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title: "Send or visualize InfluxDB metrics | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Send or visualize InfluxDB metrics There are multiple ways to see your InfluxDB data in Grafana Cloud. To store and visualize InfluxDB metrics, use the influxdb_exporter for Prometheus and scrape the endpoint it creates, then send the data to be stored and visualized in Grafana Cloud. This method is described below. To store and visualize Telegraf metrics, use our Push metrics from Influx Telegraf to Prometheus to push from Telegraf. To only visualize metrics, use the built-in InfluxDB data source capability in Grafana Cloud to visualize, but not store, metrics in Grafana Cloud. This method is also described in the InfluxDB documentation. Use the influxdb_exporter for Prometheus This method involves installing Prometheus locally on the system where InfluxDB is running, using the influxdb_exporter to expose those metrics to an endpoint, then using Prometheus to scrape and send those metrics to Grafana Cloud. The process is similar to our more detailed quickstart, Monitoring a Linux host using Prometheus and node_exporter."
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# Send or visualize InfluxDB metrics

There are multiple ways to see your InfluxDB data in Grafana Cloud.

- To store and visualize InfluxDB metrics, use the [influxdb\_exporter for Prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus/influxdb_exporter) and scrape the endpoint it creates, then send the data to be stored and visualized in Grafana Cloud. This method is described below.
- To store and visualize Telegraf metrics, use our [Push metrics from Influx Telegraf to Prometheus](push-from-telegraf/) to push from Telegraf.
- To only visualize metrics, use the built-in [InfluxDB data source](/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/influxdb/) capability in Grafana Cloud to visualize, but not store, metrics in Grafana Cloud. This method is also described in the [InfluxDB documentation](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2.0/tools/grafana/).

## Use the influxdb\_exporter for Prometheus

This method involves installing Prometheus locally on the system where InfluxDB is running, using the `influxdb_exporter` to expose those metrics to an endpoint, then using Prometheus to scrape and send those metrics to Grafana Cloud. The process is similar to our more detailed quickstart, [Monitoring a Linux host using Prometheus and node\_exporter](../metrics-prometheus/prometheus-config-examples/noagent_linuxnode/).

To install Prometheus locally, see the [Prometheus installation documentation](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/installation/).

To install the `influxdb_exporter`, see the [InfluxDB Exporter documentation](https://github.com/prometheus/influxdb_exporter).

Use the `remote_write` ability of Prometheus to send your data. You can find the configuration details to do this in the [Cloud Portal](../../../security-and-account-management/cloud-portal/). In the Prometheus box, click **Send Metrics** for the configuration needed to use `remote_write` with your Grafana Cloud instance.

To find a suitable dashboard to get started, see [Find and use dashboards](../../../introduction/find-and-use-dashboards/).