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# Connecting Prometheus

**Apica Ascent** also supports external **Prometheus** data sources. If you have any hosted Prometheus in cloud or on-premises, you can connect that in Apica Ascent as a data source. you can use your existing queries in Apica Ascent to build dashboards and create alerts.

### Create Prometheus Data Source

Click on the "Prometheus" data source.

![List of Datasources](https://2948796384-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LmzGprckLqwd5v6bs6m%2Fuploads%2FxDQ21rsKjc9LhWSkYEvY%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=909c7844-4530-42a2-affb-8a7df37992a1)

Provide the Prometheus URL, Name and click "Save". Now you are ready to create dashboards and alerts. Read about how to query Prometheus data in the [PromQL](/observe/prometheus/querying-data.md) section.

![Adding a Prometheus Datasource](https://2948796384-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LmzGprckLqwd5v6bs6m%2Fuploads%2F7nVenJbXBsRBM53zPNd6%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=b840929f-6eaa-4989-8ae0-98d0b7d67549)