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Once you've added the Google Cloud Monitoring data source, you can [configure it](#configure-the-data-source) so that your Grafana instance's users can create queries in its [query editor](query-editor/) and apply [annotations](#annotations) when they [build dashboards](ref:build-dashboards) and use [Explore](ref:explore).
## Configure the data source
To configure basic settings for the data source, complete the following steps:
## Before you begin
1. Click **Connections** in the left-side menu.
1. Under Your connections, click **Data sources**.
1. Enter `Google Cloud Monitoring` in the search bar.
1. Click **Google Cloud Monitoring**.
The **Settings** tab of the data source is displayed.
1. Set the data source's basic configuration options:
| **Name** | Sets the name you use to refer to the data source in panels and queries. |
| **Default** | Sets whether the data source is pre-selected for new panels. |
Complete the following before you configure the data source.
### Configure Google authentication
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For authentication options and configuration details, refer to [Google authentication](google-authentication/).
When configuring Google authentication, note these additional Google Cloud Monitoring-specific steps:
When configuring Google authentication, keep in mind the following additional steps related to Google Cloud Monitoring.
#### Configure a GCP Service Account
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#### Grant the GCE Default Service Account scope
If Grafana is running on a Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machine, then when you [Configure a GCE Default Service Account](google-authentication/#configure-a-gce-default-service-account), you must also grant that Service Account access to the "Cloud Monitoring API" scope.
If Grafana is running on a Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machine, when you [Configure a GCE Default Service Account](google-authentication/#configure-a-gce-default-service-account), you must also grant that Service Account access to the "Cloud Monitoring API" scope.
### Enable necessary Google Cloud Platform APIs
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