# Connect Data Visualization Tools

After configuring the `metrics` database, you can connect data visualization tools such as Grafana to your cluster’s monitoring data. Grafana provides dashboards for advanced analytics and troubleshooting.

## Configure Grafana

1. Use the [Deploy Grafana on Kubernetes](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/installation/kubernetes/) instructions to deploy Grafana on the Kubernetes Metrics cluster.

2. Connect to the Grafana service via Web browser.

   `<Grafana-service>:<Grafana-port>`

   Use `kubectl get svc` to obtain the IP address and port of the Grafana service.

3. [Add a “monitoring” MySQL data source](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/features/datasources/add-a-data-source/) with the following settings.

   1. Data source name: `monitoring`

   2. Data source type: `mysql`

   3. Data source host: `<name of the master pod>.svc-<cluster name>.<namespace containing the Metrics cluster master pod>.svc.cluster.local`

   4. Data source port: `3306`

   5. Database name: `metrics`

   6. User: A database user with read access to the metrics database

   7. Password: This database user’s password

4. [Download the cluster monitoring dashboards](https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltac01ee6daa3a1e14/blta06deeec3a96070e/k8s_dashboards_85_and_later.zip) from SingleStore.

5. Import the dashboards into Grafana. To import a dashboard, click the **+** icon in the side menu, and then click **Import**. From here you can upload a dashboard JSON file, paste a Grafana.com dashboard URL, or paste dashboard JSON text directly into the text area.

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Modified at: March 1, 2024

Source: [/db/v9.1/reference/singlestore-operator-reference/monitor-your-kubernetes-cluster/connect-data-visualization-tools/](https://docs.singlestore.com/db/v9.1/reference/singlestore-operator-reference/monitor-your-kubernetes-cluster/connect-data-visualization-tools/)

(An index of the documentation is available at /llms.txt)