# PMM Server 1.x - Automating Adding Nodes via the Web Interface (but without using the web interface)
**URL:** https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-1-x-automating-adding-nodes-via-the-web-interface-but-without-using-the-web-interface/10501
**Category:** PMM 1.x
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-1-x-automating-adding-nodes-via-the-web-interface-but-without-using-the-web-interface/10501 "2021-05-18T11:14:57Z")
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### Author:  [@gordan](https://forums.percona.com/u/gordan)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-1-x-automating-adding-nodes-via-the-web-interface-but-without-using-the-web-interface/10501/1 "2021-05-18T11:14:57Z")
I am struggling to find any documentation on how PMM 1.x server internally configures exporters for remote database instances. I need to automate adding remote instances.
Looking through the container, it looks like this is done using pmm-managed, but documentation on the process, as invoked via the web front end, is a bit scarce.
Can anyone point me in the right direction or provide a few lines of summary regarding how this hangs together?
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### Author:  [@Ivan\_Groenewold](https://forums.percona.com/u/Ivan_Groenewold)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-1-x-automating-adding-nodes-via-the-web-interface-but-without-using-the-web-interface/10501/2 "2021-06-01T12:50:38Z")
Hi, may I suggest you check out PMM 2.x? [External Services - Percona Monitoring and Management](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-monitoring-and-management/2.x/setting-up/client/external.html) should be what you need I think
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### Author:  [@gordan](https://forums.percona.com/u/gordan)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-1-x-automating-adding-nodes-via-the-web-interface-but-without-using-the-web-interface/10501/3 "2021-06-01T13:02:15Z")
I find I prefer PMM 1.x, some of the dashboards, particularly Query Analytics, I find to be more informative and helpful than they are in PMM 2.x.
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### Author:  [@Ivan\_Groenewold](https://forums.percona.com/u/Ivan_Groenewold)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-1-x-automating-adding-nodes-via-the-web-interface-but-without-using-the-web-interface/10501/4 "2021-06-01T13:07:44Z")
I see. In that case maybe this blog post helps: [Does Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) Support External Monitoring Services? Yes It Does! - Percona Database Performance Blog](https://www.percona.com/blog/2018/02/12/percona-monitoring-management-pmm-support-external-monitoring-services-yes)