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title: "Set up Synthetic Monitoring | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Set up Synthetic Monitoring in Grafana Cloud or a local Grafana instance, deploy private probes, and provision checks and probes with infrastructure-as-code tools."
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# Set up Synthetic Monitoring

This section includes the following topics:

- [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/set-up/grafana-cloud/)  
  Set up Synthetic Monitoring in your Grafana Cloud stack by initializing the pre-installed plugin, then follow the step-by-step tutorial to create your first check.
- [Grafana OSS and Enterprise](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/set-up/grafana-oss-enterprise/)  
  Install and initialize Synthetic Monitoring in Grafana OSS or Enterprise, connect it to Grafana Cloud for metrics and logs storage, and configure the required data sources.
- [Private probes](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/set-up/set-up-private-probes/)  
  Learn about Synthetic Monitoring private probes and find requirements, setup instructions, configuration options, monitoring guidance, and troubleshooting information.
- [Provision Synthetic Monitoring resources](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/set-up/provision-synthetic-monitoring-resources/)  
  Provision Synthetic Monitoring checks and probes with Terraform, Grizzly, or the Grafana API, and find examples for managing monitoring resources as configuration code.