Cloud Integrations

---
name: cloud-integrations
license: Apache-2.0
description:
  Set up, configure, and troubleshoot Grafana Cloud integrations for AWS, Azure, and other cloud
  providers. Use when the user asks to connect AWS CloudWatch, set up Azure Monitor, configure
  Confluent Cloud observability, install a Grafana integration, set up hosted exporters, use
  AWS Firehose for CloudWatch logs, or troubleshoot a cloud integration. Triggers on phrases
  like "AWS CloudWatch", "Azure Monitor", "Confluent integration", "cloud integration",
  "hosted exporter", "AWS Firehose", "install integration", "cloud metrics", or "cloud logs".
---

# Grafana Cloud Integrations

Grafana Cloud Integrations connect cloud provider monitoring APIs to your Grafana stack without
running your own exporters. Hosted exporters scrape cloud APIs on your behalf and push metrics
to your Grafana Cloud stack.

**Supported hosted exporters:**
- **AWS CloudWatch** - all CloudWatch namespaces via YACE (Yet Another CloudWatch Exporter)
- **Azure Monitor** - Azure resource metrics via the Azure Monitor API
- **Confluent Cloud** - Kafka cluster metrics via the Confluent Metrics API
- **Generic HTTP endpoint** - any Prometheus-format `/metrics` endpoint behind auth

**AWS Firehose receiver** - ingests CloudWatch Logs and Metrics Streams pushed via Kinesis