# Data sources and Grafana alerting
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This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support **Grafana version 10.x**.  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 12.x, see [Working in Grafana version 12](using-grafana-v12.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 9.x, see [Working in Grafana version 9](using-grafana-v9.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x, see [Working in Grafana version 8](using-grafana-v8.md).

There are a number of data sources that are compatible with Grafana Alerting. Each data source is supported by a plugin. Grafana alerting requires that data source plugins be *backend* plugins, in order to evaluate rules using the data source, because the evaluation engine runs on the backend. Plugins must also specify that they are compatible with Grafana alerting.

Data sources are added and updated over time. The following data sources are known to be compatible with Grafana alerting.
+ [Connect to an Amazon CloudWatch data source](using-amazon-cloudwatch-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to an Azure Monitor data source](using-azure-monitor-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to an Amazon OpenSearch Service data source](using-Amazon-OpenSearch-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to a Google Cloud Monitoring data source](using-google-cloud-monitoring-in-grafana.md)
+ [Connect to a Graphite data source](using-graphite-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to an InfluxDB data source](using-influxdb-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to a Loki data source](using-loki-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to a Microsoft SQL Server data source](using-microsoft-sql-server-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to a MySQL data source](using-mysql-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to an OpenTSDB data source](using-opentsdb-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to a PostgreSQL data source](using-postgresql-in-AMG.md)
+ [Connect to Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and open-source Prometheus data sources](prometheus-data-source.md)
+ [Connect to a Jaeger data source](jaeger-data-source.md)
+ [Connect to a Zipkin data source](zipkin-data-source.md)
+ [Connect to a Tempo data source](tempo-data-source.md)
+ [Configure a TestData data source for testing](testdata-data-source.md)

For more detailed information about data sources and data source plugins in Amazon Managed Grafana, see [Connect to data sources](AMG-data-sources.md).