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title: "Database configuration | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Use the Grafana Cloud Database configuration app to self-serve manage settings for the databases behind your Grafana Cloud stack, such as Loki logs and Tempo 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).

# Database configuration

The Database configuration app is a single place in Grafana Cloud where you can self-serve manage settings for the databases behind your stack, instead of opening a support ticket for every change.

## Access the Database configuration app

You need the `Admin` role on the stack to access the app.

To open the Database configuration app:

1. In your Grafana Cloud stack, in the main menu, expand **Administration**.
2. Select **Database configurations**.

The landing page shows a card for each database technology behind your stack:

- **Logs** (Loki) - available today. Select **Configure** to manage log ingestion limits such as retention, OTLP label mappings, and line truncation. Refer to [Configure Loki settings](logs/).
- **Traces** (Tempo) - manage the Tempo metrics generator, which produces span metrics and service graph metrics from your traces. Refer to [Configure Tempo traces metrics](traces/).
- **Metrics** (Mimir) and **Profiles** (Pyroscope) - shown as **Coming soon**. These aren’t configurable through the app yet.

## How configuration changes are handled

Each database’s configuration page works a little differently, so check the specific topic for details before you make a change:

- **Logs (Loki)** uses a change-request model. When you submit a change, our engineering team manually reviews it before it takes effect - this can take up to two business days. The current configuration shows a `pending`, `applied`, or `rejected` status while your request is reviewed. Refer to [Configure Loki settings](logs/) for details.
- **Traces (Tempo)** uses a direct-save model. When you save a change, it applies to your live configuration immediately, and a badge shows whether the change has finished rolling out (`Reconciling new configuration` or `Reconciled`). There’s no manual review step. Refer to [Configure Tempo traces metrics](traces/) for details.

## Next steps

- [Configure Loki settings](logs/)
- [Configure Tempo traces metrics](traces/)