# Prometheus Federation

**URL:** <https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/prometheus-federation/122>\
**Category:** Prometheus server\
**Created:** [April 11, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/prometheus-federation/122 "2021-04-11T10:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![dogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/47e85d/32.png) [@dogan](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/dogan)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/prometheus-federation/122/1 "2021-04-11T10:42:22Z")

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Hello, there are 2 clusters running on Google kubernetes Engine. I want to install federation prometheus but I could not find a detailed source or blog post. Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![SuperQ](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/discuss.prometheus.io/superq/32/4_2.png) [@SuperQ](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/SuperQ)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/prometheus-federation/122/2 "2021-04-12T14:11:39Z")

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Federation is meant for creating hierarchical trees of servers.

If you’re looking for a global view, you likely want to use Thanos.

> **[Thanos](https://thanos.io/)**
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> Thanos - Highly available Prometheus setup with long term storage capabilities