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Configure Database Observability

After initial setup, you may need to choose a deployment method, tune collection, add more databases, or validate telemetry. This section covers setup and configuration topics for production deployments.

What you can do

• Configure Alloy from the Configuration page: Generate Alloy configuration and deploy it with Fleet Management or manual configuration.
• Tune Alloy collection: Adjust collector settings for performance and data volume.
• Monitor multiple databases: Configure monitoring for multiple database instances with deployment patterns.
• Verify telemetry status: Validate that your databases are correctly configured and sending telemetry.

Configuration workflow

1. Choose a setup method: Generate Alloy configuration from the Configuration page, then deploy it with Fleet Management or manual configuration.
2. Start with defaults: The default collection settings work for most environments.
3. Tune collection: Adjust intervals and limits based on your scale.
4. Add databases: Configure monitoring for additional databases.
5. Verify telemetry: Validate that each database is sending data correctly.

Explore next steps

• Configure Alloy from the Configuration page
  Generate and deploy Database Observability Alloy configuration from the Grafana Cloud Configuration page.
• Tune Alloy collection
  Adjust Grafana Alloy collector settings for optimal performance and data volume.
• Monitor multiple databases
  Configure Database Observability to monitor multiple database instances with deployment patterns and labeling strategies.
• Verify telemetry status
  Use the Configuration page to validate that Database Observability is correctly receiving telemetry from your MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.