# Telemetry Provider

A **telemetry provider** is a software object that represents a data source of metrics. A [telemetry instance](https://docs.akamas.io/akamas-docs/3.6/reference/glossary/telemetry-instance) is a specific instance of a telemetry provider that refers to a specific data source.

Examples of telemetry providers are:

* monitoring tools (e.g. Prometheus or Dynatrace)
* load testing tools (e.g. LoadRunner or Neoload)
* CSV files

A telemetry provider is a platform-wide entity that can be reused across systems to ease the integration with metrics sources.

Akamas provides a number of out-of-the-box [telemetry providers](https://docs.akamas.io/akamas-docs/3.6/reference/telemetry-metric-mapping). Custom telemetry providers can also be created.

## Construct

The construct to be used to define a telemetry provider is described on the [Telemetry Provider template](https://docs.akamas.io/akamas-docs/3.6/reference/construct-templates/telemetry-providers-template) page.

## Commands

A telemetry provider is an [Akamas resource](https://docs.akamas.io/akamas-docs/3.6/cli-reference#clireference-operations) that can be managed via CLI using the [resource management commands.](https://docs.akamas.io/akamas-docs/3.6/reference/cli-reference/resource-management)

## User Interface

The Akamas UI shows systems in a specific top-level menu.

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