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+title: "Prometheus remote write backend"
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+
+# Prometheus remote write backend
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+To use the prometheus remote write API with [storage
+providers](https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/integrations/#remote-endpoints-and-storage)
+[protobuf](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/) and [snappy](https://github.com/google/snappy) libraries
+should be installed first. Next, Netdata should be re-installed from the source. The installer will detect that the
+required libraries and utilities are now available.
+
+## Configuration
+
+An additional option in the backend configuration section is available for the remote write backend:
+
+```conf
+[backend]
+ remote write URL path = /receive
+```
+
+The default value is `/receive`. `remote write URL path` is used to set an endpoint path for the remote write protocol.
+For example, if your endpoint is `http://example.domain:example_port/storage/read` you should set
+
+```conf
+[backend]
+ destination = example.domain:example_port
+ remote write URL path = /storage/read
+```
+
+`buffered` and `lost` dimensions in the Netdata Backend Data Size operation monitoring chart estimate uncompressed
+buffer size on failures.
+
+## Notes
+
+The remote write backend does not support `buffer on failures`
+
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