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Section 2 · Send metrics

Sending InfluxDB metrics to Grafana Cloud

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InfluxDB to Grafana Cloud

For InfluxDB metrics, you can use either the InfluxDB exporter or Telegraf as a bridge to Grafana Cloud. Teams with existing InfluxDB infrastructure use these to send their metrics.

InfluxDB to Grafana Cloud flow

Option 1: InfluxDB exporter

Best when you want to keep existing InfluxDB writers unchanged.

  • No changes to your InfluxDB writers, and it accepts InfluxDB line protocol.
  • Converts the line protocol to Prometheus format and exposes it on a scrape endpoint. Prometheus scrapes the exporter and remote writes the metrics to Grafana Cloud.
  • Adds two components to run and maintain: the exporter and Prometheus.

Option 2: Telegraf

Best when you want a direct push model.

  • Pushes line protocol directly with Telegraf’s InfluxDB output plugin to the Grafana Cloud metrics endpoint, which converts it to Prometheus format. A Prometheus remote write output is also supported.
  • Adds Telegraf as a tool to manage in your setup.

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