.
   
   [Insights dialog box revealed when clicking the Insights dropdown](/media/docs/grafana-cloud/cloud-provider/screenshot-kg-insights-dropdown.png)
3. Expand the sections below the selected resource name at the top of the **Explore connected entities** dialog box to see connected entities.
4. For each connected entity you can:
   
   - Click **Open KPIs** to open Knowledge Graph dashboards.
   - Click **RCA Workbench** to add that entity to RCA workbench.
5. Click **See in entity graph** to open the [Entity graph](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/troubleshoot-infra-apps/explore-entity-graph/) with this resource and its connections in a visual graph.

This flow helps you move from a cloud resource (for example, a database) to the application services that use it, and then into RCA workbench or Entity graph for full context.