How do you configure a Prometheus data source?

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To configure Prometheus as a data source:

Navigate to Configuration → Data Sources → Add data source
Select Prometheus
Configure the following:
- URL: http://prometheus:9090 (or your Prometheus server URL)
- Access: Server (default) or Browser
- Scrape interval: Match your Prometheus configuration
- Query timeout: Default 60s
- HTTP Method: GET (default) or POST

Example configuration:

# For provisioning
apiVersion: 1
datasources:
  - name: Prometheus
    type: prometheus
    url: http://prometheus:9090
    access: proxy
    isDefault: true

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