Grafana Cloud
Last reviewed: October 19, 2026

Set up Synthetic Monitoring

This section includes the following topics:

  • Grafana Cloud
    Set up Synthetic Monitoring in your Grafana Cloud stack by initializing the pre-installed plugin, then follow the step-by-step tutorial to create your first check.
  • Grafana OSS and Enterprise
    Install and initialize Synthetic Monitoring in Grafana OSS or Enterprise, connect it to Grafana Cloud for metrics and logs storage, and configure the required data sources.
  • Private probes
    Set up Synthetic Monitoring private probes in your environment, configure network access, install the agent, and review resource requirements and troubleshooting guidance.
  • Provision Synthetic Monitoring resources
    Provision Synthetic Monitoring checks and probes with Terraform, Grizzly, or the Grafana API, and find examples for managing monitoring resources as configuration code.