# Pipeline Monitoring

A Data Pipeline represents a flow of data that goes through the inputs (sources), filters, and output (sinks). There are a couple of ways to monitor the pipeline. We recommend the following sections for a better understanding and steps to get started:

* [HTTP Server: JSON and Prometheus Exporter-style metrics](/manual/3.0/administration/monitoring.md#http-server)
* [Grafana Dashboards and Alerts](/manual/3.0/administration/monitoring.md#grafana-dashboard-and-alerts)
* [Health Checks](/manual/3.0/administration/monitoring.md#health-check-for-fluent-bit)
* [Calyptia Cloud: hosted service to monitor and visualize your pipelines](/manual/3.0/administration/monitoring.md#calyptia-cloud)


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