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+<!--
+title: "Export metrics to Prometheus remote write providers"
+description: "Send Netdata metrics to your choice of more than 20 external storage providers for long-term archiving and further analysis."
+custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md
+sidebar_label: Prometheus remote write
+-->
+
+# Prometheus remote write exporting connector
+
+The Prometheus remote write exporting connector uses the exporting engine to send Netdata metrics to your choice of more
+than 20 external storage providers for long-term archiving and further analysis.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+To use the Prometheus remote write API with [storage
+providers](https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/integrations/#remote-endpoints-and-storage), install
+[protobuf](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/) and [snappy](https://github.com/google/snappy) libraries.
+Next, [reinstall Netdata](/packaging/installer/REINSTALL.md), which detects that the required libraries and utilities
+are now available.
+
+## Configuration
+
+To enable data exporting to a storage provider using the Prometheus remote write API, run `./edit-config exporting.conf`
+in the Netdata configuration directory and set the following options:
+
+```conf
+[prometheus_remote_write:my_instance]
+    enabled = yes
+    destination = example.domain:example_port
+    remote write URL path = /receive
+```
+
+You can also add `:https` modifier to the connector type if you need to use the TLS/SSL protocol. For example:
+`remote_write:https:my_instance`.
+
+`remote write URL path` is used to set an endpoint path for the remote write protocol. The default value is `/receive`.
+For example, if your endpoint is `http://example.domain:example_port/storage/read`:
+
+```conf
+    destination = example.domain:example_port
+    remote write URL path = /storage/read
+```
+
+`buffered` and `lost` dimensions in the Netdata Exporting Connector Data Size operation monitoring chart estimate uncompressed
+buffer size on failures.
+
+## Notes
+
+The remote write exporting connector does not support `buffer on failures`
+
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