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title: "Configure the connection URL | Grafana Labs"
description: "Enter the query URL for your Tempo backend using the format that matches your environment."
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# Configure the connection URL

The connection URL tells Grafana where to send trace queries. The format depends on your Tempo environment.

Use the URL format that matches your backend:

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| Environment               | URL format                               | Example                                             |
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Self-managed Tempo (HTTP) | `http://<host>:3200`                     | `http://tempo:3200`                                 |
| Grafana Cloud Traces      | `https://tempo-<zone>.grafana.net/tempo` | `https://tempo-prod-01-eu-west-0.grafana.net/tempo` |
| Grafana Enterprise Traces | URL of your GET gateway                  | `https://get.example.com/tempo`                     |

To configure the connection URL, complete the following step:

1. In the **URL** field under the **Connection** section, enter the query URL for your Tempo backend.
   
   For example, for Grafana Cloud Traces, enter a URL like `https://tempo-prod-01-eu-west-0.grafana.net/tempo`. For self-managed Tempo, enter a URL like `http://tempo:3200`.
   
   **Tip:** The URLs above are for **querying** traces from Grafana. To send traces *to* Tempo (OTLP endpoints), refer to [Set up tracing](/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/traces/set-up/).

In the next milestone, you configure authentication for the connection.

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### More to explore (optional)

- [Configure the Tempo data source: Connection](/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source/#connection)
- [Network security for data sources](/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/data-sources/)