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title: "Data source tour | Grafana Labs"
description: "Introduction to common data sources"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## Data source tour

**In this module, you’ll explore common data sources by category:**

- **Metrics systems** — Prometheus, InfluxDB
- **Log systems** — Loki, Elasticsearch
- **Cloud providers** — CloudWatch
- **SQL databases** — MySQL, PostgreSQL
- **Flexible options** — Infinity (APIs, JSON, CSV), Google Sheets
- **Private Data Source Connect** — Securely connect to data sources behind firewalls

**Estimated time:** 15-20 minutes