# Scraping Metrics in Standalone Hosts

{% hint style="warning" %}
groundcover sensor should be deployed on the host. If that's not the case, please see [Pushing Metrics using Remote Write](https://docs.groundcover.com/integrations/data-sources/prometheus/push-metrics-to-groundcover) as an alternative.
{% endhint %}

Host based sensors can be configured to scrape Prometheus endpoints using standard [Prometheus discovery jobs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/sd_configs.html#supported-service-discovery-configs).

To enable metrics scraping add the following overrides to your `/etc/opt/groundcover/overrides.yaml` file:

```yaml
receivers:
 remotewrite:
  enabled: true
 metricsscraper:
  enabled: true
```

Scrape configurations should be placed in the following file:\
`/opt/groundcover/scrape-config/metrics-scrape-config.yaml` 

Below are the examples you can refer to.

#### Scraping Local Service <a href="#example-scraping-remote-service" id="example-scraping-remote-service"></a>

In this example we are instructing the sensor to periodically scrape metrics from a local service exposing its metrics on port `8080` under `/metrics.`

```yaml
scrape_configs:
  - job_name: scrape-local-service
    honor_timestamps: true
    honor_labels: true
    scrape_interval: 15s
    scrape_timeout: 5s
    metrics_path: /metrics
    scheme: http
    static_configs:
    - targets:
      - localhost:8080
```

#### Scraping Remote Service <a href="#example-scraping-remote-service" id="example-scraping-remote-service"></a>

In this example we are instructing the sensor to periodically scrape metrics from a remote service exposing its metrics on port `443` under `/metrics` and adding a team label.

{% hint style="success" %}
The target can be either a domain name or an IP address
{% endhint %}

```yaml
scrape_configs:
  - job_name: scrape-remote-service
    honor_timestamps: true
    honor_labels: true
    scrape_interval: 15s
    scrape_timeout: 5s
    metrics_path: /metrics
    scheme: http
    static_configs:
    - targets:
      - my-custom-domain.com:443
      labels:
        team: your-team-name
```

### Common Questions <a href="#common-questions" id="common-questions"></a>

#### How often are my metrics scraped? <a href="#how-often-are-my-metrics-scraped" id="how-often-are-my-metrics-scraped"></a>

Metrics are scraped periodically based on the `scrape_interval` configured.

#### Where can I find scraped metrics? <a href="#where-can-i-find-scraped-metrics" id="where-can-i-find-scraped-metrics"></a>

All metrics in the platform can be found in the metrics exploration page: <https://app.groundcover.com/explore/data-explorer>