# Quick Start

After creating a monitoring pipeline via the [<mark style="color:blue;">REST API</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/observability/monitoring-service/api-how-tos), complete the monitoring pipeline configuration process using the following:

<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>Send Metrics to the Platform</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to send metrics to the platform for monitoring and analysis.</td><td><a href="quick-start/send-metrics-to-platform">send-metrics-to-platform</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Access Metrics from the Platform</strong></mark></td><td>Understand how to access and interpret metrics from the platform.</td><td><a href="quick-start/access-metrics-from-platform">access-metrics-from-platform</a></td></tr></tbody></table>