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title: "Send metrics to Grafana Cloud without an integration | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Send metrics to Grafana Cloud without an integration If you want to send your Prometheus metrics to Grafana Cloud, but there isn’t an integration available: Either use an existing Prometheus exporter or write one of your own."
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# Send metrics to Grafana Cloud without an integration

If you want to send your Prometheus metrics to Grafana Cloud, but there isn’t an [integration](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/integrations/integration-reference/) available:

1. Either use an existing Prometheus exporter or write one of your own.
   
   1. To find and install an exporter, look on GitHub. It has many open source Prometheus exporters available. For a list of Prometheus exporters, see [Third-party exporters](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exporters/#third-party-exporters) in the Prometheus documentation. This list is not complete, but you can find additional exporters on other sites.
   2. If there is no existing exporter, you can write your own. For more information, see [Writing exporters](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/writing_exporters/) in the Prometheus documentation.
2. Deploy it to Grafana Alloy to scrape your local machine or service.

> Note
> 
> You may also be able to use the [Metrics Endpoint integration](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/integrations/integration-reference/integration-metrics-endpoint/) to create scheduled scrape jobs to collect metrics from any Prometheus-compatible URL that is publicly accessible.

## Send metrics with Grafana Alloy

Complete the following steps to install and configure Grafana Alloy.

1. In your Grafana Cloud stack, click **Connections** on the main navigation to open the **Add new connection** page.
2. After the search field, click **Custom data**.
3. Click **Hosted Prometheus metrics**, and make sure you are in the **Configuration details** tab.
4. In the section **Choose a method for forwarding metrics**, select:
   
   - **Choose a method for forwarding metrics**: Via Grafana Alloy
     
     Select this method if you do not already have a local Prometheus instance running.
   - **Show instructions for**: Standard
5. Install Grafana Alloy by clicking **Run Grafana Alloy**.
   
   - Select platform: Select the operating system of the machine or service, and the architecture.
   - Create or use an existing API token and set an expiration date.
   - Determine whether to enable remote configuration.
6. Paste and run the command presented to restart Grafana Alloy. After installation, the configuration is stored in /etc/alloy/config.alloy.