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title: "Configure Database Observability | Database Observability documentation"
description: "Advanced configuration options for Alloy collectors, multi-database setups, and telemetry validation."
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# Configure Database Observability

After initial setup, you may need to tune your configuration for specific requirements. This section covers advanced configuration topics for production deployments.

## What you can do

- [**Tune Alloy collection**](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-applications/database-observability/configure/tune-alloy-collection/): Adjust collector settings for performance and data volume.
- [**Monitor multiple databases**](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-applications/database-observability/configure/monitor-multiple-databases/): Configure monitoring for multiple database instances with deployment patterns.
- [**Verify telemetry status**](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-applications/database-observability/configure/verify-telemetry-status/): Validate that your databases are correctly configured and sending telemetry.

## Configuration workflow

1. **Start with defaults**: The default configuration works for most environments.
2. **Tune collection**: Adjust intervals and limits based on your scale.
3. **Add databases**: Configure monitoring for additional databases.
4. **Verify telemetry**: Validate that each database is sending data correctly.

## Explore next steps

- [Tune Alloy collection](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-applications/database-observability/configure/tune-alloy-collection/)  
  Adjust Grafana Alloy collector settings for optimal performance and data volume.
- [Monitor multiple databases](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-applications/database-observability/configure/monitor-multiple-databases/)  
  Configure Database Observability to monitor multiple database instances with deployment patterns and labeling strategies.
- [Verify telemetry status](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-applications/database-observability/configure/verify-telemetry-status/)  
  Use the Configuration page to validate that Database Observability is correctly receiving telemetry from your MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.