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Prometheus metrics configuration examples

Many open source projects provide Prometheus exporters so that you can scrape metrics from your application at any given point in time. Typically, the Prometheus metrics collector configuration file specifies how frequently to collect your metrics, known as the scrape_config, plus the remote endpoint and authentication parameters for reliably storing the metrics, available under remote_write. The Prometheus configuration file is customarily named prometheus.yml.

To get scalable Prometheus metrics storage, push scraped samples to compatible remote storage endpoints. Popular methods for pushing metrics to Grafana Cloud include: agentless Metrics Endpoint scrape Jobs, Grafana Alloy scrape Jobs, or Prometheus remote write.

Integration methods

For detailed instructions on setting up metrics collection, refer to the integration guide.

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