> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/tutorials/observability/monitoring-service.md).

# Monitoring Service

The <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> **Monitoring Service** provides a scalable platform to collect and analyze metrics from your infrastructure and applications. It uses Grafana Mimir for metric storage and Grafana for visualization. Learn more about its concepts and configuration in the [<mark style="color:blue;">Monitoring Service User Guide</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service).

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Query Monitoring Service Metrics from Your External Grafana Instance</strong></mark></td><td>Connect an external Grafana instance to <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos_cloud</code> Monitoring Service using the internal Grafana data source proxy.</td><td><a href="/cloud/tutorials/observability/monitoring-service/use-ionos-grafana-as-external-prometheus-datasource.md">Query Monitoring Service Metrics from Your External Grafana Instance</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Monitor Claude Code Usage and Cost with the Monitoring Service</strong></mark></td><td>Send Claude Code OpenTelemetry metrics and traces to <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos_cloud</code> observability services and build a token usage and cost dashboard.</td><td><a href="/cloud/tutorials/observability/monitoring-service/monitor-claude-code-with-monitoring-service.md">Monitor Claude Code Usage and Cost with the Monitoring Service</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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