.. _Monitoring Storage Cluster Remotely: Monitoring Storage Cluster Remotely ----------------------------------- You can monitor your storage cluster via Prometheus remotely. To do this, you need to open a TCP port for Prometheus API to be accessible from the outside. To open a port, do the following: #. On the **INFRASTRUCTURE** > **Networks** screen, click **Edit** and then **Create traffic type**. #. In the **Create traffic type** window, specify a custom name in the **Name** field and ``9090`` in the **Port** field. .. only:: ac .. image:: /images/stor_image88_ac.png :align: center :class: align-center .. only:: vz .. image:: /images/stor_image88_vz.png :align: center :class: align-center #. Click **Create**. #. Add the newly created traffic type to your public network by ticking the corresponding checkbox. #. Click **Save** to apply the changes. You can now access the built-in Prometheus web-based user interface at \http://:9090. For more information on using Prometheus, refer to `its documentation `__. If you have an external Grafana account and want to use it for monitoring |product_name|, you can add Prometheus as a data source as follows: #. Log in into your Grafana user interface. #. Click the cogwheel icon in the left menu and select **Data Sources**. #. On the **Data Sources** tab, click **Add data source**. #. On the **Data Sources / New** screen, specify the following parameters: #. Enter a custom data source name in the **Name** field. #. Set **Type** to ``Prometheus``. #. Enter ``http://:9090`` in the **URL** field. #. Click **Save & Test**. If the specified parameters are correct, the ``Data source is working`` message will appear. .. image:: /images/stor_image89.png :align: center :class: align-center Using the newly added Prometheus data source, you can import the default Grafana dashboards from |product_name| or create new ones.