@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Are you ready to begin configuring PMM but need help figuring out how to begin?
Looking for reliable and easy-to-use resources to tackle your daily challenges with database monitoring and management?
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+[Additional resources :material-arrow-right: :octicons-link-external-16:](https://www.percona.com/resources){:target="_blank"}{ .md-button .md-button--primary }
diff --git a/documentation/docs/install-pmm/HA.md b/documentation/docs/install-pmm/HA.md
index 7e4bf108825..0be83485b48 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/install-pmm/HA.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/install-pmm/HA.md
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Choose the option that best fits your infrastructure and requirements:
Before you begin:
- - [Install and configure Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/).
+ - [Install and configure Docker :octicons-link-external-16:](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/){:target="_blank"}.
- Prepare your environment:
- for testing > run services on a single machine.
- for production > deploy services on separate instances and use clustered versions of PostgreSQL, VictoriaMetrics, and ClickHouse. Keep in mind that running all services on a single machine is not recommended for production. Use separate instances and clustered components for better reliability.
diff --git a/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/aws.md b/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/aws.md
index 95d2ce9a342..a9b673ba111 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/aws.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/aws.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
## Required settings
-It is possible to use PMM for monitoring [Amazon RDS](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/). In this case, the PMM Client is not installed on the host where the database server is deployed. By using the PMM web interface, you connect to the Amazon RDS DB instance. You only need to provide the IAM user access key (or assign an IAM role) and PMM discovers the Amazon RDS DB instances available for monitoring.
+It is possible to use PMM for monitoring [Amazon RDS :octicons-link-external-16:](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/){:target="_blank"}. In this case, the PMM Client is not installed on the host where the database server is deployed. By using the PMM web interface, you connect to the Amazon RDS DB instance. You only need to provide the IAM user access key (or assign an IAM role) and PMM discovers the Amazon RDS DB instances available for monitoring.
First of all, ensure that there is the minimal latency between PMM Server and the Amazon RDS instance.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ To create an IAM role open the IAM console and click **Roles** on the navigation
After the role is created EC2 instances running PMM will have permissions to discover RDS DB instances.
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- It’s also possible to create an IAM role to delegate permissions to an IAM user or to add permissions to a user belonging to another AWS account. See the [official AWS documentation on creating IAM roles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create.html).
+ It’s also possible to create an IAM role to delegate permissions to an IAM user or to add permissions to a user belonging to another AWS account. See the [official AWS documentation on creating IAM roles :octicons-link-external-16:](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create.html){:target="_blank"}.
## Setting up the Amazon RDS DB Instance
diff --git a/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/azure.md b/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/azure.md
index 1b53203fed2..2a171355bd4 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/azure.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/azure.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The Microsoft Azure feature is turned off by default. To turn it on:
## Prerequisites
-PMM can monitor [Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com) database instances similar to other remote instances. In this case, the PMM Client is not installed on the host where the database server is deployed.
+PMM can monitor [Azure :octicons-link-external-16:](https://azure.microsoft.com){:target="_blank"} database instances similar to other remote instances. In this case, the PMM Client is not installed on the host where the database server is deployed.
By using the PMM web interface, you connect to the Azure DB instance. Discovery is not yet implemented in PMM but it is possible to add known instances by providing the connection parameters.
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diff --git a/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/external.md b/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/external.md
index 49085f11d75..653f1b13288 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/external.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/install-pmm/install-pmm-client/connect-database/external.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Connection schema of external serverless exporter:
## Add a service not supported by PMM
-PMM can collect any metrics in [Open metrics](https://openmetrics.io) or [Prometheus exposition](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/) format. You must specify the host and port of these metrics using the `pmm-admin add external` or `pmm-admin add external-serverless` commands.
+PMM can collect any metrics in [Open metrics :octicons-link-external-16:](https://openmetrics.io){:target="_blank"} or [Prometheus exposition :octicons-link-external-16:](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/){:target="_blank"} format. You must specify the host and port of these metrics using the `pmm-admin add external` or `pmm-admin add external-serverless` commands.
From this point, PMM will collect and store available metrics.
@@ -72,17 +72,17 @@ To browse and visualize collected metrics as a first step, we can look at the Ad

-Another way is to create a [new Grafana Dashboard to PMM as needed](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/best-practices/best-practices-for-creating-dashboards/).
+Another way is to create a [new Grafana Dashboard to PMM as needed :octicons-link-external-16:](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/best-practices/best-practices-for-creating-dashboards/){:target="_blank"}.
One more way is to search for an already created dashboard at