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title: "Working with pipelines | Grafana Labs"
description: "Creating and managing configuration pipelines"
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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).

## Creating pipelines

| Approach                  | Best for                                    |
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| **Integration templates** | Common use cases (Linux, MySQL, PostgreSQL) |
| **Custom configuration**  | Specific requirements, custom scrapes       |

## Pipeline operations

| Action                  | What it does                       |
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
| **Activate/Deactivate** | Toggle collection on/off instantly |
| **Edit**                | Update configuration content       |
| **View history**        | See what changed and when          |

## Why this matters

- **Instant changes** — No deployments, no restarts
- **Safe experimentation** — Toggle off if something goes wrong
- **Audit trail** — History shows what changed and when