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title: Index
metaTitle: Metrics Ingestion for Monitoring and Observability | OpenObserve
description: "Ingest metrics into OpenObserve with Prometheus, the OpenTelemetry Collector, or Telegraf for infrastructure and application performance monitoring."
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# Metrics Ingestion - Infrastructure & Application Monitoring

OpenObserve supports multiple metrics ingestion methods for comprehensive infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring (APM), and observability. Collect and analyze metrics from Kubernetes, cloud platforms, servers, and applications using industry-standard protocols.

## Supported Metrics Ingestion Methods

1. [Prometheus](prometheus.md) - Prometheus remote write for Kubernetes monitoring and time-series metrics
1. [OTLP / OTEL collector](../logs/otlp.md) - OpenTelemetry Collector for unified metrics collection
1. [OBI (eBPF zero-code)](../traces/obi.md) - Automatic application RED metrics via eBPF, no code changes
1. [Telegraf](telegraf.md) - System metrics and infrastructure monitoring agent