# Monitor Percona XtraDB Cluster on prometheus and grafana not use PMM

**URL:** https://forums.percona.com/t/monitor-percona-xtradb-cluster-on-prometheus-and-grafana-not-use-pmm/11591
**Category:** Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)
**Created:** [July 29, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/monitor-percona-xtradb-cluster-on-prometheus-and-grafana-not-use-pmm/11591 "2021-07-29T15:41:04Z")
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### Author: ![thanh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@thanh](https://forums.percona.com/u/thanh)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/monitor-percona-xtradb-cluster-on-prometheus-and-grafana-not-use-pmm/11591/1 "2021-07-29T15:41:04Z")

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Hello, PMM too big for me. I have already one prometheus and grafana on my k8s cluster.  
I want monitor metrics of Percona XtraDB Cluster, so how?  
please help me?

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### Author: ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/monitor-percona-xtradb-cluster-on-prometheus-and-grafana-not-use-pmm/11591/2 "2021-07-29T16:05:12Z")

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Hello @Thanh,  
See if this previously asked question helps:  
[How to use pmm2 dashboards & exporter in our existing grafana & Prometheus setup](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-use-pmm2-dashboards-exporter-in-our-existing-grafana-prometheus-setup/7539)

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### Author: ![Sergey\_Pronin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/sergey_pronin/32/14887_2.png) [@Sergey\_Pronin](https://forums.percona.com/u/Sergey_Pronin)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/monitor-percona-xtradb-cluster-on-prometheus-and-grafana-not-use-pmm/11591/3 "2021-07-30T12:22:48Z")

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@thanh you can also use custom sidecars and run exporters.  
Please see the following blog posts for more details:

> **[Using Sidecars with Percona Operators - Percona Database Performance Blog](https://www.percona.com/blog/2021/05/19/using-sidecars-with-percona-kubernetes-operators/)**
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> Our releases of Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster 1.8 and Percona Operator for MongoDB 1.7 come with a new feature: Support of custom sidecars.

> **[A Peek at Percona Operator for MongoDB New Features - Percona Database...](https://www.percona.com/blog/2021/03/10/a-peek-at-percona-kubernetes-operator-for-percona-server-for-mongodb-new-features/)**
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> Percona Operator for MongoDB came out recently, and in this blog, we take a look at new features and use cases.

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### Author: ![StephenLambert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/stephenlambert/32/4130_2.png) [@StephenLambert](https://forums.percona.com/u/StephenLambert)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/monitor-percona-xtradb-cluster-on-prometheus-and-grafana-not-use-pmm/11591/4 "2021-08-02T12:41:08Z")

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Thx for sharing! Helpful resurs !