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title: "Verify Prometheus metrics are written to an endpoint | Grafana Labs"
description: "How to verify that metrics are being written to an endpoint"
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# Verify Prometheus metrics are written to an endpoint

While installing and configuring Prometheus in your local environment is out of scope for this journey, a good first step in this journey is to verify that your system is writing metrics to the Prometheus endpoint. Watch video ->

To verify Prometheus metrics are written to an endpoint:

1. Log into the machine on which Prometheus is installed.
2. If required, switch to a user that has administrative privileges.
3. To check the Prometheus service status, run one of the following commands:
   
   For Linux:
   
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   ```none
   systemctl status prometheus.service
   ```
   
   For Windows:
   
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   ```none
   sc query prometheus
   ```
   
   You should see something similar to the following:
4. To ensure that Prometheus is capturing the metrics, open a browser tab and navigate to the metrics endpoint URL.
   
   For example, navigate to `http://localhost:9090/metrics`
   
   You should see something similar to the following:

**Tip:** Consult the Prometheus documentation if you are unable to run the Prometheus service or can’t verify that Prometheus is capturing metrics.