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# Prometheus

Integrate with Prometheus

## Integration Methods

groundcover supports integrating Prometheus metrics through several methods:

1. [**Scraping Metrics in Kubernetes**](/collect-data/data-sources/prometheus/scrape-using-sensor.md)\
   For collecting custom metrics from pods, Prometheus CRDs or additional prometheus endpoints
2. [Scraping Metrics in Standalone Hosts](/collect-data/data-sources/prometheus/scrape-using-sensor-1.md)\
   For collecting custom metrics from services on VMs and standalone machines or additional prometheus endpoints
3. [Scraping Metrics from groundcover backend](/collect-data/data-sources/prometheus/scrape-using-sensor-1.md)\
   For collecting custom metrics from cloud services endpoints
4. [**Direct metric push with Remote Write**](/collect-data/data-sources/prometheus/push-metrics-to-groundcover.md)\
   Directly push metrics into groundcover

## Data Access

After ingestion, access and use your metrics in groundcover:

* Analyze data in the [Explore screen](https://app.groundcover.com/explore/data-explorer)
* Create dashboards in the [Dashboards screen](https://app.groundcover.com/dashboards)
* Set up real-time metric monitors in the [Monitors screen](https://app.groundcover.com/monitors)
* Query metrics via the [Prometheus API endpoint](/reference/remote-access-and-apis/raw-prometheus-and-clickhouse.md)


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