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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](/files/p5YOEF1Z7rAnhCx83FdS)

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](/files/V3mscueo572mGrHQPayw)