Documentation Grafana Cloud Monitor applications Database Observability Configure

Configure Database Observability

After initial setup, you may need to tune your configuration for specific requirements. This section covers advanced configuration topics for production deployments.

What you can do

• 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. Start with defaults: The default configuration works for most environments.
2. Tune collection: Adjust intervals and limits based on your scale.
3. Add databases: Configure monitoring for additional databases.
4. Verify telemetry: Validate that each database is sending data correctly.

Explore next steps

• 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.