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title: "Set up Synthetic Monitoring in Grafana Cloud | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "How to initialize Synthetic Monitoring in Grafana Cloud to start creating checks"
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# Set up Synthetic Monitoring in Grafana Cloud

Synthetic Monitoring is pre-installed in all Grafana Cloud Stacks. To start using Synthetics:

1. Log in to your Grafana instance.
2. On the left-side menu, select **Testing & synthetics** and then **Synthetics**.
3. Click **Initialize the plugin**.

After that, you can start creating checks. Refer to [Create your first check](/docs/grafana-cloud/testing/synthetic-monitoring/get-started/create-your-first-check/) for next steps.