Restart Grafana Alloy and test the connection
By now, you’ve installed and configured Grafana Alloy. Congratulations! In this step, you’ll restart Grafana Alloy and test that Grafana Cloud is collecting data from your Linux machine.
To restart Alloy and test the connection:
In the Linux machine Terminal, enter the following command and press Enter:
sudo systemctl restart alloy.serviceTip: You see the Terminal prompt after you run the Alloy restart command. You don’t receive feedback from Linux that the restart is running or is complete.
- In Grafana Cloud, 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.
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