> 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/~/revisions/1AlFSZBNMIBgs7fiOwFD/managed-services/monitoring-as-a-service/api-how-tos/page-1.md).

# Grafana Integration

Grafana is an open source platform for data visualization, monitoring and analysis. You may integrate this software with the Monitoring as a Service for more convenient use.

1. Go to the [API reference](https://api.ionos.com/docs/monitoring/v1/)
2. Install [grafana](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/installation/debian/)
3. Generate the first token
4. curl -uusername:password <https://api.ionos.com/auth/v1/tokens/generate> or -n if you use [netrc](https://everything.curl.dev/usingcurl/netrc)
5. It is also possible to query the metrics using curl:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" <https://api.ionos.com/telemetry/api/v1/query?query=instance_cpu_utilization_average>

#### Add data source to Grafana <a href="#maasapigrafana-adddatasourcetografana" id="maasapigrafana-adddatasourcetografana"></a>

* Login to Grafana
* Configuration (on the left side)
* Data source

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#### Data source

URL: <https://api.ionos.com/telemetry/>

Custom HTTP Headers

Header: Authorization Value: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJK....

HTTP Method: POST

Save & Test

* Go to Explore (on the left side)
* Choose the new Data source
* In the **Metrics Browser,** write instance
* Choose one of the metrics
* Run query

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You can query on these metrics now:

**series whitelist**:

`- instance_cpu_utilization_average`

`- instance_network_in_packets`

`- instance_network_out_bytes`

`- instance_network_in_bytes`

`- instance_network_out_packets`

`- instance_volumes_read_bytes`

`- instance_volumes_write_bytes`

`- instance_volumes_read_ops`

`- instance_volumes_write_ops`


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