Docs: Modify Prometheus exporters section under Language APIs & SDKs (#9570)

Co-authored-by: Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti <algernon@fastmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Tiffany Hrabusa <30397949+tiffany76@users.noreply.github.com>
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content/en/docs/languages/_includes/exporters/prometheus-setup.md

@@ -1,43 +1,17 @@
 ## Prometheus
 
-To send your metric data to [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), you can either
-[enable Prometheus' OTLP Receiver](https://prometheus.io/docs/guides/opentelemetry/#enable-the-otlp-receiver)
-and use the [OTLP exporter](#otlp) or you can use the Prometheus exporter, a
-`MetricReader` that starts an HTTP server that collects metrics and serialize to
-Prometheus text format on request.
+To send your metric data to [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), you can
+either:
 
-### Backend Setup {#prometheus-setup}
+- [Enable Prometheus' OTLP Receiver](https://prometheus.io/docs/guides/opentelemetry/#enable-the-otlp-receiver)
+  and use the [OTLP exporter](#otlp) (best practice), or
+- Use the Prometheus exporter, a `MetricReader` that starts an HTTP server that
+  collects metrics and serializes to Prometheus text format on request.
 
-> [!NOTE]
->
-> If you have Prometheus or a Prometheus-compatible backend already set up, you
-> can skip this section and setup the [Prometheus](#prometheus-dependencies) or
-> [OTLP](#otlp-dependencies) exporter dependencies for your application.
+### Backend setup {#prometheus-setup}
 
-You can run [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io) in a docker container,
-accessible on port `9090` by following these instructions:
+To run a Prometheus server backend and begin scraping metrics, see the
+[Prometheus getting started guide](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/getting_started/).
 
-Create a file called `prometheus.yml` with the following content:
-
-```yaml
-scrape_configs:
-  - job_name: dice-service
-    scrape_interval: 5s
-    static_configs:
-      - targets: [host.docker.internal:9464]
-```
-
-Run Prometheus in a docker container with the UI accessible on port `9090`:
-
-```shell
-docker run --rm -v ${PWD}/prometheus.yml:/prometheus/prometheus.yml -p 9090:9090 prom/prometheus --web.enable-otlp-receiver
-```
-
-> [!NOTE]
->
-> When using Prometheus' OTLP Receiver, make sure that you set the OTLP endpoint
-> for metrics in your application to `http://localhost:9090/api/v1/otlp`.
->
-> Not all docker environments support `host.docker.internal`. In some cases you
-> may need to replace `host.docker.internal` with `localhost` or the IP address
-> of your machine.
+To enable the OTLP Receiver, see the
+[Prometheus guide for enabling the OTLP Receiver](https://prometheus.io/docs/guides/opentelemetry/#enable-the-otlp-receiver).

static/refcache.json

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