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title: Quick start to data collection
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list_title: Quick start
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description: >
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Use "Quick Start" in the initial InfluxDB setup process to create a scraper
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that collects InfluxDB metrics from the InfluxDB `/metrics` endpoint.
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aliases:
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- /v2.0/collect-data/scraper-quickstart
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- /v2.0/collect-data/quick-start
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menu:
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v2_0:
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name: Quick start
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parent: Write data
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weight: 101
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---
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Select **Quick Start** in the last step of the InfluxDB user interface's (UI)
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[setup process](/v2.0/get-started/#set-up-influxdb) to quickly start collecting data with InfluxDB.
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Quick Start creates a data scraper that collects metrics from the InfluxDB `/metrics` endpoint.
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The scraped data provides a robust dataset of internal InfluxDB metrics that you can query, visualize, and process.
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## Use Quick Start to collect InfluxDB metrics
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After [setting up InfluxDB v2.0](/v2.0/get-started/#set-up-influxdb),
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the "Let's start collecting data!" page displays options for collecting data.
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Click **Quick Start**.
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InfluxDB creates and configures a new [scraper](/v2.0/write-data/scrape-data/).
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The target URL points to the `/metrics` HTTP endpoint of your local InfluxDB instance
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(for example, `http://localhost:9999/metrics`), which outputs internal InfluxDB
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metrics in the [Prometheus data format](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/).
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The scraper stores the scraped metrics in the bucket created during the
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[initial setup process](/v2.0/get-started/#set-up-influxdb).
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The following message briefly appears in the UI:
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{{< ui-message text="The InfluxDB scraper has been configured for http://localhost:9999/metrics" >}}
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{{% note %}}
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Quick Start is only available in the last step of the setup process.
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If you missed the Quick Start option, you can [manually create a scraper](/v2.0/write-data/scrape-data)
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that scrapes data from the `/metrics` endpoint.
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{{% /note %}}
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## Next steps
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Now with data to explore, you can:
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- [Query data in InfluxDB](/v2.0/query-data)
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- [Process data with InfluxDB tasks](/v2.0/process-data)
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- [Visualize data with the InfluxDB UI](/v2.0/visualize-data)
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