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title: "Before you begin | Grafana Labs"
description: "Prerequisites for this journey"
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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).

## Prerequisites

To follow along with the hands-on experiences in this journey, you need the following.

| Requirement                                                               | Why you need it                                    |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| **Grafana Cloud account** ([free sign up](/signup/cloud/connect-account)) | Fleet Management is a Grafana Cloud feature.       |
| **Collector deployed**                                                    | You need at least one collector to manage.         |
| **Basic telemetry concepts**                                              | You must understand metrics, logs, and collection. |

## Not ready yet?

If you haven’t deployed at least one collector instance, start with one of these courses first:

[Introduction to integrations](/docs/learning-hub/?course=intro-to-integrations) [Introduction to Cloud Provider Observability](/docs/learning-hub/?course=intro-to-cp-olly)

## Ready to continue?

If you have a running collector and a Grafana Cloud account, you’re all set. Let’s learn how Fleet Management works.