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title: Quick start to data collection title: Quick start to data collection
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Use the "Quick Start" to create a scraper that collects InfluxDB metrics from InfluxDB's `/metrics` endpoint. Use "Quick Start" in the initial InfluxDB setup process to create a scraper
that collects InfluxDB metrics from the InfluxDB `/metrics` endpoint.
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The quickest way to start collecting data with InfluxDB v2.0 is to use the **Quick Start** Select **Quick Start** in the last step of the InfluxDB user interface's (UI)
option available in the last step of InfluxDB's user interface (UI) initialization process. [setup process](/v2.0/get-started/#setup-influxdb) to quickly start collecting data with InfluxDB.
The Quick Start creates a data scraper that collects metrics from InfluxDB's own `/metrics` endpoint. Quick Start creates a data scraper that collects metrics from the InfluxDB `/metrics` endpoint.
The scraped data provides a robust dataset of internal InfluxDB metrics which you can query, visualize, and process. The scraped data provides a robust dataset of internal InfluxDB metrics that you can query, visualize, and process.
## Use Quick Start to collect InfluxDB metrics ## Use Quick Start to collect InfluxDB metrics
After [initializing InfluxDB v2.0](/v2.0/get-started/#setup-influxdb), After [initializing InfluxDB v2.0](/v2.0/get-started/#setup-influxdb),
the "Let's start collecting data!" page displays options for collecting data. the "Let's start collecting data!" page displays options for collecting data.
Click **Quick Start**. Click **Quick Start**.
InfluxDB creates and configures a new [scraper](/v2.0/collect-data/scrape-data/).
The target URL points to the `/metrics` HTTP endpoint of your local InfluxDB instance (e.g. `http://localhost:9999/metrics`),
which outputs internal InfluxDB metrics in the [Prometheus data format](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/).
It stores the scraped metrics in the bucket created during the [initial setup process](/v2.0/get-started/#setup-influxdb).
The following message briefly appears in the UI: The following message briefly appears in the UI:
{{< img-hd src="/img/2-0-quickstart-confirmation.png" />}} {{< img-hd src="/img/2-0-quickstart-confirmation.png" />}}
Behind the scenes, InfluxDB creates and configures a scraper named "InfluxDB Scraper."
The target URL points to the `/metrics` HTTP endpoint of your local InfluxDB instance (e.g. `http://localhost:9999/metrics`),
which outputs internal InfluxDB metrics in the [Prometheus data format](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/).
InfluxDB stores the scraped metrics in the bucket created during the [initial setup process](/v2.0/get-started/#setup-influxdb).
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The Quick Start options is only available in the last step of InfluxDB's initial setup process. Quick Start is available only in the last step of the setup process.
However, if you miss it, you can [manually create a scraper](/v2.0/collect-data/scrape-data) that scrapes data from the `/metrics` endpoint. If you missed the Quick Start option, you can [manually create a scraper](/v2.0/collect-data/scrape-data)
that scrapes data from the `/metrics` endpoint.
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## Next steps ## Next steps
Now that you have data ready for exploration, you can: Now with data to explore, you can:
* **Query data.** To get started querying the data stored in InfluxDB buckets using the InfluxDB user interface (UI) and the `influx` command line interface (CLI), see [Query data in InfluxDB](/v2.0/query-data). - [Query data in InfluxDB](/v2.0/query-data).
- [Process data with InfluxDB tasks](/v2.0/process-data).
* **Process data.** To learn about creating tasks for processing and analyzing data, see [Process data with InfluxDB tasks](/v2.0/process-data) - [Visualize data with the InfluxDB UI](/v2.0/visualize-data).
* **Visualize data.** To learn how to build dashboards for visualizing your data, see [Visualize data with the InfluxDB UI](/v2.0/visualize-data).