Docs: Grafana internal metrics update (#23448)

* Update metrics.md

* Updated metrics.md and configuration.md

* Added links to data sources

* Update metrics.md

* Update docs/sources/administration/metrics.md

Co-Authored-By: Carl Bergquist <carl@grafana.com>

Co-authored-by: Carl Bergquist <carl@grafana.com>
Co-authored-by: bergquist <carl.bergquist@gmail.com>
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Diana Payton
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tag_values(server, server=~${__searchFilter:regex})
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### Variable Usage
You can use a variable in a metric node path or as a parameter to a function.
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Graphite supports two ways to query annotations. A regular metric query, for this you use the `Graphite query` textbox. A Graphite events query, use the `Graphite event tags` textbox,
specify a tag or wildcard (leave empty should also work)
## Getting Grafana metrics into Graphite
Grafana exposes metrics for Graphite on the `/metrics` endpoint. For detailed instructions, refer to [Internal Grafana metrics]({{< relref "../../administration/metrics.md">}}).
## Configure the data source with provisioning
It's now possible to configure data sources using config files with Grafana's provisioning system. You can read more about how it works and all the settings you can set for data sources on the [provisioning docs page]({{< relref "../../administration/provisioning/#datasources" >}})
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## Getting Grafana metrics into Prometheus
Since 4.6.0 Grafana exposes metrics for Prometheus on the `/metrics` endpoint. We also bundle a dashboard within Grafana so you can get started viewing your metrics faster. You can import the bundled dashboard by going to the data source edit page and click the dashboard tab. There you can find a dashboard for Grafana and one for Prometheus. Import and start viewing all the metrics!
Grafana exposes metrics for Prometheus on the `/metrics` endpoint. We also bundle a dashboard within Grafana so you can get started viewing your metrics faster. You can import the bundled dashboard by going to the data source edit page and click the dashboard tab. There you can find a dashboard for Grafana and one for Prometheus. Import and start viewing all the metrics!
For detailed instructions, refer to [Internal Grafana metrics]({{< relref "../../administration/metrics.md">}}).
## Configure the data source with provisioning