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Prerequisites for deploying an integration

For hands-on practice

If you’d like to follow along with the learning path exercises and deploy integrations on real systems, you’ll need:

  • A Grafana Cloud account (sign up free)
  • A system to monitor (Linux, Windows, database, etc.)
  • Permissions to install Grafana Alloy on your target system

Just exploring? You can complete the journey without hands-on practice. The concepts and decision frameworks are valuable on their own.

These skills aren’t required, but they make the journey smoother:

TopicWhy it helps
Basic Grafana navigationYou’ll use prebuilt dashboards
Terminal/command line basicsCollector installation uses CLI
Understanding of your infrastructureHelps choose the right integration

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Here’s what you’ll need to follow the hands-on learning paths.

First, a free Grafana Cloud account. Second, a system to monitor, like a Linux server, Windows machine, or database. And third, permission to install the Grafana Alloy collector on that system.

Just exploring the concepts? That’s fine too. The ideas and decision frameworks stand on their own, and you can come back for the hands-on parts whenever you’re ready.

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