> If MinIO is configured to expose metrics without authentication, you don't need to use `mc` to generate prometheus config. You can skip reading further and move to 3.2 section.

```
ftp localhost -P 8021
Connected to localhost.
220 Welcome to MinIO FTP Server
Name (localhost:user): minioadmin
331 User name ok, password required
Password:
230 Password ok, continue
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls runner/
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||39155|)
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list

# Metrics Version 3

In metrics version 3, all metrics are available under the endpoint:

```
/minio/metrics/v3
```

however, a specific path under this is required.

Metrics are organized into groups at paths **relative** to the top-level endpoint above.

## Metrics Request Handling

Each endpoint below can be queried at different intervals as needed via a scrape configuration in Prometheus or a compatible metrics collection tool.

MinIO server configuration file allows users to provide topology that allows for heterogeneous hostnames, allowing MinIO to deployed in pre-existing environments without any further OS level configurations.

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