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title: Set up a Prometheus endpoint | Tiger Data Docs
description: Use Prometheus to monitor your Managed Service for TimescaleDB
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You can get more insights into the performance of your Managed Service for TimescaleDB service by monitoring it using [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io), a popular open source metrics-based systems monitoring solution.

## Before you begin

- Create a Managed Service for TimescaleDB service.
- Make a note of the `Port` and `Host` for your MST service.

## Enabling Prometheus service integration

1. **Create a new Prometheus endpoint**

   1. In [MST Console](https://portal.managed.timescale.com/login), choose a project and navigate to `Integration Endpoints`. Navigate to `Prometheus`, and click `Create new`.

   2. In the `Create new Prometheus endpoint` dialog, complete these fields:

      - In the `Endpoint name` field, type a name for your endpoint.
      - In the `Username` field, type your username.
      - In the `Password` field, type your password.

   3. Click `Create` to create the endpoint.

   These details are used when setting up your Prometheus installation, in the `prometheus.yml` configuration file. This allows you to make this Managed Service for TimescaleDB endpoint a target for Prometheus to scrape.

2. **Configure Prometheus**

   Use this sample configuration file to set up your Prometheus installation, by substituting `<PORT>`, `<HOST>`, `<USER>`, and `<PASSWORD>` with those of your Managed Service for TimescaleDB service:

   ```
   global:
     scrape_interval:     10s
     evaluation_interval: 10s
   scrape_configs:
     - job_name: prometheus
       scheme: https
       static_configs:
         - targets: ['<HOST>:<PORT>']
       tls_config:
         insecure_skip_verify: true
       basic_auth:
         username: <USER>
         password: <PASSWORD>
   remote_write:
     - url: "http://<HOST>:9201/write"
   remote_read:
     - url: "http://<HOST>:9201/read"
   ```

3. **Enable Prometheus for a service**

   1. In the MST Console, navigate to `Services` and select the MST service you want to monitor.

   2. In the `Integrations` tab, go to `External integrations` section and select `Prometheus`.

   3. In the `Prometheus integrations` dialog, select the Prometheus endpoint that you created and click `Enable`.

   The Prometheus endpoint is listed under `Enabled integrations` for the Managed Service for TimescaleDB service.