---
title: "Prometheus support"
description: "Reference for Prometheus support in Calico Cloud connected clusters covering the bundled operator-managed install and bring-your-own Prometheus deployment options."
product: "Calico Cloud"
version: "v23.0.1"
section: "Operations"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/operations/monitor/prometheus/support"
---

# Prometheus support

## Big picture

Calico Cloud uses the open-source [Prometheus monitoring and alerting toolkit](https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/). With these tools, you can view time-series metrics from Calico Cloud components in the Prometheus and Grafana interfaces, or scrape the metrics for a BYO Prometheus deployment.

## Install options

- Use Prometheus operator managed by Tigera Operator

  You install the Calico Cloud Prometheus operator and CRDs during Calico Cloud installation. Calico Cloud metrics and alerts are available in the web console. You configure alerts through Prometheus Alertmanager.

  If you want to specify your own Prometheus operator during installation for management by the Tigera Operator, the require operator version must be **v0.40.0 or higher**. Because Calico Cloud creates Alertmanager and Prometheus CRs in the `tigera-prometheus` namespace, all you need to do is verify that your Prometheus operator is configured to manage Prometheus and Alertmanager instances in the `tigera-prometheus` namespace.

- [Bring your own Prometheus](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/operations/monitor/prometheus/byo-prometheus.md)