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Data sources overview

Query with data sources

In this section, you’ll explore the data source approach:

  • How data source queries work: real-time API queries, no stored copy
  • When to choose it: avoid extra ingestion and storage cost by querying in place
  • CloudWatch data source: AWS metrics and logs
  • Azure Monitor data source: Azure metrics and logs
  • GCP data sources: Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging

Estimated time: 10-15 minutes

Script

So far you’ve collected and stored cloud metrics and logs in Grafana Cloud with Cloud Provider Observability. Now let’s explore a different approach: querying your data in place with a data source. In this section, you’ll learn how Grafana data source plugins work, when to use one instead of storing your data, and how to configure data sources for AWS, Azure, and GCP.
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