# Ingest Google Cloud Monitoring Metrics groundcover supports ingesting Google Cloud Monitoring Metrics directly into our platform, allowing you to visualize them using dashboards and create alerts. ## Things to know ### **Integration Interval** The integration pulls data from GCP according to this interval. The lower the interval, the higher the polling rate and as a result, the overall costs will be higher. The interval can be altered in the configuration wizard. ### **Data storage** Data fetched is stored in the Victoria Metrics database, meaning metrics are queried via the Google Cloud Monitoring API only one time per data point. ### Supported services groundcover supports ingestion of every GCP service listed in the GCP [docs](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics_gcp). Users should provide a prefix of a service or metric in order to pull it, e.g. cloudsql.googleapis.com will pull all metrics for CloudSQL, while cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/active\_directory/domain\_reachable will pull this specific metric.
List of supported services ``` actions aiplatform alloydb apigateway apigee appengine apphub artifactregistry autoscaler backupdr baremetalsolution bigquery bigquerybiengine bigquerydatatransfer bigquerystorage bigtable billingbudgets blockchainnodeengine certificatemanager chronicle cloudaicompanion cloudbuild clouddeploy cloudfunctions cloudkms cloudsql cloudtasks cloudtrace composer compute connectors contactcenterinsights container dataflow datamigration dataplex dataproc datastore datastream dbinsights dialogflow discoveryengine displayvideo dlp dns earthengine edgecache edgecontainer eventarc file firebaseappcheck firebaseapphosting firebaseauth firebasedatabase firebasedataconnect firebaseextensions firebasehosting firebasestorage firestore firewallinsights fleetengine gkebackup healthcare iam identitytoolkit ids integrations interconnect livestream loadbalancing logging managedflink managedidentities managedkafka maps memcache memorystore metastore ml monitoring netapp networkconnectivity networking networksecurity networkservices oracledatabase osconfig parallelstore privateca pubsub pubsublite recaptchaenterprise recommendationengine redis retail router run serviceruntime spanner storage storagetransfer telcoautomation tpu trafficdirector transferappliance translationhub videostitcher visionai vpcaccess vpn workflows ```
## Setting up the integration The integration setup is done directly through the App by following these steps: 1. Navigate to the Data Sources page or follow [this link](https://app.groundcover.com/data-sources). Note that only users with Admin permissions can navigate to this page. 2. Select Google Cloud Platform and follow the 3 steps in the wizard. Note that in step 1 you'll need to provide a Service Account, granting groundcover with permissions to poll metrics. To create a service account, please follow the guidelines in the next section. ### Create a Service Account and Assign Permissions {% hint style="info" %} This guide assumes your BYOC backend is set up on GCP. If it's not, please follow the guidelines in this [guide](https://docs.groundcover.com/integrations/data-sources/google-cloud-monitoring/adding-gcp-integration-with-a-backend-on-another-cloud-provider). {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} The following steps requires the details of dedicated service account set up the integration - marked below as **\.** Make sure it has been provided to you by the groundcover team {% endhint %} 1. Go to IAM & Admin in GCP Console 2. Navigate to **IAM & Admin** → **Service Accounts**. 3. Create a New Service Account * Click on **Create Service Account**. * Provide a **name** and **description** for the service account. * Click **Create & Continue**. * In the **Grant this service account access to the project** step, search for and select **Monitoring Viewer** (`roles/monitoring.viewer`). * Click **Continue** → **Done**. 4. Grant service account impersonation access * Click on the newly created service account → **Permissions** → **View by Principals** → **Grant Access** * In the **Add principals** → **New principal** section enter the **\** provided to you. * In the **Assign roles** → **Role** section choose **Service Account Token Creator** * Click **Save** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.groundcover.com/integrations/data-sources/google-cloud-monitoring/ingest-google-cloud-monitoring-metrics.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.