> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.groundcover.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.groundcover.com/collect-data/data-sources.md).

# Data Sources

The groundcover platform is built to be an all-in-one observability solution for cloud-native environments. It is built to ingest any data source directly into groundcover's backend.

By installing groundcover sensor, traces, logs and metrics are automatically collected. Read more about our Kubernetes installation [here](https://docs.groundcover.com/getting-started/installation-and-updating/connect-kubernetes-cluster) and for non-Kubernetes hosts [here](https://docs.groundcover.com/getting-started/installation-and-updating/connect-linux-hosts).

To get started with adding Data Sources, navigate to the [data sources page](https://app.groundcover.com/data-sources) in the platform.

Once a data source is connected, the [Dashboard Catalog](/investigate/dashboards-and-alerts/dashboard-catalog.md) offers pre-built dashboards relevant to it, ready to install.

Check the below references for more data sources:

### groundcover Essentials

Use groundcover essentials to get 360 view of your platform - install groundcover sensor to monitor your clusters, instrument Telemetry using OTel, scrape metrics using Prometheus and Add RUM to monitor your users behavior.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/getting-started/installation-and-updating/connect-kubernetes-cluster.md">Connect Kubernetes clusters</a></td><td data-object-fit="contain"><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2FR5ezzvO6zjx0LHg4GTFR%2FKubernetes_logo_without_workmark.svg.png?alt=media&amp;token=11373e6c-87d2-4049-a244-d736ce261572">Kubernetes_logo_without_workmark.svg.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/collect-data/opentelemetry.md">OpenTelemetry</a></td><td data-object-fit="contain"><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c8c3d9c123c8256528acaf9dd7d8ac94e9da7bfd%2FOpenTelemetry%20logo.png?alt=media">OpenTelemetry logo.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/collect-data/data-sources/prometheus.md">Prometheus</a></td><td data-object-fit="contain"><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2FJuvd5T7Qy8lenpfmkltK%2FPrometheus_software_logo.svg.png?alt=media&amp;token=e8a48516-4fc6-45b4-811f-3710d952c12f">Prometheus_software_logo.svg.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/getting-started/installation-and-updating/connect-rum.md">Connect RUM</a></td><td data-object-fit="contain"><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2FBGATFMhZ6qvGtHfBtmzG%2F5-2-browsers-free-png-image.png?alt=media&amp;token=6e0f48af-bc0c-4eb1-a3ac-a0eee991817a">5-2-browsers-free-png-image.png</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Cloud Providers

groundcover allows you to pull Telemetry from your cloud providers. Check the below guides:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/collect-data/data-sources/aws/ingest-cloudwatch-metrics.md">Ingest CloudWatch Metrics</a></td><td><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2FjrxA507cexfgLvoyf2BW%2Famazon_cloudwatch_logo_icon_168663.png?alt=media&amp;token=d45aaa78-5d87-4295-bfd1-79772d15a2a1">amazon_cloudwatch_logo_icon_168663.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/collect-data/data-sources/aws/ingest-cloudwatch-logs.md">Ingest CloudWatch Logs</a></td><td><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-0a3e5650e179096656564f77cc97acca71b2b693%2FAWS%20logo.png?alt=media">AWS logo.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/collect-data/data-sources/aws/ingest-logs-stored-on-s3.md">Ingest Logs Stored on S3</a></td><td><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-0a3e5650e179096656564f77cc97acca71b2b693%2FAWS%20logo.png?alt=media">AWS logo.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/collect-data/data-sources/aws/monitor-vpc-rds-dynamodb.md">Monitor VPC, RDS &amp; DynamoDB</a></td><td><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-0a3e5650e179096656564f77cc97acca71b2b693%2FAWS%20logo.png?alt=media">AWS logo.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/collect-data/data-sources/google-cloud-monitoring/ingest-google-cloud-monitoring-metrics.md">Ingest Google Cloud Monitoring Metrics</a></td><td data-object-fit="contain"><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2Fr4auYs4FcRRfCBua1kjP%2Flogo_google_cloud.png?alt=media&amp;token=8e4df984-54bf-4ca4-ba4a-9fbd399635f3">logo_google_cloud.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/collect-data/data-sources/google-cloud-monitoring/stream-logs-using-pub-sub.md">Stream Logs using Pub/Sub</a></td><td data-object-fit="contain"><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2Fr4auYs4FcRRfCBua1kjP%2Flogo_google_cloud.png?alt=media&amp;token=8e4df984-54bf-4ca4-ba4a-9fbd399635f3">logo_google_cloud.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/collect-data/data-sources/azure.md">Azure</a></td><td><a href="https://2771001740-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUHgqKYgCiRKdOpWQdi52%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9fe1e844398aacebcf69a2a680dea91a2c38b2c8%2FAzure%20logo.png?alt=media">Azure logo.png</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### SaaS Services

Stream logs from sources like Fluentd, Fluent Bit, or Logstash. Metrics can be ingested via Prometheus remote-write or directly from agents like StatsD and Telegraf. Traces can be ingested from any application instrumented with OpenTelemetry or Datadog’s SDK.

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Also available: [Confluent Cloud](/collect-data/data-sources/confluent-cloud.md) and [profiling endpoints](/collect-data/data-sources/profiling-endpoints.md).

### Database Monitoring

Connect directly to PostgreSQL or ClickHouse to collect built-in health metrics and query-performance traces without running a separate exporter. Use the health metrics in dashboards and monitors, install the included health dashboards, and inspect query statistics in Traces.

* [ClickHouse Database Monitoring](/collect-data/data-sources/clickhouse-database-monitoring.md)
* [PostgreSQL Database Monitoring](/collect-data/data-sources/postgresql-database-monitoring.md)

### AI Tools

groundcover supports ingesting telemetry data from AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw and Claude Cowork. Learn more about the integration [here](/collect-data/data-sources/ai-tools-observability.md).

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