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title: "Add the Infinity data source | Grafana Labs"
description: "Learn how to navigate Grafana Cloud and add the Infinity data source"
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# Add the Infinity data source

In this step of your journey, you add the Infinity data source and give it a name.

To add the Infinity data source, complete the following steps:

1. In Grafana Cloud, click **Connections > Data sources**.
2. Click **Add new data source**.
3. In the **Search** field, enter `Infinity`.
4. From the search results, click the **Infinity** tile.
5. Enter a name for the data source.

The name of the data source is displayed on the dashboard panels, so it’s important to choose a meaningful name. If there are multiple data sources for a dashboard panel, the default toggle determines which data source appears by default.

In the next step of your journey, you’ll add basic authentication.

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### More to explore (optional)

At this point in your journey, you can explore the following paths:

- [Adding data sources to Grafana (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqHO0oYW6Ic&list=PLDGkOdUX1Ujo27m6qiTPPCpFHVfyKq9jT&index=8)
- [Data source plugins for Grafana](/grafana/plugins/data-source-plugins/)