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title: "Configure Database Observability | Database Observability documentation"
description: "Setup and configuration options for Alloy collectors, multi-database deployments, and telemetry validation."
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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).

# Configure Database Observability

After initial setup, you may need to choose a deployment method, tune collection, add more databases, or validate telemetry. This section covers setup and configuration topics for production deployments.

## What you can do

- [**Configure Alloy from the Configuration page**](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-applications/database-observability/configure/fleet-management-integration/): Generate Alloy configuration and deploy it with Fleet Management or manual configuration.
- [**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. **Choose a setup method**: Generate Alloy configuration from the Configuration page, then deploy it with Fleet Management or manual configuration.
2. **Start with defaults**: The default collection settings work for most environments.
3. **Tune collection**: Adjust intervals and limits based on your scale.
4. **Add databases**: Configure monitoring for additional databases.
5. **Verify telemetry**: Validate that each database is sending data correctly.

## Explore next steps

- [Configure Alloy from the Configuration page](/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/monitor-applications/database-observability/configure/fleet-management-integration/)  
  Generate and deploy Database Observability Alloy configuration from the Grafana Cloud Configuration page.
- [Tune Alloy collection](/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/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/observe-and-act/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/observe-and-act/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.