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Learn how to add the Prometheus server endpoint URL

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Enter the Prometheus data source URL

In this milestone, you enter the Prometheus server URL. This URL is the address of the machine where Prometheus collects data.

  1. In the Prometheus server URL field, enter your Prometheus server address.

    Do it fills in the default local address, http://localhost:9090. Replace it with your own server address if Prometheus runs elsewhere.

    Private data source connect (PDC) enables connection requests to resolve to this private address.

Did you know? If you aren’t using PDC, you must enter a public IP or a fully qualified domain name for the address to resolve over the public network.

We recommend establishing a PDC connection. Without this secure connection, any queries and data exchanged between your on-premise data sources and Grafana Cloud occur over an insecure channel.

In the next milestone, you’ll configure basic security.

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