Verify metrics appear in Grafana Cloud

By now, you’ve installed and configured Grafana Alloy with the IIS integration. In this step, you’ll restart Alloy and verify that IIS metrics are flowing to Grafana Cloud.

To restart Alloy and test the connection, complete the following steps:

1. On your Windows Server, open Command Prompt as Administrator.

2. Restart the Alloy service:

   cmd Copy

   sc stop "Alloy"
   sc start "Alloy"
   sc query "Alloy" | find "STATE"

   Tip: You will see output indicating the service is stopping and starting.

3. Click Test connection.

   It might take up to a few minutes for the system to verify the connection.

   You’ll know the connection is working when you see Integration is collecting data and sending it to Grafana Cloud.

In the next milestone, you’ll install pre-built IIS dashboards.

Troubleshooting

Explore the following troubleshooting topics if you need help:

• Failed to install Alloy for Windows
• The script needs to be run with Administrator privileges