# Set up Grafana

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. It enables users to query, visualize, and understand their metrics no matter where they are stored. It provides powerful tools to create dashboards, set up alerts, and integrate with various data sources to visualize complex systems comprehensively.

**Prometheus** is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit designed to collect and store metrics as time series data.

#### Key Features:

* **Visualizations**: Customizable dashboards with a wide range of charting options.
* **Data Source Integration**: Supports various data sources like Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Graphite, and more.
* **Alerting**: Configurable alerting rules that can notify via different channels.
* **Annotations**: Mark specific points on graphs to show events or important notes.
* **Plugins**: Extend functionality with community and custom plugins.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.neevcloud.com/neevcloud-guide/neevcloud-knowledgebase/set-up-grafana.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.