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title: "Set up | Grafana Enterprise Traces documentation"
description: "Learn how to set up Grafana Enterprise Traces."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Set up GET

Grafana Enterprise Traces (GET) is available as a pre-compiled binary, a Docker image, and as common OS-specific packaging. For a list of available download options, refer to [Downloads](../downloads).

> Note
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> You can use [Grafana Cloud](/products/cloud/features/#cloud-traces) to avoid installing, maintaining, and scaling your own instance of GET. The free forever plan includes 50GB of free traces. [Create an account to get started](/auth/sign-up/create-user?pg=docs-enterprise-traces&plcmt=in-text).

To set up GET, you need to:

1. [Obtain a GET license](#obtain-a-get-license).
2. [Deploy your GET cluster](#deploy-your-get-cluster).
3. [Set up the GET plugin for Grafana](/docs/enterprise-traces/latest/setup/setup-get-plugin-grafana/).
4. [Set up GET tenants](/docs/enterprise-traces/latest/setup/set-up-get-tenants/).

## Obtain a GET license

A valid Grafana Enterprise Traces license token is required to run GET’s many added features. GET will run with the functionality of an open-source Tempo binary when no license token is available.

To get a license, please [contact a Grafana Labs representative](/contact?about=grafana-enterprise-logs&amp%3Bpg=prod-gme&amp%3Bplcmt=hero-btn-1).

GET licenses are issued on a per-cluster basis. Each cluster of GET that you plan to deploy requires a unique license. When requesting a GET license, you’ll be asked to provide a unique cluster name with which to associate the license.

A cluster name must:

- have between 3 to 63 characters
- contain lowercase letters, numbers, underscores (\_), or hyphens (-)
- begin with a letter or number
- end with a letter or number

Once you have a license, you can download it from Grafana:

1. From [https://grafana.com](/), select **Login** and sign in using your credentials.
2. From the left-hand menu, select **Licenses** to download the license token.

## Deploy your GET cluster

After you have a Grafana GET license with an associated cluster name, choose a method to deploy your GET cluster. Our recommended approach for operating GET is to run it on Kubernetes and deploy via our Helm chart, as described in [Deploy on Kubernetes using Helm](helm-chart).

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> Monitoring with Grafana Cloud is required for all GET installations. Refer to [Monitor GET using Grafana Cloud](/docs/enterprise-traces/latest/setup/metamonitoring/) for more information. Professional services will assist you in configuring monitoring for your GET installation.

## Set up the GET plugin in Grafana

Next, [set up the GET plugin for Grafana](/docs/enterprise-traces/latest/setup/setup-get-plugin-grafana/) to integrate your GET cluster with Grafana and a UI to interact with the [Admin API](/docs/enterprise-traces/latest/admin-api/).

Once the plugin is configured, you can [set up GET tenants](/docs/enterprise-traces/latest/setup/set-up-get-tenants/).