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Send traces using Alloy
18 min
Milestone 1
Case for observability
2 min
Milestone 2
Value of traces and Alloy
2 min
Milestone 3
Install Alloy
2 min
Milestone 4
Locate your Cloud credentials
2 min
Milestone 5
Configure Alloy
2 min
Milestone 6
Inspect configuration
2 min
Milestone 7
Verify traces
3 min
Milestone 8
Destination reached!
1 min
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Destination reached!

Congratulations on completing this journey. Job well done.

You’ve successfully set up trace collection and delivery to Grafana Cloud using Grafana Alloy. You have the foundation for distributed tracing observability that helps you understand application performance and troubleshoot issues across your services.

This journey covered the following achievements:

  • Learned about the value of observability and distributed tracing for modern applications
  • Learned how Grafana Alloy enhances trace collection and delivery
  • Installed and configured Grafana Alloy for trace collection
  • Located your Grafana Cloud credentials
  • Chose and configured appropriate Alloy components for your environment
  • Inspected and validated your Alloy configuration
  • Viewed and analyzed traces in Grafana Cloud
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