From 46de0ab9df4de4596e4fe8f44947deb5b9d7693a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Hokanson Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:54:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add docs for Grafana Cloud mimir configuration to avoid auth pitfall Signed-off-by: Alex Hokanson --- docs/content/configuration.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/content/configuration.md b/docs/content/configuration.md index e425903e..3b9db26f 100644 --- a/docs/content/configuration.md +++ b/docs/content/configuration.md @@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ grr config set mimir.api-key abcdef12345 # Authentication token (if you are usin ``` **Notes** -* Be sure to set `api-key` when you need to interact with Grafana Cloud. +* For Grafana Cloud, set `mimir.address` to the base URL from your [hosted metrics details page](https://grafana.com/orgs//hosted-metrics/). For example, if your hosted metrics URL is `https://prometheus-prod-17-prod-us-east-0.grafana.net/api/prom`, use `https://prometheus-prod-71-prod-us-east-0.grafana.net/` as the address. +* Be sure to set `api-key` to an [access policy token](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/security-and-account-management/authentication-and-permissions/access-policies/) when you need to interact with Grafana Cloud ## Authenticate with Grafana Synthetic Monitoring To interact with Grafana Synthetic Monitoring, you must configure the below settings: