Documentation Grafana Cloud Observe and act Test and validate Synthetic Monitoring Create checks

Create checks with Synthetic Monitoring

This section includes the following topics:

• Check types
  Compare Synthetic Monitoring check types, choose a test for your endpoint or user journey, and understand the check form, probe executions, options, and identifiers.
• Public probes
  Find Synthetic Monitoring public probe locations and cloud providers, review k6 compatibility and memory limits, and investigate checks blocked by endpoint security rules.
• Create and manage secrets
  Create and manage secrets in Synthetic Monitoring, reference credentials in checks, understand redaction and access controls, and run k6 scripts locally with secrets.
• Manage k6 versions
  Select k6 version channels for Synthetic Monitoring scripted and browser checks, review probe compatibility and deprecated channels, and identify the runtime version used.
• Organize checks in folders
  Organize your Grafana Cloud Synthetic Monitoring checks into folders to find them faster as you scale, manage related checks together, and control who can create, edit, and delete them.
• Write resilient check scripts
  Write reliable Synthetic Monitoring browser and scripted checks by waiting for expected content, choosing stable selectors, and validating responses before dependent steps.