# Scarping Metrics From outside Cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/scarping-metrics-from-outside-cluster/16906>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** prometheus\
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/scarping-metrics-from-outside-cluster/16906 "2021-07-30T12:19:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![rags](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rags](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/rags)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/scarping-metrics-from-outside-cluster/16906/1 "2021-07-30T12:19:08Z")

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I have Prometheus running inside a k8s cluster and i want to scrape metrics from an external ec2 so i can view everything in the same dashboard. I know i need to use some exporter on the ec2, but how do i then get these metrics into the cluster?