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title: "Inspect configuration file in Alloy | Grafana Labs"
description: "Learn how to inspect your configuration file in Alloy"
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# Inspect configuration file in Alloy

The Grafana Alloy UI is a lightweight, built-in web interface provided by Alloy to:

- Monitor Alloy’s internal status
- Debug data pipelines
- Inspect logs, metrics, and traces being collected or sent
- View configuration and component state

Watch video ->

To inspect the components and your configuration file:

1. Open `http://localhost:12345/` in your browser of choice. By default, Alloy UI is served on port `12345` unless configured otherwise.
   
   You should see that all components are healthy if they are configured correctly.
2. Click the **Graph** tab at the top.
   
   You should see the following graph, which illustrates how the components are all connected.
3. Click a component to view more information about its function.
   
   In the following example, the `local.file_match` component is selected. It shows all the log files that Alloy is sourcing.

In the next milestone, you’re going to view the logs exported to Loki in Grafana Cloud.

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### More to explore (optional)

At this point in your journey, you can explore the following paths:

- [Debug Grafana Alloy](/docs/alloy/latest/troubleshoot/debug/)